Wedding anniversaries
- How to celebrate 5 years of marriage after marriage
- Outdoors or at home
- Ideas for a scenario for celebrating a wooden wedding with competitions
- Wedding anniversary competitions
- Holiday for two
The five-year anniversary of marriage is one of the important stages of married life, which is called the Wooden Wedding. Wood is a durable material, unlike paper and fabric, which are symbols of previous anniversaries. This solid natural material has been valued at all times; it provided shelter, warmth, and comfort; household utensils and interior items were made from it.
Spouses who have reached their first anniversary have already settled down in everyday life, acquired their own home and household, and in most cases, offspring
How to celebrate 5 years of marriage after marriage
How to celebrate a wooden wedding anniversary so that the celebration leaves the most pleasant memories and a charge of energy for a future cloudless family life?
Following folk wisdom, a man must plant a tree, build a house and raise a son . And if all this is still ahead, at least the first point can be accomplished at a wooden wedding. On this day, spouses must plant a tree. This can be either one common or planted by husband and wife in accordance with the Druid horoscope. Another folk ritual is going out into the forest together and tying five red ribbons on the trees you like.
The celebration can be celebrated noisily and cheerfully with many invited relatives, friends and everyone who was present at the first official wedding ceremony. And lovers of tender romance and warm home comfort can spend a wooden wedding anniversary in the family circle, gathered by the fireplace, with regularly crackling firewood, or setting a large wooden table in the garden, if you are lucky enough to celebrate a wooden wedding anniversary in the summer.
First marital anniversary
Five years from your wedding day is a long time. This date is considered the first anniversary of the family. Over the past years, the couple:
- managed to distribute responsibilities (everyone knows what days they wash the dishes or walk the dog);
- learned to understand each other at a glance and even at a glance;
- accepted shortcomings and learned to find compromises;
- set up their family nest.
What is the 5th wedding anniversary called? This date is considered to be “wooden”. The young family has already managed to get stronger, grow and take root. The union became strong and reliable, like a tree.
Psychologists call the first wedding anniversary one of the most important dates in a couple’s relationship. If in five years the spouses have created a strong family and learned to respect each other, then over the years such a connection will only become stronger.
Outdoors or at home
If the spouses decide to celebrate their 5th anniversary in a magnificent and solemn manner, it is necessary to think through a number of aspects.
First of all, the location of the holiday . It is very symbolic and natural if you manage to celebrate your fifth wedding anniversary in nature: in the forest on a picnic, or in a simple country wooden house or cottage. But if home conditions allow, then an ordinary city apartment will do. Wherever the celebration takes place, the interior should be decorated in accordance with the wooden theme. These can be fir branches and cones, wooden dishes, and various wooden decorative items. Things that bring happiness, mutual understanding and increased prosperity to the house are spoons, boxes, beads, and wooden figurines. An invariable attribute that protects the house from evil and trouble is a horseshoe over the entrance doors, which must also be carved from wood.
Celebrating a wooden wedding anniversary - wooden horseshoe
The interior design can be supplemented with green and brown balloon compositions, wall panels, wedding statuses, collages of photos of spouses in wooden frames, and be sure to prepare themed accessories for use in a family photo shoot. Delicate bouquets of wildflowers placed on the tables will beautifully complement the atmosphere
Celebrating a wooden wedding anniversary - a bouquet of flowers
Why wooden?
Why wooden?
This date is the first to symbolize married life with a solid object. Wood is associated with strength, reliability, and the relationship between the spouses that developed by the time the 5th wedding anniversary is celebrated becomes the same. In addition, it grows upward and takes deep roots, which also symbolizes marriage during this period. In addition to the fact that the husband and wife have already become family and friends, usually the fifth wedding anniversary is the date by which they already have children, with whom the roots of the tree are associated.
It itself symbolizes life, and it is very difficult to destroy it. Likewise, a 5-year marriage is already strengthened, and this anniversary is considered the beginning of a new, more conscious, strong family life, in which spouses are like two wings - reliable, faithful, supportive, understanding, respectful and loving each other.
Ideas for a scenario for celebrating a wooden wedding with competitions
You also need to pay attention to the menu, especially the anniversary cake. It is customary to serve simple folk cuisine, red wines, cognac in barrels, and barbecue is welcomed. And the cake must certainly be original and made in accordance with the theme of the tree - for example, in the form of a large stump or a log cabin.
Celebrating a wooden wedding anniversary - photo of a cake in the shape of a tree
At this holiday it is customary to have fun, come up with various fun activities, dance , in a word, fully enjoy the joys of life. If there are going to be a lot of guests, it would be a good idea to invite a host or choose someone you know who has the talents of a mass entertainer. To make the holiday multifaceted and not boring, you should think through and discuss in advance ideas for a scenario for celebrating a wooden wedding with competitions, dance breaks and various entertainment for adults and children between the stages of the feast.
The appearance of the spouses can be accompanied by a Mendelssohn march, and it will be impressive if the guests beat the march to the beat with wooden spoons. The spouses exchange wooden rings, after which comes the moment of congratulations and presentation of gifts. Traditionally, the husband should be the first to give a gift to his wife. This can be any practical utensils carved from wood. The wife covers it with varnish, which symbolizes harmony and peace in the family.
Also, at the time of presentation, the spouse can place a wreath woven from oak branches on her husband’s head, as recognition of the strong support and reliability of the head of the family.
