For the 25th, 40th, 50th and beyond
Anniversary gifts for parents
When it's your parents' year, the best gifts are about the life they built, not more stuff for the shelf. Most of these work even better when siblings go in together.
Know the year? Every theme, paper to diamond
Under $50
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The newspaper from your wedding day
A real copy, framed.
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A gold leaf family tree print
Everyone who came from this.
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A silver frame with the wedding photo
The one that's been sitting in a drawer.
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Deep blue cocktail glasses
Sapphire colored, for the good gin.
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Mother-of-pearl cheese knives
For the next dinner party.
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A book of sixty years
Photos from every decade. Ask the family for theirs.
Under $50Find it
$50 to $150
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A gold locket with both photos
Wedding day and today.
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A red glass decanter
For the ruby port.
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A silver ice bucket
For the party you should throw.
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A big china platter
Every holiday dinner lands on it.
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An oyster dinner out
Find the best oyster bar in driving distance.
$50 to $150Plan it -
Dinner with everyone
Where the family comes to them.
$50 to $150Plan it
$150 and up
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A party with everyone
Kids, grandkids, the wedding party. The best gift at fifty.
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Redo the honeymoon
Same place, twenty-five years later.
$150 and upPlan it -
A red Dutch oven
Ruby red, forty more years of dinners.
$150 and upFind it
Wedding day, first date, whatever you count. It stays on this phone.