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Print wedding - first wedding anniversary

A year after the marriage, the young spouses celebrate their first joint anniversary - the wedding anniversary. This important date for the family is called the “chintz wedding”, and it has a lot of traditions. You should know what to give to each other, with whom to celebrate the 1st wedding year, where to celebrate the festive event.

Much depends on how the first anniversary will pass, so it is important to observe all the customs and have fun celebrating the celebration with loved ones. Such a holiday should be remembered for many years.

Explanation of the name "chintz wedding"

To the question why the first wedding anniversary is called calico, there is a simple answer - it symbolizes the degree of strength of marriage. Chintz is a very thin material that can tear without the slightest effort. However, it has many bright colors, and the cost per meter is low. This is the meaning of the name "calico wedding" - relationships after 1 year from the date of the wedding are still fragile, fragile, can collapse due to turmoil and quarrels.

Love between young spouses for 1 year life together does not subside, it is as bright and varied as the colors of chintz. Even frequent quarrels are not worth attention, quickly forgetting after hugs and kisses. In addition, it is believed that it's time for the young to have a baby. Often thin diapers for newborns, undershirts, scarves, bed linen are sewn from chintz, this is another hint at the name of the anniversary.

Previously, guests gave spouses cuts of chintz fabric for baby diapers, wide strips of chintz for sheets with duvet covers for a family bed. They wished health, strength, long life to the future or born baby, so that he jumped out of cotton diapers faster. Young spouses, on the contrary, were advised not to get out of bed longer, washing clothes on it with active actions to the state of gauze. It is because of such hints that a cotton wedding is also called gauze.

Traditions associated with the first wedding anniversary

The first anniversary of living together is rich in interesting traditions and customs that are remembered for many years. A year after the wedding, the spouses must take several actions that contribute to the longevity of the marriage bond, strengthening family life. Do not neglect the signs on the first common anniversary, because every year of marriage involves the observance of its customs and rules.

Chintz wedding has long had the following traditions:

• on the first anniversary of their life together, the spouses are obliged to invite all friends, relatives who were present at the wedding, witnesses of the marriage;
• on this day, a husband and wife open one of the two bottles of champagne that have been kept at home since the date of the wedding celebration, the second had to be uncorked after the birth of the first child;
• the husband should give his beloved wife cotton elegant dress, and the wife is obliged to prepare a new calico shirt for her husband as a gift;
• the room for meeting guests should be decorated with chintz curtains, a bright tablecloth made of this symbolic material should be laid on the table, napkins and towels should be prepared;
• guests should give calico items to young people for their anniversary, accompanying the gift with wishes and orders to live in happiness for many years.

most main tradition tying knots on scarves is considered. In the morning, spouses are obliged to give each other, in addition to outfits, a new cotton handkerchief for the first anniversary of their life together. Moreover, it is necessary not only to exchange handkerchiefs, but to tie knots on them. The handkerchief should be taken by the opposite ends, holding it diagonally, tie a knot from the side of the husband and wife, wishing each other long years of marriage and love.

Charmed handkerchiefs should be kept throughout their life together in order to get them out after many years, remember this ceremony and enjoy the happy years of marriage.

Tips for guests on what to give for a calico wedding anniversary

A print wedding involves a noisy celebration and inviting friends to the anniversary of their marriage. No matter how many other anniversaries there are over many years, this one is the very first, which is why it is so important for spouses. Guests must decide in advance how to congratulate the newlyweds, what to give for the anniversary.

The very name "calico wedding" dictates to the guests the requirements for souvenirs and presents - they must be made of chintz. There are many options for gifts for the anniversary of a joint family life. How many guests are invited, so many different packages or boxes with chintz items should be received by the spouses at the holiday, because in any store they will offer a lot of options to choose from.

Here are some gift ideas for your first wedding anniversary:

• chintz bed linen, bright beautiful pillowcases, sheets, duvet cover;
• sets of thin diapers, if the family already has a baby;
• tablecloths, chintz napkins, colored curtains for the kitchen;
• apron with tacks for wife, towels;
• handkerchiefs, handkerchiefs with bright patterns;
• toys with soft fillers, panels.

Girlfriends, a sister or mother can give a young wife a chintz dressing gown for the house, a dress, a sundress, a shirt, wrapping the gift in a bag tied with ribbons with a bow. In turn, the mother-in-law or sister can give her husband a shirt, bright sliders for her son. Spouses will also like funny toys sewn with their own hands from colored patches.

For the first anniversary of a joint family life, you can give a pair of identical soft toys, made by yourself or bought in a store. It can be two hares, a bear cub, a hedgehog, funny little men, soft hearts from fabric. After many years, the couple will take them off the shelf and remember the bright moments of the first year of marriage.

