What is an anniversary
So, anniversary.
How old is this? The classic, “golden” anniversary is considered to be the 50th anniversary. However, both 33 and 25 years are considered anniversary dates. Today in the world it is customary to celebrate every date divisible by five as an anniversary. For a modern person, an anniversary means 15 years of marriage, 35 years of life, etc. And the very first mention of such an anniversary (a date divisible by five) is found in the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, who wrote about how the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum celebrated its 25th anniversary.
It is impossible to unequivocally answer the question of how many years an anniversary is. There are no rules that specify specific dates that are considered anniversaries. For example, some Russians consider the day on which a 14-year-old teenager receives a passport to be significant. But Americans celebrate the 21st birthday as the first round date, since on this day a person becomes an adult. Teenagers also celebrate their coming of age in other countries, where the “ticket to adulthood” is issued at the age of 18.
However, it is still too early to be proud of such an anniversary. An anniversary is still a date to be proud of. For example, 30 years of work experience, 40 years of marriage, crossing the life milestone at 70 years, etc. Such a hero of the day will proudly wear his status and deserve it. At this age, a significant date is treated with special trepidation, because a significant part of life’s journey is left behind.
Competitions for a woman’s 65th birthday at home
Competitions for a woman’s 65th birthday at home
The time has come for you to celebrate your next anniversary, and this time it’s 65 years. Have you already prepared an entertainment program for your guests? We offer you interesting competitions for a woman’s 65th birthday, which can easily be held at home. Cool competitions will delight your guests and add an unforgettable twist to your anniversary. Well, are you ready? Then let's see what we have for you.
Usually, at the beginning of any holiday, all guests are immediately seated at the tables. Let's not break tradition, let them sit down. But as soon as they sat down, there was a competition! And for the first competition you need two paper airplanes and two pens. You give each side of the table one airplane and one pen. At the command of the host, the first guests write their wish on the airplane, literally one word, for example, love. And as soon as they wrote. This is passed on to the second guest at the table. He also writes his wish, for example, health. And passes it on to the third guest. He, in turn, writes his wish, and so on. You cannot repeat your wishes, so guests need to be careful! As soon as one side was the first to bring its airplane to the hero of the day, it means that this side won! And the hero of the day reads out all the wishes that were delivered to her on the airplane. Here the first toast was immediately “born”!
Our next competition is called – delicious surname. The essence of the competition is to name any edible and tasty dish for each letter of the surname of the hero of the day. This competition can be conducted by interviewing each guest in turn. Or you can give everyone a piece of paper and let them all write. And then the hero of the day will read out all the pieces of paper one by one, and whichever piece of paper with dishes in her name she likes the most will win. This competition can also be held with songs. That is, for each letter of the surname you need to remember the name of the song. And if possible, then sing a song or chorus. The result is an original block in the form of beautiful songs and congratulations.
As soon as everyone has sung, everyone will immediately be drawn to dance. And here you can’t do without competitions! Our first competition is called the Battle of Generations. For the competition you need to make cuts of songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. And also cuts of modern songs. And they must alternate with each other. And when music is played for the older generation, the older generation dances. When modern music starts playing, the old people go aside and the young people dance. And so on several times.
Well, let's continue dancing? And then we have the next competition. Any anniversary has something to do with numbers. Therefore, guests need to remember the names of songs that contain numbers. Each guest names his song, it is turned on and he dances with the hero of the day. There are many such songs, both ancient and modern. Here, for example: – I’m 18, – Argentina, Jamaica 5-0, – a million scarlet roses, – three white horses, and three white horses, And many other songs. You just have to strain your memory a little and you’ll remember everything.
Let's move on, and the time has come to remember the entire life path of the hero of the day. And for this, the hero of the day writes real facts from her life on a piece of paper in advance. And mixes them up with fictitious facts. And the presenter reads them all. If the guests think that this happened in the life of the hero of the day, then they applaud. And if this did not happen, then they sit in silence. If someone decides to clap and makes a mistake, then the presenter should funny comment on this funny moment.
Well, finally, we suggest straining your memory again and remembering something. Or rather, remember this. What famous people were born in the year of birth of the hero of the day. And also, what important events happened this year. When we remember everything, we remember the events and famous people in the year when the hero of the day was 5 years old. Then when I was 10 years old, 15 and so on. And when it comes to this year, there is only one option: this year our hero of the occasion celebrates her 65th anniversary! And whichever guest answers this way will receive a prize for winning this competition.
