The Importance of Anniversaries
Anniversaries are an important opportunity to stop and take time to reflect on the significance of a particular person, day or time in our life. There can be public anniversaries, times of national celebration and euphoria like a royal golden wedding anniversary, where there is much coverage of all that has happened during the intervening years since the original event, prompting a time of national nostalgia. Or there can be anniversaries commemorating a special national triumph, like a major sporting achievement. And these times can provide important opportunities to pull together as a nation and reinforce a country or community’s united sense of pride and loyalty.
There can also be anniversaries that provide a time of national mourning, a time to respect and commemorate the people who have died on our behalf, the valour of people who experienced great hardship or difficulties for an important belief, right or freedom. The shared emotion of these times is also a time for individuals to recall their own experience of loss. Personal memories and associations are always a factor in the midst of a national emotion. We may have lost family members or loved ones, or we may empathise and have other experiences of loss that allow us to share and connect with the feelings of deep emotion at these times.
Personal anniversaries are often a time of joy and celebration. Birthdays and wedding anniversaries can be times when the whole family makes the effort to reunite and celebrate whilst also catching up on news and closeness that may have been neglected during the intervening time. They can also be tinged with sadness and nostalgia, remembering those people who are no longer around.
Flowers for Anniversaries
Anniversaries are certainly happy events, and somehow the addition of flower arrangements makes the event appear brighter. The husband is usually expected to provide his wife with either a simple flower arrangement or a lavish flower setting that was carefully prepared at the florist. Some rely on the color scheme of the arrangement (this may be based on the wife’s favorite color or even their favorite flower/s), while there are others who strictly abide by the different meanings of flowers. The first, golden, and silver anniversaries are events every couple can look forward to, since those times mark their success in their marriage.
Husbands can have the flowers arranged in a fancy vase, tied together with a shiny ribbon and wrapped with clear paper, or cut short to fit into an attractive pot. Many florists can arrange the flowers based on the customer’s specifications, but it is also handy to know the most common flowers used in anniversary flower arrangements and flower arrangements in general.
The most common flower used to in anniversary flower arrangements is the rose. Roses have come to symbolize love and commitment, and it is especially used in arrangements for 15th wedding anniversaries. The number of roses and whether it has bloomed or not, can speak volumes about how the male feels. This was especially true during the Victorian era, and suitors were careful about how the flowers were arranged before sending them to the woman they loved. For example, giving 24 roses to a woman meant that the man is thinking about her for 24 hours each day. One rose, regardless of its color, means that a man is truly devoted to the woman he gives it to. Finally, a hundred roses mean that a man and a woman love each other until their dying day.
Hand-Made Anniversary Gifts
Anniversary, as Wikipedia defines, is a day that celebrates or commemorates a past event that happened on the same day of the year as the initial event. Anniversaries are really important because it imply a significant part our life.
Anniversaries can be classified as death anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, and birthdays. Moreover, anniversaries also have its own sets of symbols. Look the chart below to determine several anniversary symbols:
Year Traditional Modern
1 paper clocks
2 cotton china
3 leather crystal, glass
4 books electrical appliances
5 wood silverware
6 sugar, candy wood
7 wool, copper desk sets
8 bronze, pottery linens, laces
9 pottery, willow leather
10 tin, aluminum diamond jewelry
11 steel fashion jewelry
12 silk, linen pearls, colored gems
13 lace textiles, furs
14 ivory gold jewelry
15 crystal watches
20 china platinum
25 silver silver
30 pearl diamond
35 coral jade
40 ruby ruby
45 sapphire sapphire
50 gold gold
55 emerald emerald
60 diamond diamond
75 diamond diamond
Most of us say that the first are always special. There also superstitious beliefs that if a baby turns one, a special party must be prepared so that he/she will have more parties and good life to come. Well, the belief still depends on how the baby is being raised by his/her parents. Others will also say first love never dies. So you must be more careful if it’s your first time.