How to Select a Gift for a 25-Year Wedding Anniversary
A twenty-fifth wedding anniversary represents a significant milestone, one deserving of a special gift. If you're stuck for ideas, read on.
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Go with Silver
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Buy something made from genuine sterling silver-even a very small amount-for your spouse or the couple. Silver is the traditional gift given to celebrate the silver anniversary of 25 years.
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Consider buying a silver photo frame, silver mirror frame, silver vase, silver key ring, silver paperweight, silver roses, silver champagne glasses, silverware or silver jewelry.
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Wrap non-silver gifts in silver-colored paper.
Sentimental or Practical?
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Buy your spouse or the couple something sentimental as a twenty-fifth anniversary gift. Some ideas are real flowers; sterling silver flowers; a photograph, painting or picture; a keepsake; a laminated poem; a scrapbook or a memory photo album.
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Use the twenty-fifth anniversary as an excuse to buy the couple or your spouse something they've wanted for a long time, like a new home theater system or dishwasher.
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Consider a gift certificate for the couple.
Plan a Date, Getaway or Celebration
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Plan a date night with each other instead of or in addition to a gift. This could be a night in or a night out. For immediate family, plan an anniversary date for the couple as a surprise, or give them a gift certificate they could use to plan their own date.
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Plan a romantic weekend getaway as a couple or for the couple.
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Go on a second honeymoon and renew your vows, just the two of you.
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Plan a celebration night with family and friends of the couple. Renew your vows in front of everyone.
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Tips & Warnings
Pitch in your money to buy the couple one larger gift together-a great idea for the couple's children or the couple's siblings.
Don't spend more money than you can afford. If you are extended family or friends of the couple, expensive gifts are not expected.