If you have the ability and talent, the donation of hand-made crafts from calico is welcome. It can be:

• fashionable apron with lace inserts;
• upholstered sofa cushions;
• a napkin or tablecloth embroidered with bright threads;
• fabric letters, for example, can be stenciled and soft three-dimensional letters sewn for the words “wedding”, “1 year anniversary”, “anniversary”.

You can give anything to choose from, the main thing is that the gift pleases the spouses and even after many years of marriage reminds them of the first anniversary of their life together.

Ideas for celebrating the first wedding anniversary

There are many options for celebrating your first wedding anniversary. It all depends on how many guests will come to the celebration and where the holiday will be celebrated. If the guests main question- what to give to the young, then the spouses have thoughts about how to celebrate the date.

Here are some interesting tips for a fun party:

• if the anniversary fell in the summer, you can gather friends and celebrate the anniversary in nature - you only need treats, drinks and a good mood;
• you can celebrate at home, in the country, by the river, in a cafe or restaurant - it all depends on the desire and capabilities of the couple;
• if you want to spend a holiday together, you need to prepare dinner in advance, decorate a room, a table, pick up music at home or book a table in a restaurant;
• in the design of a room, a hall, it is better to use white color, decorating walls, windows, tables with chintz stripes;
• in the warm season, you can ask all guests to come to the anniversary in chintz clothes, just like spouses should dress;
• It would not be superfluous to arrange a fun photo shoot with all the invitees, using fabrics and toys for decorations;
• in order not to get bored, you should think over the script in advance, select contests, tasks;
• you can end the holiday with fireworks, firecracker shots, lanterns launched into the sky or bundles of balloons.

Contests for guests at the anniversary of the print wedding

To not miss festive table, you can play with guests in funny Games or contests. Here are a couple of examples for a cheerful mood.

Compliment Contest

All guests should be divided into 2 teams - a husband and wife support group. Spouses should be at the head of the teams, let them stand opposite each other. Guests should take turns calling compliments and gentle sweet words, praising spouses from someone else's team. Whose team, husband or wife, will be more talkative, she will win.

button competition

The hostess should prepare in advance 2 cuts of chintz, 2 needles and threads, scissors, different buttons. Guests are divided into equal teams. For a while, for example, in 10 minutes, team members should take turns sewing a button on the fabric each, while saying a compliment to the husband and wife. Whoever turns out to be more original and faster will receive a prize - an oven mitt, a handkerchief or a napkin from the spouses.

Can you remember funny contests from the wedding and repeat them with the guests, pick up your favorite music, hire a toastmaster and a photographer - let the memories of the calico wedding anniversary remain in your memory and in photographs even after 30-40 years. The more interesting the anniversary is, the stronger the relationship between the spouses will be in the future.

How else to please each other.

The first wedding anniversary is a very important holiday. If you are thinking about how to celebrate the first wedding anniversary, then you have already overcome quite a long journey together. They learned to understand each other, got used to the peculiarities of their soulmate, put up with some flaws. Also during this year I had to understand that family life is not only bouquets and sweets, but also hard days and even some problems.

The first anniversary is a print wedding. You can also find the names gauze or cotton wedding. Why it is so called unequivocally no one will say there are several versions.

Why print wedding

The most common version is that since ancient times, pieces of calico were given on this day for diapers for the firstborn. After all, earlier on the first anniversary, a young family was already expecting a baby. Nowadays, not everyone is in a hurry with children, but the name behind the wedding is firmly entrenched.

1. You can have a day just for two. Be together, do things you love, remove all communication devices that can distract from each other;
2. Prepare breakfast in bed
3. Take care of gifts in advance and present them to your soulmate;
4. Write romantic long letters to each other;
5. Put rings on each other's fingers again. For this purpose, you can purchase new symbolic decorations;
6. Recreate the table that was during the celebration in honor of your wedding. Let the taste of the dishes remind you of this day. You can return to the restaurant where you celebrated the wedding. And you can also cook the food that you cooked for each other for the first time in your life;
7. Drink a glass of champagne. To do this, you can open one of the bottles donated for the wedding;
   