How to celebrate the anniversary
Russians always celebrate anniversaries on a grand scale.
This is the mentality of the people of Russia. They will never miss a single significant date. They always start preparing for the holiday in advance, think about congratulations on the anniversary and choose gifts. Of course, I want to please the hero of the day. Therefore, his family and friends carefully choose the location of the celebration, come up with a scenario for the celebration, etc. Most often, an anniversary is a huge number of posters, colorful balloons, toasts, beautiful songs, dances (both ordinary and folk dances) and stories about how interesting and fun the life of the hero of the occasion was.
What kind of wedding 15 years of marriage is celebrated in other countries
No less interesting is how other peoples named their 15th wedding anniversary. There are different names, and each of them has its own deep meaning.
Rag wedding - 15 years passed until the family was able to sew their way of life, their worldview and even happiness from assorted scraps into a single fabric. And their life became so colorful, but strong.
Violet wedding, because at this wedding the central place is occupied by a romantic and delicate flower - the violet.
It is one of the first to bloom in spring, survives even on rocky, steep slopes and pleases the eye with its tenderness.
This combination of primordial strength and tenderness is characteristic of all wedding anniversary names.
All the symbolism speaks of how much effort has already been put into building one’s own happiness, and at the same time warns that what has been created is still fragile, that any careless movement, act, or event can lead to collapse.
And agree that on the 15th wedding anniversary, what it is called does not matter much.
The main thing is that the married couple has something to be proud of, and they will figure out how to maintain happiness themselves.
And now is the time to pour champagne into glasses and raise them to the health of the heroes of the day.
Scene at a men's anniversary
This skit will require the participation of four women.
The roles of mother, wife, lover and friend are distributed between them. It is also necessary to have both a presenter and a presenter. The presenter begins:
Here's a sketch for the hero of the day!
What will her grade be?
Presenter:
What does a man dream about? Of course, about my mother, loving and caring!
Mom (you can think of a typical housewife costume for her in advance):
And about my best friend!
Girlfriend (you can dress her up in a T-shirt with the logo of a famous football club and hand her a glass of beer):
And about a passionate lover!
The mistress comes out (you can dress her up in something pink and seductive) and all the women say in unison:
We decided how to combine it all! Here's a gift for you - the best in the world!
Nearby there is a box with a bow, which they point to. The wife, dressed in a peignoir, appears from the gift wrapping to the music. She has a bottle of cognac and a plate of pies in her hands.
Wife:
Happy anniversary, beloved!
This is followed by congratulations on the anniversary from the rest of the guests.
Competitions for anniversaries 30, 35, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75 years
Drawing from words
To hold the competition you will need several people, one of whom is the presenter. The presenter brings out a simple drawing and shows it to one of the players; everyone else should not see it. The player who saw the drawing must explain in a whisper to the other player what was depicted in the drawing. The second player tells the third one from the words of the first and so on. The last player who was told about the drawing takes a piece of paper, pen or pencil, and tries to draw what he was told. Then the drawing drawn by the last player is compared with the original.
Associations
The players sit in a circle. The first player thinks of a word and speaks it into his neighbor's ear, so that the others cannot hear. The second player comes up with an association with this word and says it in the ear of the third player. And so on until the very end. The word returns to the first player, who says it loudly. It is interesting at the end to compare the original word and the final association.
Catch a butterfly
Two players are invited to participate in the competition, each of whom is given a large net on a long stick. Along with this, they are given a balloon. The players' task is to catch each other in the net without dropping the ball. The competition is quite funny and brings pleasure not only to the players, but also to the guests.
Kiss Ribbons
For the competition you will need several ribbons of the same color and length. The presenter folds all the ribbons so that the edges coincide, then squeezes the middle of the folded ribbons into a fist, and randomly lowers their ends down. Each player must take one end of the tape. Then the presenter unclenches his fist, and the couple holding on to different ends of the same ribbon must kiss.
Round date - in a ball
Participants are divided into pairs and each pair receives an identical (length) ball of thread. At the command “start”, some participants in pairs unravel the ball, and the second participants tie themselves with thread, that is, they wind the threads around themselves. The couple that unwinds the ball faster than the rest and wraps the threads around the participant will win and receive a prize.
