What give 40 years of wedding?

Forty years of living together is a real achievement in family life. Not every couple can boast of this anniversary date, and if the couple still lived together for four decades, then this event should certainly be celebrated.

Ruby wedding - this is what is called the fortieth anniversary of married life. A ruby ​​is a stone that, after long and painstaking processing and grinding, turns into a delightful jewel. Similarly, forty years after the lapping and many domestic problems, family relationships only grow stronger and transform into a solid, unshakable, precious, and very expensive connection.

The ruby ​​is a red precious stone, which is a symbol of the truth of love and loyalty. And this color also symbolizes fire, which can be associated with the warmth of a home hearth that warms the hearts of lovers. The feelings that bound spouses forty years ago will not go out.

Over the years, the couple experienced not only a sea of ​​happy moments, but also various difficulties - this is life, and jealousy, and resentment, and crisis periods. Despite these difficulties, the husband and wife remained close to each other, could ask for forgiveness, forgive, find a compromise. All this is an example of true love feelings, so the fortieth wedding anniversary should definitely be noted.

This date does not have any specific traditions; spouses can choose any version of the celebration. It can be a magnificent celebration in a restaurant, a picnic in nature, a quiet family dinner or a romantic trip for two. The theme can also be absolutely any, the couple has the right to invent the scenario of their holiday.

To decorate the celebration made symbolic date scarlet balls. Tablecloths should also have red shades, for example, a maroon tablecloth looks solid and solemn. In the tone are selected and napkins. As for the dishes, white and transparent cutlery and dinner sets are usually used. The main decorations of the cake or cake are red berries: cherry, strawberry, raspberry. Certainly among the fruits offered to the guests should be a pomegranate.

The design of the fortieth anniversary can not do without flowers. The costumes of the heroes of the occasion must contain elements of a ruby ​​color.

Forty years of marriage - the most important date in the life of the family. Therefore, in their gifts, the spouses must express not just a feeling of love, but also a feeling of reverence and gratitude for the years of happiness given. Save on a gift in the anniversary date is not worth it, because this holiday happens only once in a lifetime.

1. It is easy to guess that the main gift from the husband to his wife should be jewelry with a ruby. It is unlikely that the husband will be able to choose the right size of the ring, so it is better to buy a bracelet, earrings, pendant or necklace - these products do not have a size range.
2. A great gift that any woman will definitely appreciate is a ticket to a romantic trip. Most likely, both spouses are already retired, and therefore the husband can take tickets for any time, without getting paid for vacation. There is no need to go to expensive hot countries, you can buy a ticket to a sanatorium or go on a tour of Russia.
3. If the finances of the spouse are limited, then a certificate for a massage or a beauty salon will be quite a useful gift.Spa treatments are pleasant for women at any age, and massage will give the wife an opportunity to take a break from everyday problems.
4. An indispensable attribute, which is to complement any gift - this is a gorgeous bouquet. Usually it is red roses, but if the spouse loves other flowers, then her preferences should be taken into account.

1. The gift presented to the husband from the wife should show that the spouse has recognized her lover well after forty years of marriage. If a man is keen on fishing, then you can give him a modern fishing accessories. If the husband is a collector, he will be very happy with the missing specimen.
2. Always a necessary and useful gift - a book. Naturally, when buying a spouse must choose a genre in which her elect is interested. A book in a cover decorated with rubies will look very symbolic and spectacular.
3. A pleasant terry robe or blanket will be a pleasant surprise for a man of the age. According to the ruby ​​date, any items should be selected in red and burgundy color.
4. Usually people in old age love to spend time in the fresh air. If the family has its own cottage or a private house, then you can give your spouse a rocking chair. A man will appreciate this gift.

Whichever gift children choose for their parents who celebrate the fortieth wedding anniversary, during the congratulations they must express their gratitude for the inimitable example of love and loyalty to each other. As for gifts, it is better to choose practical and useful things, but at the same time items related to the occasion of the celebration. Examples of gifts for parents do not contain impracticable fantasies.

• It is recommended to give the "newlyweds" what they themselves are unlikely to buy. For example, modern household appliances. But this should take into account the factor that the owners can not cope with the newfangled functions of the devices, so the difficult option is better not to give. You also need to keep in mind the size of housing. If parents live in a small apartment with a six-meter kitchen, then it is better to refuse to buy a massive dishwasher.
• A good gift option is a piece of furniture. For example, you can present your parents a coffee table, a spectacular lamp, a beautiful mirror for the hallway or bathroom, a clothes dryer.

• Many prefer to give parents devices that are good for health. For example, you can buy a device for home massage. Another useful option is an automatic blood pressure monitor. Spouses will appreciate the infrared lamp, orthopedic bedding, filter for tap water.
• As a greeting, you can perform their favorite song for parents. Usually this is the one under which the heroes of the occasion danced their first married dance. If there is no such song in the family, you can pick up the well-known hit about love and loyalty or compose your own composition. Not only parents, but also guests will be able to appreciate the song performed by all children and grandchildren.

• Another congratulation option is a video. A simplified example: you can scan photos of the most significant events in family life. Usually this is the actual marriage of forty years ago, the birth of children, the wedding of children and the birth of grandchildren. Next, you should make a presentation of this archive and insert some kind of romantic composition. A more complex version of the video: you can record congratulations of the closest people to the camera. Especially valuable will be the wishes of relatives who could not attend the holiday, or long-time friends, the connection with whom was lost. You can write these greetings using Skype, finding the right people in social networks.

• Parents and gifts made with their own hands will be highly appreciated, because in this surprise the children invested all their spiritual warmth. You can embroider a picture, create a collage with photos of the family, bake a cake decorated with red berries.A common option is a bottle of expensive drink and glasses, decorated according to the rules of a ruby ​​wedding. A more practical gift with your own hands - knitted paired things, for example, identical scarves or pullovers, made in red color.

Friendship is a bright and strong feeling that needs to be expressed, handing a gift to friends on the fortieth anniversary.

• A useful gift for spouses of any age is bed linen. In our case, it must be red. Advice to givers: choosing a set of clothes for friends, pay attention not only to the design, but also to the size, they should correspond to the size of the bed and bedding.
• Spouses will appreciate and two pillows with some useful filler or a camel wool blanket.

• If the husband and wife are summer residents or simply prefer to spend the summer outdoors, they will be very pleased to get a new grill, smokehouse, folding furniture or a hammock.
• Another original gift is an engraved watch. If the spouses are superstitious, then after the presentation of such a present, you can ask for a penny from them. Then, formally, it will be a purchase, and the “magic of gift watches” will lose its effect.
• The original surprise will be a set of dishes with the image of family members. To perform such plates to order can in any advertising agency. In the same paragraph we assign and tea set, a set of spoons and forks with red handles, wine glasses in scarlet shades.

• If the heroes of the occasion are keen on plant breeding, then you can give them a flower in a pot. Well, if it is a culture of red, for example, rose, azalea, hibiscus.
• A necessary and symbolic gift is a set of forty varieties of tea. The range of these products is widely represented in any supermarket.
• If a good idea does not come to mind, then you can donate money on this day. Let the spouses themselves dispose of handed funds. However, this is a very important and solemn date, so the amount should be significant. You can wrap gift notes in a beautiful themed postcard-envelope.

As you can see, the fantasy of guests when looking for a gift for spouses for 40 years of wedding can be limitless, but it is important to emphasize the high value of the date when buying presents in red. If you present a gift made in the traditions of a ruby ​​wedding, it does not work, then you can buy a beautiful package for it, decorate it in festive burgundy shades, decorate it with artificial rubies, tie a beautiful scarlet bow on the box.

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