8. Remember your wedding day by watching wedding videos and photos;
9. Arrange yourself an interesting walk. You can go on a picnic, ride horses, arrange dinner in an unusual setting;
10. Arrange your second honeymoon. You can go to where you spent time after the wedding. And you can explore new territories;
11. You can repeat your wedding. It's not cheap, but many people like to celebrate their first anniversary this way, because you can feel all the excitement that you feel at your wedding again. Of course, this will be symbolic, no one will re-register you in e. And you can actually get married, but in another country. According to the customs inherent in this culture;
12. Gather friends and loved ones. Sit in a circle of loved ones and remember pleasant moments;
13. Come up with new wedding vows, make promises to each other for the coming year;
14. dance your
15. Write poems to each other or even sing a song;
16. Arrange a romantic. Now there are many opportunities for this. You can take a picture in the same place as a year ago. You can rent a photo studio for a few hours. You can try on extravagant images;
    
17. You can combine your anniversary with sharp impressions: wind tunnel flight, paragliding, joint parachute jump, first dance class. Such a holiday will definitely be remembered for a long time!;
18. Order or do it yourself
19. Send a Chinese lantern into the sky;
20. Arrange an unforgettable romantic dinner with an interesting intimate continuation. Accessories are perfect for this, with which you can recreate the image of the bride.

What gift to give to your soul mate

On this day, it is not necessary to give expensive gifts. According to tradition, it is enough to give each other a symbolic gift: a cotton handkerchief.

Previously, the first anniversary was a beautiful touching ceremony. The spouses had to tie small knots on these scarves, each time they swore love to each other, made promises. Having tied all the knots, it was necessary to turn to face each other and pronounce the oath of allegiance.

After that, the handkerchiefs had to be removed and never thrown away. This ceremony contributed to a long and happy family life in harmony and mutual understanding.

On the day of the first anniversary, the gift of the mother-in-law is considered the most important gift.

Traditionally, she should give her daughter-in-law a dress made of chintz fabric, wish the same bright and pleasant family life as chintz.

In general, guests, friends and relatives can give anything on this day.

The main thing is that it matches the name of the wedding.

Nowadays, it is customary to give products from any fabric, it can be:

• bed sheets,
• towel sets,
• clothing, curtains,
• fabric dolls
• and other interior items.

Think about how you want to spend this day, it is better in advance. It is also better to think in advance about gifts and some details that will fill your anniversary day.

Chintz wedding is convenient because it is not difficult to choose a gift. The choice of a gift is completely practical in nature - something from the fabric you need for the home, and they also correspond to traditions that go back to the distant past.

Try to make this day memorable for a long time, because you have been together for quite a long period of time, full of joy and sadness, pleasant moments and domestic quarrels. Every year your love will only grow stronger, and joint vivid memories will become coal for your relationship fireplace.

So a whole year of family life has flown by. For some, it is imperceptible, but someone has already managed to experience some of the difficulties of family life. However, the family is still very young, the husband and wife are called newlyweds, the sensations have not had time to become familiar, the impressions are fresh and vivid. Lovers get used to living together, to lead a common life. Someone is about to have or has already had a baby. Many events can fit in the first year of family life! There was a wedding, a honeymoon, and everyday life is gradually dragging on. And it's time to celebrate the chintz wedding - exactly 12 months have passed since the date of the wedding. It is important to make the holiday bright, unforgettable and fun. There is no place for official solemnity and severity. Everything is cute and homely, provocatively and original. Jokes, laughter, humor and funny congratulations are welcome.

Getting ready for a print wedding
When the question arises of how to celebrate a print wedding, the main thing is not to be without important material. Sitz, of course! Try to decorate your celebration, wherever it takes place, in accordance with the theme. Not a single guest should forget that he is celebrating a cotton wedding, and not a wooden or silver one.

Here's what you're sure to need:

• multi-colored fabrics: chintz, coarse calico, silk, chiffon;
  
• buttons different sizes, shapes and colors;
  
• lace;
  
• multi-colored braid;
  
• balloons (preferably with helium);
  
• small Stuffed Toys, fabric souvenirs;
  
• multi-colored bright handkerchiefs;
  
• bows.
  

Now you need to start decorating. Everything will depend on where exactly you decide to celebrate a print wedding. On the street, you can use trees, bushes to place all your decorations on them. By the way, the cold season will not become an obstacle either - among the snow your bright accessories will look even more catchy. In the summer, of course, you can also celebrate a print wedding on the street to the glory.

The decoration of the house deserves special attention. First you need to make the accessories themselves.

We create: decorations for a print wedding
Give space to your imagination. Let your accessories not seem too simple to you - this is precisely their main charm! Your cotton jubilee is so delicate and fragile, it lacks solidity and solemn monumentality. Now you still live and love - how you play, at ease and fun. This is how the atmosphere should be at your party.

• Bows and scarves. Handkerchiefs and bright bows can be hung directly on thin colored ropes, ribbons, stretching them along the walls and under the ceiling.
  
