Six Years -- Happy Anniversary Annie and Ross

The sixth anniversary of marriage is celebrated with candy and iron and wood. Imagine that!

I look back at the seven plus years you (Annie and Ross) have been hanging out together, and I must say that you have a very strong, positive marriage. I admire you for the solid foundation you have established for your family.

Notes from others:
A happy and successful marriage is full of traditions. A tradition could be the little moments you share with one another; a tradition might involve a trip to a very special place at a special time, or a remembrance of something the two of you did together. Celebrating the wedding anniversary has really only become popular in our day and age. Specific wedding anniversaries have picked up their own "themes" which reflect the anniversary's stature and importance -- a couple's fiftieth anniversary is known as the "gold anniversary," and that gifts of gold should be exchanged in commemoration. There’s an entire calendar of wedding anniversary symbols, almost every year in a couple's initial years together are considered cause for a special gift.

Why do we have anniversary symbols? I didn't really pay attention to them until my girls began celebrating their wedding anniversaries.

The Origin of the Symbols
Wedding anniversary symbols, though probably practiced informally even before, truly began in 1897. In that year, Queen Victoria of England celebrated her sixtieth year on the throne. The event was called the "diamond jubilee," and well-wishers celebrated by giving diamonds as gifts effectively creating the modern diamond market.