An anniversary present for my parents...

[Indylady]

This December will be my parents 25th anniversary. I''m in need of present/celebration ideas. So far, my ideas have been:
1) send them on a cruise, or trip
2) a small surprise party with their closest friends
3) a nice diamond ring for my mom and something else nice for my dad (maybe a tv, surround sound, etc)
4) something for the house?
5) a big, blow out party...though I''d kind of rather spend those $$$ on something only for them, like a ring or trip, but its an idea too


Moms, dads, or kids, what do you think would make a nice anniversary present for my parents?

 

[CasaBlanca]

I would do something sappy sentimental...compile family photos and set it to video. You can have friends and family write short thoughts and include an image of their writings in the montage along with their photo. Or ask them to film short video comments. 25 years ago there was some really cool music...learning their favorites and using it would be cool. If your moms still has her dress, get a dress form and have it displayed with photos of the wedding, era...etc.

For a 40th anniversary, My familia did a this is your life sort of thing (tv show from long long ago). Which at your age you probably don''t know what that is. Frankly, I wasn''t around until much later too. But I did see some. You have an Emcee emceeing...(ha) and people and friends speak out of view...(I remember when...)and then pop out in surprise and recant their favorite memory of the couple.

Having great friends come in for celebration would be my choice to a trip by ourselves. Heck we are always by ourselves! (don''t know about yours!)

I have also been to one that the "EMCEE" reads thoughts that were put to paper and the Guest of honor has to guess who said what. It is fun, and allows memories to be relived.

I like sentimental things that signify the years...so for you mom I would do a by the yard thing, or a eternity type thing...or something that signifies 25 in the count. Five rows of five stones? Since it is the Silver you can use silver metal...for your dad...25 hammers? Just joking. Have no clue for a man for a gift unless their is some watch with 25 something or ruthers.

I like the big blow out party. You will never regret that! But since it is in December...you may be disappointed in attendance due to weather or finance shortage due to the season. You may consider A month or two earlier?

What a great daughter you are! Have fun planning and sneaking around!

 

[jewelz617]

CRUISE!!! Nothing better than a vacation, I say!

 

[VRBeauty]

Unless your parents have hit the hard-core curmudgeon stage, they will appreciate any of those options. In fact, they''d appreciate anything you give them or do for them that you put your heart into... and if it shows their friends and family what a wonderful kid they have, so much the better!

Any of the gifts you mentioned sound great, although I''m less inclined towards option 3 because it''s basically separate gifts rather than one gift for the two of them. I guess I''d veer towards something that they''re not likely to do for themselves, but which is within reach for you financially -- they wouldn''t want you to go into debt for them.

 

[swingirl]

Date: 3/20/2010 10:07:22 PM
Author:IndyLady
This December will be my parents 25th anniversary. I'm in need of present/celebration ideas. So far, my ideas have been:

1) send them on a cruise, or trip --yes
2) a small surprise party with their closest friends --yes
3) a nice diamond ring for my mom and something else nice for my dad (maybe a tv, surround sound, etc)--no to separate gifts
4) something for the house? --not really personal enough
5) a big, blow out party...though I'd kind of rather spend those $$$ on something only for them, like a ring or trip, but its an idea too --save the big blow out for a bigger anniversary

Moms, dads, or kids, what do you think would make a nice anniversary present for my parents?

 

[PumpkinPie]

I vote for either a trip or a party - most of the time, we value experiences over material goods (what blasphemy on a diamond website! .

 

[luv2sparkle]

I love Casa''s idea about doing something sentimental. For our 25th we actually took our family (5 kids) to a really expensive restaurant for dinner. We would probably never go again with that many people. DH
bought me a wedding bouquet to carry and it was beautiful and gave me a pretty diamond band. (It was before pricescope). I would have hated a party, but a vacation alone would have been great. A piece of jewelry
to mark the importance of the day to the family would be great too.

 

[Haven]

I think they''re all lovely ideas!

The cruise and the small surprise party sound especially nice. I can''t imagine anyone not loving an anniversary cruise!

One of my sisters and I took my parents on a surprise trip to Vegas (they love it there) for their 25th, and set up a vow renewal ceremony for them in one of the chapels at the MGM Grand. They really loved it, but they''re Vegas cheesy, so it worked for them. The sis and I each brought our SOs, so it was a fun couples trip.

 

[Indylady]

Thank you all for your ideas!!

CasaBlanca, that sounds so thoughtful of your family to create a video for you..I really like that idea. My parents do have a video from their wedding, so I wonder if I could use shots from that as well.

Pinkasscher, I like the idea of a vacation as well!

VR- You''re right; since it is an anniversary, it makes sense to give a gift for the both of them.

Swinggirl, you''re right, no separate gifts! I can''t believe I didn''t realize this sooner.

Maevie, experiences are always great. I wish I could somehow combine an experience with a present...hmnn.

Haven and Luv2sparkle, I really like the way you two combined your whole families in the celebration. I think that is something I might be leaning towards, because my parents mentioned that they would like to celebrate with me as well (I''m an only child).

I am so excited this! My parents are so sweet and very dear to me, and my mom has had health problems for some time now and they''ve been through a lot together. I really want to make this special for them, and since I''m an only child, its kind of up to me. They''d rather spend $500 on me than themselves, and I really want to turn that around now that I''m older. I''m throwing out options 3,4, and 5. So, either a trip/cruise, or a small surprise party. If I did a small surprise party, I would probably cook myself and have it at home, and then I would have enough to buy an eternity band for my mom...but then I run into the problem of split presents.

So now:
1) cruise/trip
2) small party and small jewelery present for mom