• Checkboxes. fabricate bright flags, also find a place for them: fix them on the walls, on the jambs, decorate the doors and curtains.
  
• We decorate the curtain. Curtains are generally a great place for decorations. Especially if you invited guests to the evening. When you turn on the lights and draw the curtains, they will look great with colored bows, crumb toys, cute animals and bright patches of different fabrics.
  
• Decorative screen. You can make a special decorative screen on a free wall if you are not ready to turn the whole apartment into a “chintz extravaganza”. Tighten the wall with several cuts, great if they are materials with different textures. For example, bright velvet, chiffon, silk and chintz with a catchy pattern. And on the screen, attach all your creations!
  
• Homemade toys and souvenirs. If you are preparing for the holiday in advance, set aside time for tailoring special gift toys. They can be made quickly enough: for example, small “cakes” and “cakes” made of dense material with berries on top, colored hedgehogs, koloboks, handkerchiefs with embroidered wishes. You will give them to friends and family at your print wedding, decorate your house with them.
  
• Balls with colored "skirts" and "tails". Already stocked up balloons? They can also be decorated with fabric! Choose the lightest materials, such as chiffon. From the fabric, make wide and thin skirts, fluttering "tails". You can even specifically calculate the weight in such a way that the balls fly at a certain height on their own, without a string. Then they will move freely around your rooms, but not fly too high.
  
• Tablecloth. The best option- make the tablecloth the "queen" of the holiday. She will symbolize the skill of the hostess, the diligence of her husband, prosperity in the family, a long and happy life. For the base, you can take a real tablecloth, or you can use a regular piece of chintz. The main thing is to brightly and variously decorate it. Take beads, buttons, beads, your bows and braid, lace. Embroider and decorate the tablecloth to your liking.
  

Do not limit yourself in anything, fantasize freely!

How to celebrate a print wedding: we organize a celebration
A print wedding is best celebrated in a relaxed and free environment so that the whole atmosphere is positive, cheerful and sunny. If you wish, of course, you can go to a restaurant or cafe, but there you will not be able to fully demonstrate your skills as a hostess and demonstrate your creative potential. But at home or in nature, you will be a real full-fledged queen of the holiday!

Nature and flying
Great fun is already a tradition among young people. You can celebrate a cotton wedding in nature, together with friends and family, while launching as entertainment kites, releasing colored balls, luminous lanterns into the sky. It’s great if various wishes are attached to your flying heroes of the holiday.

You can fly yourself too! Now there is a great chance to celebrate the first anniversary of family life right in the sky, going there together with your loved one on a big hot-air balloon.

Outdoor picnic and fun
Here you will need multi-colored ribbons, bright ropes, shiny braid. Stretch your ribbons with handkerchiefs, flags and bows right between the trees and bushes.

• Labyrinth. good fun- labyrinth. With great pleasure, you will run with friends and loved ones along its “back streets”, look for the right “corridors” and “exits”. Your stretched ribbons will become the labyrinth.
  
• Trees with toys and gifts. Trees with decorations will look great in winter and summer. Gifts, handkerchiefs with embroidered wishes are hung on them. Don't forget the chintz! Even the usual postcard can be made from shreds.
  
• Relays. When young people mostly gathered at the festival, it is worth giving preference to sports games and competitions. Of course, with the corresponding "calico" prizes!
  
• Surprises and humor. It’s great if both the guests, the organizers of the holiday, and the spouses themselves prepare funny congratulations, ditties, poems. It is a print wedding that is ideal for practical jokes, jokes and fun. You can perfectly beat the “huge” period of family life, which the newlyweds withstood with honor, the symbol of the anniversary is chintz, so strong and beautiful, tender and pliable.
  

It’s great if the program of your holiday is varied, reminds everyone of a bright kaleidoscope, and the guests themselves will not notice how the fun comes to an end.

Your festive "calico" wedding table
It’s not worth impressing everyone with an excessive amount of gourmet dishes at a calico wedding. It is better to collect more fruits, salads from fresh vegetables, juices on the table.

• Salads. They should be mostly from fresh vegetables and fruits. More vitamins and color!
  
• Sandwiches. They are also very appropriate on the "calico" table. Just decorate them, make assorted, you can make them in the form of canapes.
  
• Snacks. All snacks should be light. Avoid overly spicy and strong-smelling snacks.
  
• Beverages. Minimize alcohol, great if you limit yourself to champagne, wine. Arrange juices, carbonated drinks. And definitely tea! Better - in a samovar. It will look great on your embellished chintz tablecloth.
  
