A 2nd Anniversary Gift for Your Husband
For couples who thought the fun of gift giving and receiving was all over after the honeymoon, you will love to know that there are traditional and modern gifts that you can give each other for another year of marriage celebrated together. For couples celebrating a second wedding anniversary, cotton is the traditional gift. While cotton is still a reasonable modern gift, some traditional gifts, like tin for example, are harder to give today, so modern equivalents have been designated. Modern second wedding anniversary gifts include cotton and calico or china.
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Cotton Hammock
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If your husband is like many others, he works hard at his day job. Even if he loves his job, he will enjoy coming home to you and enjoying a relaxing nap in a cotton hammock. Buy one that's large enough for two people for those occasions when he invites you to sway with him in the cool spring breeze while hanging between two trees. If you don't have two suitable trees to hang your hammock from, you may want to purchase a hammock stand to go along with the cotton hammock so that your husband can use it right away.
Cotton Bathrobe
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A cotton bathrobe with your husband's initial monogrammed into it is another second wedding anniversary gift. Remember that just because the gift is cotton, it doesn't have to be white. Get your man a bathrobe in his favorite color. If he's a sports fan, you might consider a bath robe with his team's colors or logo on it as these are common fan items for professional sports teams.
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Bone China Crockery
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China is such a delicate material that it can be hard to give to a man without it feeling like a feminine gift. If your husband enjoys grilling, cooking or even drinking coffee, consider giving him a bone china coffee mug to enjoy his morning coffee in or a serving dish for those tender cuts of meat that he takes such pride in grilling.
Buck Tradition
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If you've considered all of the traditional second wedding anniversary gifts and decided that you really don't care for any of them or don't think your husband would enjoy anything in those categories, leave tradition behind and get your husband something really new and modern -- like a new big screen television to watch his favorite movies or sporting events on. Depending on your budget, and if you don't mind parting with your husband on the weekend while he plays, you may consider giving him a gaming console such as a Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox or Nintendo Wii along with a game you think he'd enjoy playing.
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