An wedding anniversary is the birthday of the date with where marriage took place. The married people can mark the date of birthday of their marriage in the special ways. Other people could give the gifts of suitable couples during the year of their birthday. These gifts are different in various countries. For example, in the United Kingdom the 7th wedding anniversary is called the birthday of copper and the 10th birthday is called the aluminium birthday. In the United States, these birthdays are sometimes celebrated with made gifts of wools or tin, respectively. The 7�mes and 10�mes birthdays are popularly celebrated with RU, with the money much late (25th) and (of fiftieth) birthdays of gold.

In the kingdoms of the Commonwealth, one can receive a message of the monarch for sixtieth, sixty-fifth, and seventieth wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary then that. This is done while applying to the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, or the governor - general 'office of S in the other kingdoms of the Commonwealth. In Canada, one can also receive a message of the general of the Governor for fiftieth and fifty-fifth birthdays. The situation is similar in Australia, where one can receive a letter of the congratulations of the governor - general on fiftieth and all the wedding anniversaries following; the Prime Minister, the chief of opposition federal, the local members of Parliament (state and federal), and the governors of state can also send greetings for the same birthdays.

In the United States, one can receive a greeting of the president for any wedding anniversary on or after fiftieth.

The roman catholics can request a papal blessing by their local diocese for wedding anniversaries of a special nature (25th, fiftieth, of sixtieth, etc).