What should you not give?
Not every gift for 5 years of life together will be appropriate. Congratulations on this may not offend the spouses, but the giver himself will be much more pleased to realize that he took a responsible approach to choosing a gift, thereby showing respect for the heroes of the day, which will be doubly pleasant for them.
A wooden wedding is a holiday on the occasion of which you should not present:
- Products made of pearls, since this stone as a gift symbolizes tears, troubles, disappointments;
- Clocks (wall, floor) because it is believed that they can lead to disagreements in a couple, and possibly to separation;
- Knives and forks that can cause frequent quarrels in the family;
- Mirrors, dishes made of thin glass, which symbolize the fragility of relationships that can easily break - just like similar objects;
- It is also undesirable to give textile products, because (any) wedding anniversary has its own symbolism. In the case of the 5th anniversary of marriage, it is a tree - solid, durable, just like the relationship between husband and wife that has developed up to this moment. Therefore, soft textiles are not the best gift for this event.
Knowing 5 years of marriage, what kind of wedding is being celebrated, you will be able to properly prepare and celebrate this holiday, regardless of whether you yourself are the celebrants, their guests or parents. Compliance with the traditions of celebration is not just rituals that carry some kind of magic. This is one of the foundations for establishing new family traditions, a way to jointly receive a lot of new positive emotions, impressions, memories, and this is one of the ways to strengthen relationships and create a solid base for their further successful development.
Wedding anniversary competitions
Competitions for celebrating the 5th wooden wedding anniversary should be selected taking into account the different age categories of those present. Dynamic games such as leapfrog or dance competitions in the rock and roll style are suitable for young people. For older people, for example, the “Guess the Song” competition is suitable. To do this, a musical soundtrack is turned on from a selection, for example, songs where trees are mentioned, and the participants must guess the composition.
Here's a fun competition in which two teams of five men of any age can participate. They are given skirts and scarves, after which “There was a birch tree in the field” is played. The winner is the team that showed the most originality in dance movements . Another competition is “build a house in 1 minute.” Two teams of five receive boxes of matches and play dough. The task is to distribute among the participants the creation of parts of the house, which are then assembled into one whole. The team with the most acceptable option wins.
Gifts to each other
The main congratulations are attention. If the husband gives a symbolic gift, but organizes a romantic evening, then the wife will not be offended. If, in addition to the expensive ring, there are barbecues in the yard, then the holiday will also be a success. Individual gifts depend on the personal preferences and financial capabilities of the spouses. You can give:
- attention, affection and care;
- flowers;
- jewelry;
- perfumes, cosmetics;
- underwear, clothes;
- bath accessories;
- accessories.
Of course, on the fifth anniversary you need to give wooden products. There are many options: beads, bracelets, rosaries, decorative items, crafts, kitchen utensils. Also suitable are boxes, shelves, photo frames, flower stands, stools, rocking chairs.
Holiday for two
Undoubtedly, celebrating a holiday in a noisy company is fun, but if it is not possible to organize such a celebration, the spouses should consider an unforgettable option for how the two of them can celebrate 5 years of marriage after the wedding. This could be a wonderful romantic dinner in a restaurant or a trip to the country for a picnic.
You can book an adventure for two, for example, horse riding together, go on a romantic trip on a ship, or organize a joint trip to the sauna with a massage. Or just spend the evening at home by candlelight, enjoying each other’s company and organizing a cool photo shoot.
How to mark?
The newlyweds can celebrate their anniversary in any way they want, the main thing is to celebrate this event together. You can visit a cafe with your family, go out into nature, for example, to a kebab shop, a camp site, rent a cottage, or sit in a cozy home environment.
An interesting idea to organize the fifth wedding date in a wooden style. Any room decorated with wood is suitable for this. If you want to spend such a day just together, then this is your right. Cook a romantic dinner together or order food from a restaurant, light candles or go to the roof of a high-rise building with a beautiful view. An excellent option would be a trip abroad, a night in an expensive hotel or a themed photo shoot.
What gifts can the newlyweds give to their guests?
“Newlyweds” can not only receive, but also give small souvenirs or sweets to their guests. Usually this is something inexpensive, but expresses gratitude for being present at the holiday. And since 5 years of marriage is a wooden wedding, then the gifts will be made of this material or resemble it and living nature:
- figurines;
- key rings;
- bouquets of wild flowers;
- tree stump-shaped cakes;
- pendants;
- green or brown soap;
- personalized sachet bags;
- succulents;
- fridge magnets;
- baskets with berries or fruits.
The tradition of giving gifts to guests appeared not so long ago, but has become widespread at weddings and during the celebration of anniversaries.
You can make not the same, but different surprises for each of the invitees by buying in the store something that they will definitely like. For example, the bride’s mother has long wanted a beautiful cutting board, the groom’s father has long wanted a screwdriver with a wooden handle, and a friend who always loses her key will be delighted by a striking keychain.
What anniversaries can give themselves: ideas
“Newlyweds” know well what they need. In honor of a wooden wedding, they can make their dreams of decorating an apartment or house come true by purchasing:
- table;
- chairs;
- armchairs;
- bed;
- dresser.
Paired wooden jewelry looks interesting: rings, pendants. When giving a gift “for yourself”, you can not be limited by signs and traditions, choosing what you really need.
If the couple still hasn’t arranged a honeymoon, now is the time to do it.
