Wedding Anniversary: ​​main meanings and 9 ideas to celebrate

When two people decide to get married, they choose, above all, to build a life together, sharing good and bad times. And it is fair that this decision is forever marked in the couple’s life and is celebrated with the wedding anniversary. See below the meaning of the main wedding, as well as ideas to celebrate this special date with your love:

What are wedding anniversary

The wedding is nothing more than the celebration of the couple’s wedding anniversary. Malise Kroth, ceremonialist, comments that celebrating or commemorating the wedding anniversary means renewing vows, promises, love… only”, he says.

Each wedding celebrated bears a graceful name. “They are symbols full of meanings that mark the renewal of vows, stimulate the couple’s creativity and help in the maturing of the relationship. Especially in the first year, when everything is new, romanticism is latent, both are making an effort to adapt their lives and living a very different reality”, explains the ceremony.

“Overall, wedding symbols mark the maturing of relationships: the more the years go by, the more rigid and resistant the materials. Every month traveled, during the first year, is a victory, a special celebration, usually made between the couple, in a very romantic way with dinner, cinema, candlelight… The meaning? Each couple will know how to give theirs!”, highlights Malise.

Weddings and their meanings

Below you know the denominations and meanings of the main wedding celebrations, according to the ceremonialist Malise:

1 month of marriage – Bodas de Beijinho: “the name refers to the delicious sweet that gives us the literal meaning of the word, kiss. It is the phase of great love, honeymoon effect and a lot of affection”, he highlights.

2 months of marriage – Ice Cream Wedding: sweet and refreshing, it is the discovery of pleasure in life for two.

3 months of marriage – Cotton Candy Wedding: “this is the phase in which the relationship seems sweet and soft like cotton candy, with walks holding hands and full of romanticism”, comments Malise.

4 months of marriage – Bodas de Pipoca: it’s time for relaxation and joy, games and celebrations for two, for example, at the movies or even with friends.

5 months of marriage – Chocolate Wedding: it is the romanticism that gains strength, the surprises, the delight of being together and enjoying the same ideals and dreams.

6 months of marriage – Feather Wedding: it’s when the couple’s relationship is light, smooth, when husband and wife are living a very good phase, doing for each other and planning bigger flights.

7 months of marriage – Glitter Wedding: “it is associated with brightness and a lot of charm, special and important touches on affection, in the relationship, so that it always remains as shiny as love”, explains the ceremonial.

8 months of marriage – Pompom Wedding: fluffy balls that brighten the environment and refer to joy and satisfaction.

9 months of marriage – Maternity Wedding: “not in a literal sense, but the first months of marriage were like a period of gestation, of visible changes, sensitive to a lot of planning”, comments Malise.

10 months of marriage – Bodas de Chitinho: “just like the chick that has just freed itself from the eggshell, where it was protected during its formation, so is the relationship of the couple when they realize that together they are forming a family and want to create an environment home with lots of love and joy”, explains Malise.

11 months of marriage – Gum Wedding: “besides being tasty and pleasurable, chewing gum disperses tensions and exercises the jaw, but ‘when the gum sticks’… more on the other, doing many things together, staying together to overcome any and all moments of tension”, highlights the ceremony.

1 year of marriage – Paper Wedding: “after 11 months of relationship, affection, discoveries and adaptations, the couple is now ready to complete their first year of marriage, when, together, two people started writing on the paper of their lives its first year of history. In the fragility of paper, they sign and renew their vows and proposals for the evolution of their marriage”, explains Malise.

5 years of marriage – Madeira or Iron Wedding: a cultural variant, but, in Brazil, the most common is the wooden one – which represents the couple’s mature relationship. “The wood is reminiscent of robustness, rootedness. The rooted seedlings that begin to grow and expand into new branches, the children that emerge, but the wood is still fragile in the face of the fire of trials”, explains Malise.

10 years of marriage – Tin or Zinc Wedding: both names are used and complete each other. “They represent the strength of the relationship. The flexibility and malleability of tin and zinc, used to prevent corrosion in iron and other metals, are the perfect combination of support in marriage. At the age of 10, the couple is already adapted to each other and lives a secure and, at the same time, flexible relationship”, highlights the ceremony.

15 years of marriage – Crystal Wedding: limpid and transparent as crystal is the crystal relationship. “Noble, transparent, without confusion, where one knows well the limits of being and acting of the other and they accept each other with love”, explains Malise.