• So that guests don't leave hungry... Prepare pies with different fillings, put out a few plates of cakes. And choose literally two or three dishes, otherwise you will really get hungry. Give preference to something more traditional, without any frills, consider the tastes of your guests.
  
• Cake. He won't interfere either. It just should be made the "highlight" of the program. You can order a cake original jewelry, inscriptions, and someone will make this miracle himself.
  

Of course, you can use other options. After all, not everyone wants to organize a holiday, decorate a house, come up with some kind of contests and games.

Those who wish will perfectly celebrate a cotton wedding in a cafe in the company of a witty and resourceful toastmaster, invite clowns and artists, go with friends to a karaoke bar or to the cinema for several sessions at once.

Some prefer to celebrate their first anniversary of family life in private and for such an occasion they rent a chic “suite” in a hotel for the whole day or go to a tourist recreation center. Someone will fly straight to warm lands for the sake of the holiday! After all, you can relax on the coast for a couple of days, celebrating such a bright and memorable date.

Happy holiday! Celebrate a print wedding in an unusually fun and original way.

Psychologists unanimously recognize the first year of marriage as one of the most difficult and “crisis” periods of marriage.

The most important date: the first wedding anniversary

The first, or chintz, is an important milestone in the relationship of young spouses. Psychologists unanimously recognize the first year of marriage as one of the most difficult and “crisis” periods of marriage, the husband and wife get used to each other, learn to treat the other with understanding, quarrel and reconcile.

That is why the first anniversary is called chintz, because chintz is one of the most fragile fabrics. According to another version, chintz is a simple “everyday” fabric, but its colors are usually variegated, like the boring first months of marriage.

The first wedding anniversary should definitely be celebrated. It is this day that will lay your first family tradition of celebration, and all subsequent anniversaries largely depend on how everything goes. As usual, the first wedding anniversary is celebrated with close relatives and friends. With guests, the “first-year” spouses exchange chintz handkerchiefs and arrange a ritual of “tying knots”, tying the other half to themselves even more firmly.

This is done as follows: the young take a scarf and connect the ends diagonally, tying knots on them. At the same time, it is necessary to say: "As these knots are strong, so are our feelings and words." After that, the spouses themselves and their guests sit down at the table, and one of the two bottles of champagne tied together by ribbons, which have been hidden since the wedding day, is necessarily opened at the table; the second is cherished until the birth of the first-born in the family.

On this day, bed linen should be expected from relatives as a gift; another name for the first anniversary is gauze, and it means a hint at the too violent activity of a young couple on the marital bed, as a result of which the sheets are rubbed to the state of gauze in a year. They also give other home textiles or special heart-shaped pillows sewn from chintz.

Also on the first wedding anniversary, some couples get married. Even if you are not yet ready for such a serious step, you can still go to church together and light candles for each other's health. The first wedding anniversary, as a rule, is celebrated especially magnificently by those couples in the strength of family ties and the seriousness of whose relationship there were doubts. In other words, the first wedding anniversary turns for some into a demonstration of the “longevity” of the union. Celebrities often sin with this, making them family holiday PR reason.

For example, Heidi Klum and her husband, the singer Seal, every year on May 11th arrange a full-fledged wedding party, each time adopting one or another original wedding ceremony. But Ksenia Borodina, the host of Doma2, who was expelled from the daytime air, and her husband did not arrange a magnificent celebration on the first anniversary of their wedding; however, two months before that day, Ksenia became a mother, so it’s not a fact that, behind the parental chores, the couple even remembered what day it was today.

If you do not have the time or mood to start a noisy celebration - it's okay. The first wedding anniversary is a reason to rejoice, first of all, for the spouses, so it will be enough to arrange a holiday for two on this day, go out to dinner and be sure to exchange gifts.

Printed wedding script

First marriage anniversary folk tradition, is associated with chintz - a bright, but thin and fragile material, since this is precisely the relationship of the spouses at this stage of their life together. Impressions are still vivid, love is strong and fresh, but any quarrel or quarrel threatens to develop into a break and alienation.

For implementation, the following are required: extras (from among the guests) - from 5 to 10; the place is a cafe, a restaurant, a large room in the apartment is also suitable: the host is a witness, a witness (from those who were at the wedding) or just an active person with a cheerful character.

Part one (indoor)

A couple enters the hall where the guests have gathered. Today they have the first anniversary of marriage, called chintz, because, like chintz, the relationship of the spouses is full bright colors, but still fragile. Therefore, according to tradition, the young wife is wearing a bright chintz sundress, and the husband, wanting to please his wife, put on her gift in honor of the celebration - a beautiful chintz shirt.

