Print wedding: how old is marriage, what is customary to give?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

A printed wedding is a very important and long-awaited date for spouses. This is the very first anniversary of their married life. The first common holiday. Family's first birthday. They are waiting for a print wedding and preparing for it with much more trepidation than for all other family anniversaries.

A corresponding attitude to this date is also expected from the guests. Of course, spouses who have lived together for only a year should not give something very expensive, but it is necessary to approach the choice of a present and congratulations with imagination.

Why "calico"?

The names of marriage anniversaries come from the Early Middle Ages. From the time when the very institution of marriage has already grown stronger and has become one of the foundations of society. The names of anniversaries were formed from what was customary to give. And they presented to the families what they most needed.

For the first year lived together, the spouses not only rubbed each other with characters. At this time, the life of a young family was becoming, the wife mastered independent housekeeping, while the husband learned to earn and manageearned. For example, he comprehended worldly tricks of hiding part of the crop from the feudal lord. If we talk about peasant families. During this year, the couple managed to conceive, and some even give birth to their first child.

That is, the main thing that the spouses needed after the first year spent together under one roof was fabric and products made from it. The husband and wife needed underwear and shirts, because what was in the dowry and arrived from under the parental roof was already worn out, and the young wife rarely mastered the wisdom of elementary washing right away. A new born or expected first child needed diapers. Money in young, just comprehending adult life, families for a year, of course, did not accumulate.

Fabric and products from it required the simplest, "consumables". Hence the name of the first anniversary - "chintz wedding". Moreover, in different places this date was named according to the main type of inexpensive affordable weaving products - cotton, linen. For example, a linen wedding was celebrated in Belarusian villages. In Russia, calico products were always in use.

What to give according to tradition?

Although times have changed, in the question of what to give for a print wedding, one should adhere to tradition, that is, present what a young family needs. If you want to fully follow the customs, you need to choose chintz products as a gift.

It could be:

• curtains;
• bed sets;
• big blankets;
• tablecloths;
• towels;
• decorative bedspreads;
• kitchen supplies and more.

However, a customary gift should be accompanied by an original congratulation and beautiful packaging, which can also be made of chintz.

If the family has a newborn or a baby is expected, then this must be taken into account and be sure to add a set of diapers or something else to the main gift that can be useful to a young mother.

How to keep the tradition, but give something original?

Being original, but not deviating from customs, is not at all as difficult as it might seem. Knowing what they give for a chintz wedding, you need to dream up a little. The main requirements for the present are usefulness and chintz material. Hence, these key points should be made the only criteria for selection.

For example, you can give:

• large print-lined picnic basket;
• domovoi doll made of fabric with an envelope in which to invest money.

If a baby is expected, then a couple of photo albums will be a good present - general and exclusively for children, in chintz covers.

Can I donate dishes?

It is customary to present dishes on other anniversaries, but a chintz wedding gift should be useful. Accordingly, sets of kitchen utensils or sets, as well as barware or cutlery as presents, are quitevalid.

However, given the theme of the holiday and its name, you should show imagination and pack a present using chintz fabric. Or complement it with a suitable woven product. For example, towels, napkins, tablecloths.

Can I give things?

It would seem that the simplest present for such an anniversary as a printed wedding is shirts, underwear, summer dresses, shirts and the like.

However, customs strictly forbid giving wearable and simply personal ready-made items to spouses. Such presentations are made within the family. For example, the wife traditionally presented her husband with a hand-made and embroidered shirt for a cotton wedding.

Parents could give a young family ready-made personal items, but not their own children. That is, the wife's parents presented to her husband. A gift for his wife was prepared by his parents. If there was already a baby in the house, then the relatives made a present for him together.

That is, if a gift is chosen by a person who is not related by blood to the anniversaries, such things as ties, shirts, scarves, etc., should not be purchased.

How to make an unusual present?

When a cotton wedding is celebrated, how many years are still ahead - spouses usually do not care, and they do not save on the celebration. Of course, if there is no small child who has no one to leave with.

If a holiday is planned in a cafe or restaurant, then the spouses will not be busy preparing snacks. In this case, a photo orvideo session of the same name.

Can travel be a gift?

In recent years, it has become quite fashionable to present travel packages as a present. However, for such a gift, you need to know the plans of the anniversaries, and if the woman is in a position, then take this into account.

A good present would be not a trip, but a room in a country hotel for the weekend or a paid suite in one of the city hotels.

However, such a present, despite its unusualness, should not be made with superficial relationships with anniversaries or if there is a baby in the family.

Can I donate furniture or household appliances?

If you want to present something really necessary and not very cheap, for example, a washing machine or a bed, then the gift should be arranged accordingly.

As a rule, such presents are made jointly, that is, several people chip in for them. This nuance must be used. For example, on an object, you can stick chintz postcards with congratulations, wishes and signatures in different places. It is not necessary to limit yourself to one postcard from each "throw off". There may be many small cards with a wish and a signature on each.

If a present of this kind for such a family anniversary as a chintz wedding is made by one person, then this may be an original thing. For example, a corridor stool trimmed with chintz, or a shoe rack. A small country-style chest of drawers would also be a great option.

If there is a baby in the family, then a chintz rug-playpen, a high chair with woven trim will also be a good gift option.

Furniture and appliances meet the most important requirement for gifts prescribed by traditions - necessity and benefit. It remains only to add calico design to them.

How to congratulate?

In addition to choosing and purchasing presents, they still need to be handed over. Congratulations on the first family anniversary do not imply pomp or pretentiousness. However, this does not mean that they are not needed.

Giving a present must necessarily be accompanied by warm words, jokes, poems and, in principle, everything that is appropriate and will be understandable and pleasant to the anniversaries are possible.

Gifts need to be wrapped. In this case, you should not use ordinary elegant paper and "plastic" bows. The theme of the wedding allows you to show originality. Presents can be wrapped in inexpensive fabric or packaged in smart bags with woven lace trim. The packaging should be intercepted with chintz or satin ribbons.

Each presentation must be accompanied by an accompanying card with a congratulatory phrase, a wish and a signature.

Accompanying postcards are also an occasion for creativity. They can be handmade or ordered. Of course, the main material should be fabric.

Which flowers to choose?

As for flowers, for the first anniversary, simple light flowers are presented, collected in large, colorful, mixed bouquets.

There should not be huge armfuls of red roses with a heavy scent. A rose, in principle, is not the flower that is needed on this anniversary, but it is quite appropriate as part of bouquets. The color scheme of the floral composition should be bright and elegant. Muted, pastel and delicate bouquets, however, as well as plain ones, should not be presented on this anniversary.

Wildflowers are the only exception. Here the gamut may be devoid of flashiness, but the variety of colors themselves should also be. That is, you should not present only cornflowers or chamomile, they should be mixed.