Bouquet for the hero of the day
Guests are divided into equal teams (5 or 7 people). Each participant receives a rose with the same number of thorns. At the “start” command, the teams begin to form a bouquet for the birthday boy - they remove the thorns from the roses. As soon as each participant frees their rose from the thorns, the team collects all the roses into a single bouquet and presents it to the hero of the day. The team that completes the task first will win and receive a prize, and the birthday boy will be extremely pleased to receive additional bouquets as a gift.
Ride the ball
All players are divided into two teams, the captain of each team is given a ball. Each player is taken by hand by two others, and his feet are placed on the ball. The task is to step on the ball and reach the end of the hall. The team whose players hit the ball faster to the end of the hall wins.
A stool is placed in the center of the hall. At each leg of this stool there becomes one player, in whose hands is an aluminum spoon. All players stand with their backs to the stool and, accordingly, to each other. Then, at the leader’s command, the players move three steps away from the stool and turn around. After this, the presenter gives another signal, after which each player must try to put his spoon on the chair first.
Draw an elephant
All players are divided into two teams and are blindfolded. The facilitator brings out a large sheet of paper and pencils for all participants. Teams are asked to draw an elephant. Moreover, the entire team must draw. One player draws a trunk, the second a tail, the third a leg, and so on. At the end, the players take off their bandages and admire the design. The most understandable drawing wins.
Reverse bowling
If the bowling player's task is to knock down all the pins, then in this competition the point is not to knock down a single pin. All players are divided into two teams and are blindfolded. Pins are placed along all trajectories. Players, holding hands or lining up like a snake, must go through the entire trajectory without knocking over a single pin. The team that knocks down the fewest pins will be the winner.
Scene at the women's anniversary
In this skit there should be a man who will play the role of a stripper.
But first of all, the main artist needs to put on several pairs of socks, shorts and T-shirts. The main thing is to choose the right song that suits the role of a “sex bomb”. The presenter says:
Anniversary striptease is now for you!
We can repeat it for an encore!
A man comes out and takes off his clothes while dancing. By the end of the dance, he should be wearing only his underpants, and congratulations on his anniversary should be written in advance on his chest. A woman turns 50, 20 or 65 – she will still appreciate it. After the dance, the “stripper” hands the hero of the occasion a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Beautiful congratulations on your 65th birthday
No one here can understand that you are 65 years old, because you are always slim, beautiful and smiling happily,
I hasten to congratulate you And so I will tell you again: Be like this all the time, mom - Beautiful, stylish, sweet yourself!
2
Sixty-five is not years at all! Yes, wisdom brings such an anniversary - But the soul is young, the heart trembles, Everything is ahead! Now I wish you more happiness, a cozy home, and meeting only good people in life! I congratulate you, I wish you wealth, May there be no losses in your life.
3
Today is your anniversary, but is it worth counting the years? We wish you to always be beautiful at any age!
Comfort in the house and warmth, Love, harmony and happiness! After all, the state of your soul is your real age!
4
Is it really 65? Such a great date! Let your eyes burn with joy, Let your soul be bright and rich! Let the light shine through your windows, Let your children and grandchildren give you a smile! Even though time rushes forward - Love this sounds of life! Appreciate the breath of rain, And the coolness of the early morning, And don’t talk about the years! You are an asset to me!
5
Cheerful, mischievous, - You can’t say that she’s sixty-five! - Filled with spiritual warmth. All you have to do is shine on stage!
I saw a lot in my destiny and went through many obstacles, I trusted only in God and cherished faith in my soul.
May the Creator, the Almighty reward your work with health, so that pure, bright thoughts reflect comfort in your soul!
6
With a sweet smile, fate, like a girl, carefully weaves the years into her braid. Today she will tie ribbons with bows on the anniversary date and then,
Having put on a smart dress for this holiday, the experience of past years will swirl in the dance. Let old age move away like a cuttlefish! The bouquet of all the joys has not yet been collected...
Bright happiness awaits you with the dawn! And love will shine like stars in the night! Let's all drink to this now! Let your heart beat joyfully at sixty-five!
