Stage 4 of 4
The milestones
Tin, silver, pearl, ruby, gold. The years that get a party, and what earns a place on the wall.
Five years in a marriage get a name, a colour and a party. These are those years, what each material actually is, and the difference between a gift that gets used up and one that is still on a wall a decade later.
The reading, in order
- The 10th: tin
- The 15th: crystal
- The 20th: china
- The 25th: silver
- What the silver wedding is
- The 30th: pearl
- What the pearl wedding is
- The 35th: coral
- The 40th: ruby
- What the ruby wedding is
- The 50th: gold
- What the golden wedding is
- The diamond wedding, and the King’s message
- The 65th, and the gap in the list
- Platinum at seventy, and every year after
- How the painted portrait is made
The whole path
The years run out here. The full path runs from getting engaged through to the golden wedding.
Written by Craig Fearn, Printed Weddings.