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What flowers to give on the first (paper) wedding anniversary?

Leaning on the “white sheet of paper” metaphor, is that the first wedding anniversary, or Paper Anniversary [1] is symbolic of what, if not everything, is yet to be written about the wedded couple’s history. About how even if together for a long time before getting married, everything changed after doing so. About how the…

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What flowers to give on the fifth (wood) wedding anniversary?

Leaning on the nobleness of wood, of how it can be purposed and transformed, used in as many ways as one can imagine possible, is that the fifth wedding anniversary, or Wood Anniversary [1] is symbolic of how the wedded couple’s history is one that has found fertile ground, rooted and leafed, yet there are…

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What flowers to give on the tenth (tin) wedding anniversary?

Leaning on the sturdiness and strength, the malleability of aluminum (tin), is that the tenth wedding anniversary, or Tin Anniversary [1] is symbolic of how the wedded couple has navigated the first stage of marriage successfully, and so is now a story of both having remained and grown in strength by remaining malleable through the…

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What flowers to give on the twenty-fifth (25) wedding anniversary?

Leaning on the scarcity and so the value of silver, is that the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, or Silver Anniversary [1] is symbolic of how the wedded couple has reached a stage in their relationship where it is rare to have been together for longer than most. Either that or that regardless of when the couple…