{"id":502,"date":"2015-03-29T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T14:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=502"},"modified":"2015-03-29T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T14:34:40","slug":"happy-58th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Happy 58th"},"content":{"rendered":"

We celebrated the Oxfort\u2019s Wedding Anniversary with them yesterday. It was their 58th Anniversary, which means it wasn\u2019t anything special. Of course it was special; when anyone has been married for 58 years \u2014 believe me, that\u2019s special<\/em>!!
\nThe reason I said it wasn\u2019t \u201cspecial,\u201d Hallmark or someone like that hasn\u2019t given it a \u201cname\u201d \u2014 like the 50th is gold, 25th is silver, 60th is diamond, etc.<\/p>\n

The historic origins of wedding anniversaries can be traced back to the Holy Roman Empire, when husbands crowned their wives with a silver wreath on their twenty-fifth anniversary and a gold wreath on their fiftieth.\u00a0 Naturally the twentieth century came along and commercialism led to the addition of more anniversaries being represented by a named gift. Prior to 1937 only the first anniversary and major milestone anniversaries had \u201cmaterials\u201d associated with them. In 1937 the American National Retail Jewelry Association issued a more comprehensive list of representative materials for all the traditional wedding anniversaries for each year up to the 15th anniversary and then every fifth year after that up to the 60th. Since then, various commercial companies have continually updated the list and today someone will sell you the perfect gift for any year or month anniversary you\u2019re willing to spend money on.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, gifts given or exchanged in the early years of marriage tended to be practical household items to aid the couple in starting a new home together. Luxury gifts usually were given in the later years when the couple had already acquired \u201cneeded\u201d things.<\/p>\n

When the original yearly list of anniversaries tagged with material names was put together, someone at least gave some thought to why the names were chosen \u2014 today, that sentiment seems to have disappeared and the objective is to sell something.
\nThe 1st anniversary is referred to as the Paper Anniversary \u2014 paper is supposed to symbolize the strength obtained from the interlocking fibers.
\nThe 2nd anniversary is known as the Cotton Anniversary \u2014 cotton has always been associated with prosperity and durability.
\nThe 3rd \u2014 Leather \u2014 the durability of leather being analogous to the durability of the marriage.
\nThe 4th \u2014 Fruit\/Flowers \u2014 symbolizes a blossoming and fruitful relationship.
\nThe 5h \u2014 Wood \u2014 symbolizes a strong and long lasting marriage.
\nAnyhow, you get the idea\u2026. so wedding anniversaries, like just about all special (and not so special) occasions have been commercialized.<\/p>\n

But no matter by what name any anniversary is called, they are all a celebration of a couple\u2019s love for one another. Happy Anniversary, Anne and Winfried \u2014 thanks for sharing it with us.
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n

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We celebrated the Oxfort\u2019s Wedding Anniversary with them yesterday. It was their 58th Anniversary, which means it wasn\u2019t anything special. Of course it was special; when anyone has been married for 58 years \u2014 believe me, that\u2019s special!! The reason … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}