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Well, it only seems like two minutes since the big day, but believe it or not, your Anniversary has come around (again). If you have no idea what to buy for a suitable present, then the list below showing the gifts, gemstones and flowers associated with each Anniversary may be of some use. There again, it may not - if you stick rigidly to the traditional gifts, don't expect too much gratitude for the first few years...
Mind you it does give you the opportunity to show some imagination - Paper for example could be two tickets to a concert. Just avoid making mistakes like the husband who thought a good gift with a Wood theme was a golf driver for himself!
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Anniversary
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Traditional Gift
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Modern Gift
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Gemstone
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Flower
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First
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Paper
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Clocks
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Peridot
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Pansy
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Second
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Cotton
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China
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Garnet
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Cosmos
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Third
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Leather
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Crystal or Glass
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Pearl
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Fuchsia
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Fourth
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Fruit or Flowers or Books
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Electrical appliances
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Blue Topaz
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Geranium
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Fifth
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Wood
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Silverware
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Sapphire
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Daisy
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Sixth
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Sugar or Iron
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Wood
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Amethyst
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Calla Lily
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Seventh
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Wool or Copper
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Desk sets
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Onyx
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit
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Eighth
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Bronze or Pottery or Copper
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Lace or Linen
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Tourmaline
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Clematis
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Ninth
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Copper or Pottery or Willow
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Leather
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Lapis Lazuli
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Poppy |
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Tenth
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Tin or Aluminium
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Diamond Jewellery
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Diamond
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Daffodil
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Eleventh
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Steel
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Fashion Jewellery
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Turquoise
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Morning Glory
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Twelfth
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Silk or Linen
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Gems or Pearls
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Jade |
Peony |
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Thirteenth
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Lace
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Furs and Textiles
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Citrine |
Hollyhock
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Fourteenth
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Ivory
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Gold Jewellery
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Opal
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Dahlia
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Fifteenth
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Crystal
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Watches
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Ruby
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Rose
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Twentieth
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China
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Bone China or Platinum |
Emerald
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Day Lily
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Twenty-Fifth
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Silver
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Silver
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Green Garnet
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Iris |
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Thirtieth
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Pearl
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Diamond Jewellery
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Pearl
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Sweet Pea
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Thirty-Fifth
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Coral
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Jade
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Emerald
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Fortieth
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Ruby
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Ruby
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Ruby
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Nasturtium
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Forty-Fifth
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Sapphire
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Sapphire
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Sapphire
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Fiftieth
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Gold
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Gold
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Golden Topaz
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Violet
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Fifty-fifth
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Emerald
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Emerald
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Alexandrite
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Sixtieth
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Diamond
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Diamond
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Diamond
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Sixty-fifth
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Blue Sapphire
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Blue Sapphire
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Blue Spinel
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Seventieth
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Platinum
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Platinum
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Sapphire
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Seventy-fifth
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Diamond (again)
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Diamond
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Diamond
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This gift list must have been compiled by a man. I mean, check it again - no shoes and definitely no chocolate!