How to Select a Gift for a 50-Year Wedding Anniversary

Fifty years of marriage is a milestone that relatively few couples attain and it deserves to be celebrated in grand style. Here are some tips for buying gifts for that golden spouse or couple.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer with Internet access

Traditional Golden Gifts

1. Choose a gift made of real gold, even just a hint of gold. Gold is the traditional gift for couples celebrating 50 years of marriage.
2. Think “treasure” when considering a golden gift. A tiny treasure box made of gold, for example, is elegant and appropriate. A gold-tinted photo frame is another great idea.
3. Gold jewelry is an appropriate choice on a 50th anniversary.
4. Wrap your gifts in gold-colored paper; use gold-colored boxes and bags as gift containers and use gold-colored ribbon and bows to tie them up.

Sentimental or Practical?

5. Consider a sentimental anniversary gift for your spouse or for the couple, such as special keepsakes, a family portrait, a painting or a scrapbook full of pictures, memories and stories.
6. Renew your wedding vows as a fiftieth-anniversary gift to each other in front of your loved ones at a celebration or in an intimate ceremony on a trip.
7. Consider a more practical gift for the golden couple—give the couple or your spouse something they’ve always wanted but never had the extra money to buy.

Plan a Date, Getaway or Celebration

8. Plan a special surprise date for your spouse as a gift to celebrate your golden anniversary. Immediate family can plan a date for the couple.
9. Plan a romantic weekend getaway. Couples can plan this with each other or family and friends can plan it as a surprise.
10. Finally visit that special city you've always wanted to see but never had the time. Paris, London, Rome, New Delhi...now is the time to let your imagination reign.