40th anniversary gift ideas: Ruby
Traditional and modern lists agree on this one.
Ruby is the stone of passion. Forty years and still going.
Forty years, and you still make me blush.
5 more for year 40
Budget
They're into
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Ruby earrings
Small and deep red.
$150 and upFind it -
A red Dutch oven
Ruby red, forty more years of dinners.
$150 and upFind it -
A red glass decanter
For the ruby port.
$50 to $150Find it -
Forty red roses
One for every year. Hand-deliver them.
$50 to $150 -
Red velvet slippers
Comfortable, and a little bit fancy.
Under $50Find it
Nothing fits all of that. Try a different budget or clear an interest.
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What is the 40th anniversary gift?
Ruby. The traditional and modern lists agree for year 40.
What's a good 40th anniversary gift under $50?
Red velvet slippers. It fits the theme and comes in under $50.
What should I write in a 40th anniversary card?
Tie it to the theme, then say one thing only the two of you would know: a place, a joke, something from this year. To start: “Forty years, and you still make me blush.”