20 years of marriage – Porcelain Wedding: relationships are proven by the events of life and everyday life, the marriage experienced like porcelain that, after being molded, is finished in the heat and achieves a special beauty and shine. It is overcoming, trust and union.

25 years of marriage – Silver Wedding: refers to the couple crowned with a silver crown. This is one of the most celebrated weddings, according to Malise. It is strength, brightness, beauty and tradition that influences the family. Silver is the symbol of security and stability in the relationship.

30 years of marriage – Pearl Wedding: the pearl is produced from the oyster’s self-defense from an external organism, but pearls are rigid, have their own shine and do not spoil easily… sorrows, arguments, disagreements in setbacks in the course of life, strengthening the union even more”, highlights Malise.

35 years of marriage – Coral Wedding: corals are adapted to live in colonies, grow in the seas and can form large reefs. This is the marriage that overcomes obstacles and allows evolution and maturation to its fullest extent.

40 years of marriage – Ruby Wedding: the beauty and strength of ruby, red stone, color of love and passion, demonstrates how resilient the relationship is. Marriage is durable and stable.

45 years of marriage – Platinum Wedding: platinum is a noble metal and resistant to corrosion, as well as the relationship that resists time, advances, difficulties.

50 years of marriage – Golden Anniversary: ​​“it is the crown of victory, it is the noble, shining metal, it is the marriage that overcame the weather, it is the story of a life that has overcome time, starting from the fragile sheet of paper to the crown of gold”, explains Malise.

9 cool ideas to celebrate your wedding anniversary

Few things in life are as good as celebrating love! So, have no doubt that your months or years of marriage are worth celebrating. Anyone who thinks that the only way is to organize a big party is wrong… Below you can find different ideas – from the simplest to the most innovative or traditional – to celebrate your wedding anniversary:

1. A dinner for two

A romantic dinner – whether at home or at a special restaurant that marked the couple’s history – is always a great option, especially for the first months and years of marriage (when the couple hardly thinks about having a party and the celebration tends to be two).

An interesting tip is to surprise your partner instead of planning the celebration. Maybe preparing a little surprise dinner, at home, in the second or third month of marriage, for example?!

2. A special trip

Traveling is wonderful, and even better if the trip has a “special theme”, like celebrating your wedding anniversary! The couple can take a trip they’ve always dreamed of or, who knows, even return to the place where they spent their honeymoon! You can also choose to return to the destination where the two went together for the first time or, simply, discover new places!

An interesting tip is for the couple to agree to plan a different trip a year, always close to the wedding celebration date!

3. Make new plans

How about enjoying the celebration and talking to your partner about new plans?! For example, having one or more children (if you already have one), moving house, investing in a new business. As much as this kind of thing goes far from a “traditional celebration”, it reinforces the partnership between the couple and the certainty of the choices the two made when they got married.

4. Give a gift that has special meaning

Gifting your partner can be a great option. And here, the price of the gift doesn’t matter: its meaning is much more important! Think of something that has to do with your story and/or come to add to your life… It can be a gift for personal use or for home, something you will enjoy together, etc.

5. Write a special letter or message

Often special words mean more than a gift! How about writing a letter to your partner, talking about what the first months or years of marriage have been like?

Many couples didn’t have the opportunity to exchange vows at the wedding ceremony, but it’s never too late to say (write) nice words to the one you love! The message can still be recorded in video form, for example. The most important thing is to use sincerity and your feelings!

6. A traditional feast

Depending on the time of the wedding and also the style of the couple, it is normal to think about having a good party to celebrate the wedding anniversary!

For Malise, in a traditional wedding celebration, the renewal of vows cannot be missed. “This is a sublime moment, with the participation of all the fruits of the marriage: children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, depending on the wedding celebrated. In this renewal, spontaneously, the couple will have the opportunity to talk to each other, looking into each other’s eyes, feeling a tide of emotions and expressing their deepest feelings,” she says.

The ceremonialist comments that, nowadays, it is common to celebrate the wedding with the same apparatus as a wedding, in terms of organization. “It can be an intimate dinner with family and friends, it can be a reception in a ballroom, it can even be outdoors. Whatever the choice, it is important to plan ahead, see what best fits your budget, your reality… But, of course, the most important thing is to be happy and celebrate a lot”, she highlights.

7. An innovative party

Malise comments that the wedding party is themed by nature, as it is considered the symbol of each…