The festive table is covered with an embroidered tablecloth. If the hostess is a craftswoman, embroidery can be the work of her hands. The host and hostess stand at the head of the table. While the rest of the guests are sitting, the host rises from the table.

Leading:
Before starting our celebration, I want to remind you all of one beautiful and romantic ceremony. This is a kind of oath of allegiance, which, after a year of living together, our ancestors brought to each other.

I ask *** and *** (the names of the “calico” young people) to stand here, in the center, facing each other. You probably already know that for a cotton wedding, a husband and wife should give each other a cotton handkerchief. I think now is the right moment. (Spouses exchange handkerchief gifts.) And tie a knot on the handkerchiefs presented to each other. It will be a symbol that your love will last for many, many years.

Now join hands and repeat after me the words of the oath: “As the knots tied by us are strong, so are our words. As the wind-reveler wakes up the field in the field, so joy and happiness will be with us forever.

Spouses repeat the words after the leader.

The handkerchiefs that you gave each other will keep your love. Now they need to be hidden in a secret place and kept until the end of your life. But...

Everything in our life is fleeting,
You change the chintz to linen.
We wish you to live carefree,
As varied as a chameleon.
And this sonorous noise of glasses
For you guys, in your honor,
We will drink to the bottom for this date,
After all, to live life is not to cross a field!
So that your life is bright as day
And happy and clear.
Well, in a word, so that she was
Cheerful, joyful, beautiful.
Was full of spring dreams
Bloomed like the morning dawn
I propose this toast
For you, for your happiness.
And again, like a year ago,
I want to say: “Bitter! Bitterly!"

Guests:
Bitterly!!!

The spouses kiss, the guests count the duration of the kiss, and then present the husband and wife with "chintz". Gifts, according to tradition, should be made of chintz.

If the spouses are going (or really want) to have a child, usually the mother of the young wife ( close girlfriend, mother-in-law, husband himself) present her with cotton diapers as a wish for an upcoming pregnancy or a successful resolution of the burden. In addition, it is customary to give tablecloths, bed linen or chintz clothes.

The process of giving is accompanied by wishes - toasts.

Friends and relatives:

Happy anniversary, young people!
Today is a celebration in honor of you!
Friends, acquaintances, relatives
You are warmly congratulated!
We wish you great love!
And personal happiness forever!
Let it bloom in spring May
Life without obstacles and obstacles!

In a life where many tears and doubts
Only the one who knows how to love is happy
You can live without wealth and money,
But without love it is impossible to live!
Today you can not be sad and gloomy!
To hell with separation, betrayal and evil!
When she came out (points to his wife) for him (to her husband),
Was she the luckiest then?

While some guests are busy making speeches, congratulations, wishes, toasts in honor of the young, others, waiting for their turn, support the anniversaries with tasting drinks and dishes.

Leading:
A chintz handkerchief ... Such a seemingly simple and ordinary thing, but how much it carries a secret meaning. It turns out that this little rag can be the key to future happiness.

And who doesn't want to be happy? So let's follow the example of *** and *** (the names of the spouses) - let's practice a little bit in tying knots!

The game starts at "Handkerchief"

You need to prepare in advance a beautiful neckerchief, preferably from chintz. Everyone should stand in a circle. One person goes to the middle of the circle and puts a handkerchief around his neck. And not just throws on a handkerchief, but ties it with a bow. This is a prerequisite.

The music turns on and the person begins to dance in the middle of the circle. Having made several spectacular steps, the player must pass his handkerchief to someone from the circle. In this case, the handkerchief must be tied in a knot, and the person must be kissed. Now the new "carrier" of the handkerchief comes to the middle of the circle.

You can dance and show off in the spotlight as much as your soul asks. The only thing to remember is that at the most unexpected moment, the music turns off, and the one who remains in the circle must loudly shout out everyone’s favorite “ku-ka-re-ku!”.

Leading:
So we all practiced knitting knots. Perhaps now it will be easier for all of us to bind ourselves to happiness ... And in anticipation of our own happiness, I propose to drink for the happiness of our hosts. What do you think, from what cup do we drink, we drink and cannot get drunk in any way?.. From the cup of love. So let's drink to love!

The guests drink, have a snack, at this time the host can relax a bit and think about future congratulations, toasts and ways to entertain everyone present. But the pause does not last very long.

Leading:
Of course, we all already know each other, we have known each other for more than a year, like our dear hosts, and yet ... it won’t hurt us to get to know each other better. For example, let's pay attention to the color of our clothes. So who's in red today? These people are joyful, beautiful, independent, they appreciate the fullness of life. Always ready for love, in a sense, for a great feeling. They prefer to spend holidays and vacations in the south.

