37 years of marriage: what is a wedding and how is it customary to celebrate?

Ah, this wedding, the wedding ... After a solemn and significant ceremony for the newlyweds, the weekdays of family life begin. For each pair, they add up differently. Years go by, the attitude towards each other changes, children appear. And if the spouses were able to adequately live for decades, then this means that their feelings were real.

37 years for spouses is the time when it became clear that the two halves met on the planet and were able to withstand all the vicissitudes of fate. This worthy date has its unusual name - muslin wedding. Why does this date have such an interesting name? Usually, between the anniversary 35 and 40 years of married life, only coral and ruby ​​weddings are celebrated. But 37 years is also an occasion to mark the date, even if it is not remarkable from the point of view of some. Far from it, this is a worthy age when a husband and wife have already created a family and its traditions, brought up children and even grandchildren - why not rejoice at one more day in their joint life journey?

Muslin is a strong, although externally very thin fabric. In ancient times, it cost a lot of money, since its production required a huge amount of time and effort. Only prosperous people could buy muslin fabric, so it was highly valued, and the owners of clothing from this canvas were very careful with muslin products. An interesting interweaving of silk, cotton or wool yarns provided reliable fabric durability - it is precisely because the name “muslin wedding” is the personification of strength and reliability, which is typical of spouses who have lived together for 37 years from the date of marriage.

It is very difficult to tear such fabric into patches, and for its manufacture it was necessary to carefully weigh and measure every centimeter of thread - this is how harmonious relationships are built. Suspicion, mistrust and claims are already far behind, habits have long been studied, whims are fulfilled. Ahead - albeit inevitable, but on the other hand, a calm old age

All anniversary wedding dates, like the wedding celebration itself, have a lot of traditions and symbols in Russia. Unfortunately, our ancestors did not envisage special rituals for the 37th anniversary of living together. However, this does not mean that such a day will go unnoticed. Let it not be a grand celebration with fireworks and performances of pop stars, but be sure to get together with the closest at the table.

Feast should serve as another reason for the unity of family members - at the table, parents can share family recipes of happiness, talk about family traditions, how they were able to survive the difficulties and not lose heart, give important advice to their children and grandchildren. The most important thing in this evening in the house reigned a real family atmosphere - with jokes, laughter, songs, and you can dance.

Celebrate the celebration will help your imagination and desire to create a real holiday. First of all, think about the design - the situation should be family, without pathos and official speeches.Sincere words of congratulations and wishes will be the main note in the celebration. Hang muslin curtains on the windows on this day - let them be the spouses' favorite color. No need to buy expensive bouquets - better to ask the mistress of the house, what flowers are her favorite. Vases with them can be placed throughout the room. Pompous flowers can be replaced with delicate decorative sprigs.

It is recommended to hang family photos on the walls: wedding, with children, with friends. Check in advance the family album, you will surely find in them those that are dear to you and loved. Sometimes children of spouses want to celebrate such a wonderful day not at home, but to give parents a trip to a restaurant. Then it will be necessary to prepare for this seriously - to decorate the hall in the appropriate category.

A great idea on this day will be to hold a photo session of the main characters against the backdrop of nature, you can simply arrange a walk through your favorite and memorable places, where the spouses will remember the beautiful moments of their life together. If guests are invited to your celebration, carefully consider the design of the invitation. Decorate them using two treasured numbers in the picture - 37, choose delicate colors for the cards - let it be pink or golden shades.

The scenario of the holiday should be thought out to the smallest detail. The main thing is to make it fun and interesting for guests to remember this evening for a long time.

• During the feast, between sincere toasts, offer to conduct an educational game "Excursion to the Past." If the room has a projector, then this is ideal. Display any archival photo and ask guests to guess who is depicted on it, what this event is and when it happened.
• As wishes and wise advice on how to keep the family for years from “newlyweds”, you can offer envelopes with cards attached to them. On each of them, the hero of the occasion can write so-called parting words for children and friends. For example: how to admit your guilt and ask for forgiveness, how to avoid a quarrel, where to go for a walk, to take a break from hard everyday life. Such farewell cards can be left to guests as a reminder of such a wonderful event.

• Mini quizzes are quite popular at all celebrations. On the day of the 37th anniversary of living together, you can offer spouses to prove to others how they learned the habits and tastes of each other, or how attentive each other is to the husband and wife. For example, the spouse must remember which perfume was last presented to them by his half. What singer loves most of all his dearest spouse. In turn, the wife is obliged to remember which football team supports her husband and so on. As a prize, it is recommended to present an original prize to both heroes of the occasion: a pillow in the shape of a heart or even theater tickets.
• The same quiz can be done for the other guests. For example, children of the heroes of the occasion can be “interrogated” on the subject of which the first poem was learned by them together with their parents, which favorite toy they were given on their first birthday, etc.

• If a solemn event is held at home, you can serve your spouse's favorite dishes on the table. True, you do not need to abuse fatty and high-calorie dishes. Sometimes quite nicely decorated sandwiches. But do not forget about sweets - here they will be more than appropriate. Semi-sweet wine, candy and chocolate can be the personification of love - passionate and languid, as well as sweet memories.
• The culmination of the family celebration should be a cake decorated with already known figures - 37.It is permissible to use the names of the spouses, decorative elements of mastic: hearts, flowers. Some professional pastry chefs can offer you an unusual cake decorated with a photo of the heroes of the occasion. It is quite edible - made with food-grade paints and a food printer. If desired, such a wonderful masterpiece of confectionery art can be decorated even with a collage of photos.

And the most important thing is to decide what to present to the spouses on the day of the celebration of a muslin wedding. Her name itself suggests the nature of the gifts. Products from textiles will be just the way: muslin curtains and tablecloths, a set of the same table napkins. True, this fabric is now rarely found, so the gift may be symbolic:

• muslin or just high quality bed linen;
• a blanket, a set of towels or pillows;
• children can give parents the same T-shirts or pastel shades with photo printing (photos of spouses or a general family photo);
• a wonderful gift will be a family portrait on a real canvas, painted;
• given the age of the "newlyweds", you can present them with a hammock for relaxing or wicker chairs;
• soft, high-quality terry robes of the same color will delight the spouses long after the day of celebration.

The ideal gift option is a tourist trip to the coast or to the sanatorium. If this is a rather expensive offer, you can get a weekend excursion to any historical place.

Be sure that then all the following days the spouses will be busy, they will not be bored. How a solemn event will take place in your family depends only on your mood and the desire to make something pleasant for your family. After all, 37 years lived together are worth it.

What else to give the couple, who lived 37 years together, can be found in the video below.