My parents will soon celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary, any suggestions for a gift?
Countrygirl2828
I'm Canadian so not sure if this may be applicable to you if you're an American.
After 50 years together what can you buy, they have for most part everything they want/need.
Give them more attention, phone calls, and visits, that's what they'll really appreciation.
Cheers. (09/19/2008)
By Doreen
I gave my grandparents a photo album that I had everyone sign with a message by their pictures, including friends they winter with and people they attend church with, they seemed to love it as they show everyone that comes to their house. I worked on it for almost a year, but you can send out pages now and have them mail them back directly to your parents if time is short. (09/19/2008)
By Peg
What about a weekend getaway? If they went on a honey moon maybe send them to wherever they honeymooned! Gift cards to favorite restaurants.
Congratulations to them for staying together! They deserve a tribute for staying committed. (09/19/2008)
By velsgal from MO
A public show of congratulations is wonderful, if they are that kind of parents. Some are not.
If they are, gather your pennies and see how much it would cost for a "then and now" photo in the paper. There are also some gift places on this site: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enandq=fake+newspapersandaq=fandoq=.
It is one where you can have a newspaper made up to display them on the front page and what was happening that day in the world, or write your own stories about your births, etc. If you can, order two so they can display one side and then the other if they choose to frame them.
Family photos are never a mistake. If you know someone who does scrapbooking, have them make a wedding album with scraps of the dress or keepsakes, etc. If someone is a poet, have them write one about your parents, and either include it in the book or have it professionally framed
If you all can't afford a trip to a nice place far off, perhaps a nice dinner cruise close, or a train ride with a dinner theatre, a tour of the local wineries, or a local event that they always wanted to attend.
And yes, time is the most important thing to give them. You have been truly blessed to have parents who loved each other that long, then tell them how much that has meant to you. That is gift enough. (09/19/2008)
If you can't think of anything else, give them fifty of the gold color one dollar coins, available from any bank. Put them is a gold decorative box. They can use them for anything like dining in a restaurant, or whatever. (09/19/2008)
For my parents we had a big party, all of us kids chipped in and we rented a local hall. My nephew took a bunch of old pictures and made a slide show of my parents from the time that they went to their high school prom together all the way through today. It had us kids, their grandkids and greatgrandkids and it was set to music. The hall that we rented had a big screen TV in it and we played the CD on it. Everyone ooed an yawed all evening. We also had pictures of them everywhere. Best of all is we kept it all a surprise until they walked in the door. This was over a year ago, I still catch my mom watching that CD and looking at all the pictures they brought home that now cover the walls of their home. (09/20/2008)
We gave our parents a pendulum wall clock with a name plate on it saying their first names and 50th Wedding Anniversary and the date. They both loved it! They have taken that clock with them, moving to 3 different states, now.
By Lynda
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