7
Beauty blossoms over the years, The heart grows kinder every day, We congratulate you on your anniversary, We bring you a lot of positive things, 65 years old - but the Heart is getting younger and singing with joy. May you have it. Well, love will warm you up and bring you inspiration in life! Much health and good luck to you, May things be resolved easily, Become better and richer, May your problems be far away!
Attitude to the anniversary
Each person perceives the anniversary date in their own way. Women treat round dates with nostalgia. After all, an anniversary is how many years? It’s good if you’re 20 or 30. But when you turn 50, the fair sex is overcome with light sadness. Like, the best young years are already behind us. Men often treat this significant event with some irony. And guests are delighted with any anniversary - after all, this is another holiday where you can have a good rest and have fun. Especially considering that usually each subsequent anniversary is celebrated on a larger scale than the previous one.
How to celebrate 15th wedding anniversary
Fifteen years is an important anniversary in the life of the spouses, which must be celebrated on a grand scale, solemnly and magnificently, so that the day will be remembered for a long time. To do this, you can use a ready-made version of the script for the 15th wedding anniversary. Besides, what would a wedding be without the presence of parents, which is required by custom, because they are a symbol of respect for the traditions of life itself. In addition to parents, wedding witnesses, best friends, and relatives are invited to the wedding anniversary. In addition, children, who are the personification of the continuation of the family line on earth, must certainly be present at the table on the anniversary of 15 years after the wedding. Depending on the wishes of the spouses and the time of year, the celebration can be held by choosing one of the following options.
- If the anniversary falls during the cold season, then guests can be gathered in a restaurant or banquet hall.
- If you decide to celebrate with your family, then you can hold the celebration at home. Include bright, intriguing moments and be sure to include poetic congratulations, music and intimate conversations at your crystal wedding celebration.
- In warm weather, especially if the wedding is in the summer, you can go to the forest or park, set up a table in the garden, at the dacha, in a country house. Fresh air, barbecues, fun wedding competitions, outdoor games. Then your guests will be recharged with energy that will last until the next wedding anniversary.
When setting the festive table, try to use glassware, and if possible, you should decorate the room with glass or crystal decorative elements, such as figurines and vases. Lighted candles placed in transparent glasses look very beautiful. They can be distributed throughout the room. Also a mandatory attribute of this wedding anniversary are crystal glasses for the heroes of the occasion.
Anniversary gifts
There is no point in being sad about the years you have lived. After all, an anniversary is a holiday, it’s gifts, it’s sincere congratulations.
But gifts for the hero of the day can be varied. You can add poetry or an interesting scene to a card with a suitable theme (this gift has long become traditional with us). A popular gift is a souvenir that, even after many years, will remind the hero of the day of this particular date. Everything else depends only on your imagination, financial capabilities and social status of the hero of the occasion.
Fifteenth anniversary - crystal wedding
Yes, 15 years is an event. And its name is beautiful, symbolizing something fragile, gently ringing. The years lived together have already shown all sides of the other half, the innermost strings of souls have been touched. For some, a melodic ringing was heard in response, and for others... Some may rejoice at the ability to preserve their fragile happiness, while others can barely do it. Maybe we should remember how it all began? Fragile crystal should be protected.
But that’s not the only reason why the anniversary is called crystal. Japanese culture claims that rock crystal is the breath of a dragon in frozen form. The personification of the connection of past, present, future. So the fifteen years lived are the “baggage” of the years lived together, today’s realities and plans for the future period.
In accordance with the philosophy of Feng Shui, crystal is a symbol of comfort, well-being, harmony, and prosperity. The rock mineral is pure and transparent. It is considered a talisman of the purity of thoughts of two loving hearts towards each other. As a talisman, crystal will make relationships purer and strengthen mutual vows of fidelity.
The crystals of the mineral have a hexagonal structure. The relationship between spouses is also multifaceted. The purest crystal is considered the most valuable; it is very rare. In human relationships, it is also not often that after 15 years of marriage, the relationship remains pure. In other sources, this date is called glass. Crystal is a special type of glass. It contains barium and lead oxide.
The most important thing that crystal symbolizes is integrity
and the fragility of family relationships. Even after living for quite a long time, you can accidentally break your happiness. One action, a wrong choice, an accidentally dropped offensive phrase - and the family vase will shatter into shards of glass.
