Greetings with a cotton wedding

Wedding - a special holiday, this is the birth of a newfamily and therefore is traditionally celebrated every year. If the date is round, then usually a lot of people are invited to the celebration, otherwise the wedding day is celebrated in a narrow circle or in general by two people. Each anniversary has its own name. For example, the day of marriage is called a green wedding, and a year later the newlyweds accept congratulations on a cotton wedding. Sometimes it is called gauze.

The name is ancient, associated with certaintraditions. The very first year in the life of a young family is the most difficult, we can say that this is a probationary period for the young, the period of the formation of a new family. In this year the newlyweds are only just getting used to the characters, they get to know each other better and not all couples manage to live this year without tears and quarrels.

The fire in the family hearth just flares upand is still very weak, so even small difficulties can destroy a young family. To the family hearth is not extinguished, the couple must learn to give in to each other, support each other in a difficult situation.

Probably not everyone knows what should becongratulations on the cotton wedding and where did this name come from? The first anniversary of a joint life is compared with a chintz, probably because the cotton is a fine and very fragile matter, as is the relationship between the spouses. The first anniversary of the wedding is called calico, also because the relations between the young are not only fragile and fragile, but also passionate, because the feelings have not yet cooled down and are full of bright colors, like cotton. Therefore, for the oldest time, it was customary for young people to give good advice on this day to strengthen the family and preserve fervent relations for many years.

Anniversary of the wedding - a holiday more cheerful thanmagnificent, therefore congratulations can be not only wise, but also comic. Serious and funny congratulations with a cotton wedding can be written on a postcard or a piece of paper, and even sent via SMS.

By tradition, a bottle of cotton was opened on a cotton weddingChampagne, which is specially left for this purpose from the day of marriage. To our days, other traditions and rituals related to this day have also come to pass, for example, the exchange of spouses with handkerchiefs. On the given handkerchiefs, the husband and wife tied knots and swore to each other in fidelity and love. After that, the handkerchiefs were hidden in a secluded place and kept there until the end of the days and if everything was done correctly, it was believed that the family would be friendly and happy. And in the old days a young wife was to embroider a gate of her husband's shirt, and herself a sundress in which she was to meet guests and accept congratulations on a cotton wedding. The young wife had to walk in this attire all day until the evening.

The celebration was usually called parents,relatives and best friends who prepared for the young not only congratulations on the cotton wedding, but also gifts. Typically, the newlyweds are given cotton or linens on this day. But you can give a linen tablecloth, curtains or towels. In Russia, his wife was usually given a cotton dress, and her husband - calico trousers or a shirt. It was a hint that the relationship between them now becomes everyday - calico.

If the first anniversary is the birthday of the family,then the twenty-first is her age. At the opal wedding it is customary to give jewelry with this stone, and it is also customary not to arrange a big holiday on this day, but rather to retire, therefore, congratulations on the 21st wedding anniversary of a spouse usually get either by phone or by mail. During this period, the children have already grown up, leave the parental home and begin to make independent steps in life, to seek their own ways.

Thus, the opal wedding is a new milestone achieved by the spouses and it may very well be that during this period, the love will burst with renewed vigor.