Who is in clothes white color? Often naive, honest people, with a spotless reputation, kind and decent. They prefer to rest among the snowy plains and polar bears.

The black color of the clothes indicates that we have talented people who are able to bewitch absolutely everyone. They love black caviar and black coffee. Sexually attractive, prolific in everything! They like to relax in the country with lovers.

Cloth of blue color guarantees their owners a noble origin, romance. These are faithful, glorious people, they literally worry about everything and everyone. They love to relax everywhere, just to fly by plane or sail on a ship.

The green color of the outfit indicates that these are people overwhelmed with hope and dreams. Always fresh and attractive. For recreation, they prefer the nearby forest.

Who came in clothes yellow color? These people are pleasant, warm, romantic, but ... insidious. From jewelry prefer gold. Strive to occupy a place in the upper class. They like to relax on the Golden Sands. They like to listen to Sting's "Fields of gold", they like to be called "Gold". So we have become a little closer and more understandable to each other!

And in order to still check how much we all know each other, I offer several tests. And again, our hosts, “one-year-old” spouses, will show us an example!

Games begin in which you need to guess the person. For disguise, a sheet is best suited (again, in tribute to tradition, from chintz), and you will also need two “atlantes” that can hold the “sky” over the heads of the participants throughout the game.

"Oh, those legs!"

The ladies are hiding behind the sheet. The men turn away for a while. Ladies stick out from under the "curtain" by agreement the left or right leg (you can wear shoes or without them, you can go up to the ankle or to the knee, the main thing is that skirts are not visible). Then the representatives of the stronger sex take turns trying to guess which woman owns which leg.

“I recognize a sweetheart by the palm of his hand ...”

The men are hiding behind the covers. The ladies leave for a while to give them a chance to prepare. During this time, gentlemen expose their hands from behind the coverlet (it is more convenient to do this at the bottom edge of the fabric, near the floor, so that the shoulder is not visible). The task of the lady is to guess the strong male hand his cavalier.

"Mirror Kiss"

Ladies put thicker lipstick on their lips, go to the mirror and leave bright prints on it. Further, gentlemen approach the mirror and try to figure out women's kisses.

Men who have shown maximum ingenuity are awarded the right to an extraordinary slow dance.

Leading:
How thin is chintz and fragile linen,
And this anniversary symbolizes one thing.
Your relationship is not so strong
And the boulders of life are rolling towards you.
But if you're friends
Give each other a shoulder
No need for outside help
You will be completely happy!

The guests drink to make this wish come true, there is a short pause again, during which all the owners bad habits time to leave the premises and come back.

Future groom:

“Remember, the decision to get married was your last independent decision.
- Carry your wife in your arms, and she will sit on your neck herself.
- You should help your wife on March 8, but on the rest of the days you do everything yourself.
- When walking with your wife, do not look to the left, as you may not notice that she is looking to the right.
- The first word of the baby should be "mother" so that he does not disturb his father's sleep.
- When you get up in the morning, kiss your wife, maybe you will be the first.
- Love and respect your wife, but do not allow her to be the mistress of the house, be the master yourself, so that, escaping from the wrath of your wife, sitting under the table, you can say to everyone: “I am the master of the house! Wherever I want, I sit there!
- During the honeymoon, do not waste time in vain, do not read poetry to your wife, it is better to read her the book "On Tasty and Healthy Food."
- Have time to speak today, soon you will only listen.
Don't overuse excuses for being delayed from work. Fantasize, think, create...
- Do not forget the name of the witness, in which case she will feed you.

Future bride:

- If the husband came home late, give him the opportunity to tell what you have known for a long time.
In money matters observe a strict division of labor. Leave the important and honorable right to earn money to your husband. And take on the difficult, difficult task of spending them. You have to give in at least something.
- It is strictly forbidden to tease and call your husband the names of the inhabitants of the zoo!
- Never argue with your husband, but start crying right away.
- If the husband begins to linger at work, change the husband's profession.
- Love and take care of your husband and his nervous system, never tell him the true value of the purchases.
- Tape all his pre-wedding promises, and when he gets sad, this tape will make him laugh to tears.
- Do not forget the name of the witness, he can help you with the housework when your husband is late at work. Maybe I mixed up that when I poured invaluable experience into verbal form ... But even if so, do not be angry with me, because my intentions were the same - to amuse all our honest company!

While reading the tips, guests can not only listen carefully to the host and take note of the invaluable experience, but also engage in their immediate duties - tasting dishes and drinks on the table. The tasting continues even after the reading - you need to give the presenter a rest.

