Traditional & Modern Anniversary Gifts

Our one-year anniversary came and went!  Sigh…I’m officially no longer a newlywed.  The traditional first year anniversary gift is paper, and the modern gift is clocks.  For those of you celebrating this autumn and winter, here’s the list:

Anniversary #	Traditional Gift	Modern Gift
First	Paper	Clocks
Second	Cotton	China
Third	Leather	Crystal / Glass
Fourth	Fruit / Flowers	Appliances
Fifth	Wood	Silverware
Sixth	Candy / Iron	Wood
Seventh	Wool / Copper	Desk Sets
Eighth	Bronze / Pottery	Linens / Lace
Ninth	Pottery / Willow	Leather
Tenth	Tin / Aluminum	Diamond Jewelry
Eleventh	Steel	Fashion Jewelry
Twelfth	Silk / Linen	Pearls
Thirteenth	Lace	Textiles / Furs
Fourteenth	Ivory	Gold Jewelry
Fifteenth	Crystal	Watches
Twentieth	China	Platinum
Twenty-Fifth	Silver	Silver
Thirtieth	Pearl	Diamond
Thirty-Fifth	Coral	Jade
Fortieth	Ruby	Ruby
Forty-Fifth	Sapphire	Sapphire
Fiftieth	Gold	Gold
Fifty-Fifth	Emerald	Emerald
Sixtieth	Diamond	Diamond

Get creative with these!  At your 45th year, rather than sapphire earrings, what about a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin?  Okay, so maybe the earrings would be nice, but gin martinis are, too!  For our one-year “paper” gift, I got my husband a Sunday subscription to the New York Times.  Today is our third Sunday.  I think I’m enjoying the gift a little bit more then he is.  Oh well- I can try harder for cotton next year!

Does anyone have any creative anniversary gift ideas?