Leading(after rest):
And now I propose to test your imagination. Here, for example, what associations do you have, well, for example, when it comes to Philip Kirkorov? But today we will not discuss pop stars, but will pay all attention to those present here. So, I propose to ask me any associative questions about who I have now thought of. I promise to answer sincerely and honestly!

An example of questions and answers to associations can be the following dialogue:

1. What vegetable or fruit is this person associated with?
- With kiwi.

2. What type of footwear does this person associate with?
- With hussar boots with spurs.

3. What color is this person associated with?
- With green.

4. What type or brand of car is this person associated with?
- With a limousine.

5. What animal is this person associated with?
- With a tiger.

6. What kind of music is this person associated with?
- Popular.

7. What mood is this person associated with?
- With joyful.

After such answers, everyone understands that we are talking about someone perky, with a good-natured character and a broad soul. The guests look around in bewilderment: “Who could it be?”. And then suddenly someone's voice is heard, calling the name of the "calico" husband. The facilitator says: "That's the right answer!".

Leading:
Love leads through the desert
And through the mountain ranges
And in the wind she does not get cold,
And not afraid of heights.
For the fact that we care about blood,
My toast, of course, is to love!

After the last wish, the guests are invited to continue the celebration in the open air.

Part two (on the street)

Often the wedding anniversary does not fall on the warm season. But even in this case, there are recipes for how not to sit out the whole holiday in a hot room, methodically pouring another portion of alcohol into yourself. You can, for example, admire the snow ...

Leading(after everyone is in the yard):
Look around! Isn't it beautiful: the snow seems to wink at us with its stars, as if inviting us to have fun ... I invite you too! Which of you sculpted a snowman in childhood?

And who knows the difference between a snowman and a snowman? I'm listening to options! And now we have two teams (those present are divided into teams), one of which will sculpt a snowman, and the other a snowman. And we'll see which team is faster and better at it.

The game evaluates not only the speed of execution, but also the quality, as well as "compliance with generally accepted standards", that is, that the snowman and the snowwoman really have signs of gender. The winning team gets prizes. After this game, an arbitrary program (for example, a walk) may well begin, followed by a return to the table.

There are many options for how to celebrate a wedding anniversary 1 year of family life. For the newlyweds, this is their first anniversary, and they want it to be remembered for many years and laid the foundation for family tradition unusually and vividly celebrate each subsequent one. To begin with, you need to decide whether you are going to celebrate the Chintz wedding together, with your family or with friends. Of course, for the first year, it would be more romantic to spend this day exclusively together.

Return back

A romantic dinner with a bottle of playful champagne or wine by candlelight will help the newlyweds enjoy a secluded, calm atmosphere alone with each other. The room can be decorated according to the event, depending on your imagination - with heart-shaped balloons, rose petals, etc. A lot has changed in a year so you might want to reconsider wedding videos and photo albums to nostalgic about the day of your celebration. Remember the most sincere and beautiful congratulations on the wedding, cries of "bitter!" , dance of the bride and groom, funny and cool contests at the wedding. And you can start the day with breakfast in bed, so you will pleasantly please your soulmate.

themed cake

If you decide to celebrate your 1st wedding year with culinary delights, you can please your spouse with a custom-made themed cake, perhaps with a print of yours. wedding photography or the first joint photo.

Do something out of the ordinary

Don't be afraid to experiment! If your spouse loves extreme sports, you can give him or her a parachute jump, a quad bike ride, or a hot air balloon ride for your first wedding anniversary. If you prefer something more relaxed, you can go for a picnic in the park, riding bicycles or rollerblading. By the way, read this article about what you can give your husband for a chintz wedding.

Another honeymoon

An excellent option to unwind and relax will be another honeymoon. Embark on a honeymoon trip and celebrate your 1st wedding anniversary to enjoy the beauties of another country, the sun and the beach, or fabulous European buildings. Explore the world together, this will bring you even closer to each other.

Going to a restaurant or cinema

If on this memorable day you do not want to be at home all evening, great idea will reserve a table in a restaurant a couple of days before the holiday. An equally romantic option is to go to the cinema: tickets for kissing places, popcorn and romantic comedy. You can also reproduce the atmosphere of the marriage proposal made to the future wife.

Spa treatments

And if the newlyweds would like to relax on the day of the holiday, you can go for joint spa treatments in the salon or go to the sauna or bath, depending on the preferences of the beautiful couple.

No matter how you decide to celebrate your first wedding anniversary, try to seem to go back 1 year ago, do not be afraid to experiment, and do your best on this holiday so that both of you will remember it for the rest of your life.