24th Wedding Anniversary

Traditional, Modern and Symbolic Anniversary Gifts

Below is a list of both traditional and modern gift materials, as well as classic flower and gemstone symbols, which mark a couple’s 24th wedding anniversary in countries around the world…

Traditional Gift – UK		No Traditional Gift
Traditional Gift – US		No Traditional Gift
Traditional Gift – Spain		Granite
Traditional Gift – Germany		Satin
Traditional Gift – Russia		Satin
Traditional Gift – France		Satin
Traditional Gift – Italy		Amethyst
Flower Gift		Lavender
Gemstone Gift		Tanzanite
Modern Gift		Musical Instrument

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About 24th Wedding Anniversaries
How to Celebrate Your 24th Wedding Anniversary
24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Him
24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Her
24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Him, Her… and Parents

About 24th Wedding Anniversaries

Music is in the air if you are celebrating your 24th wedding anniversary. Popularly known as the Musical Instrument Anniversary, this is the year when the soothing – and often romantic – sounds of music can be a key theme for your celebrations.

Music touches your heart and mind in a way that is difficult to define. After 24 years of marriage, you will undoubtedly have plenty of music to choose from and remind you of the many wonderful moments you have shared.

How to Celebrate a 24th Wedding Anniversary

Celebrate your 24th anniversary by dancing the night away at a favorite local nightclub.

Or stay in and listen to a compilation of songs played during your wedding day reception, while happily reminiscing about your 24 years together as a married couple.

This is also an excellent opportunity to buy a musical instrument gift for your partner, or for both of you so you can learn to play together.

Other ideas for great musical gifts include a CD set of favourite artists and albums, a top-of-the-range music player, a cutting-edge home speaker system, or a premium subscription to a music streaming service.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” Quoted by: Confucius

24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Him, Her… and the Couple

The traditional gemstone for this anniversary is tanzanite. The blue of tanzanite reflects the energy of the sky – and marks the beginning of life and emotion.

Blue crystals symbolise trust, faith, patience and respect, providing the focus we need to be more sincere, act more responsibly and become even more loyal.

There is no traditional flower for this anniversary, but the symbolic colour is lavender. Maybe you have lavender fields locally you can visit, or you could plan a special trip to the lavender fields of south-eastern France, in the Provence region.

Lush Lilacs Bouquet – £27.99, Flying Flowers

Or simply choose a striking bouquet of lavender-coloured flowers with a card containing a relevant verse or poem.

COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 24TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Q: What is the 24th wedding anniversary called?
A: The 24th wedding anniversary is known as the Musical Instrument Anniversary, and this is associated with the modern gift.

Q: What is the 24th wedding anniversary gemstone?
A: The 24th wedding anniversary gemstone is tanzanite. Its colour varies between a rich purple and vibrant violet, while very rare tanzanite is blue.

Q: What is the 24th wedding anniversary symbol?
A: The 24th wedding anniversary has no traditional symbol; however, you can align this anniversary with the modern gift of musical instruments.

Q: What is the 24th wedding anniversary colour?
A: The 24th wedding anniversary colour is lavender, associated with this year’s flower and gemstone.

Q: What are the traditional and modern gifts for a 24th wedding anniversary?
A: There is no traditional gift for the 24th wedding anniversary in the UK and USA, but parts of Europe celebrate with satin. The modern gift is a musical instrument, so gifts can include anything associated with music.

Q: What is the 24th year anniversary flower?
A: The 24th wedding anniversary flower is lavender, with a scent known to lift depression and ease stress and anxiety. Lavender oil is believed to have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties.

24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Him

What can I buy my husband for our 24th wedding anniversary?

Here are more gift suggestions for his wedding anniversary gift.

24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Her

What should I buy my wife on our 24th wedding anniversary?

Need more ideas for a gift? We have many to choose from, including experience days – which are always a winner and can be enjoyed throughout the year at numerous different locations.

24th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Him, Her… and Parents

Here you will find some great gift suggestions for parents and other couples celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary – suiting most budgets. Consider pooling your finances with friends to help buy an especially memorable gift.

Great Selection of Experience Day Gifts

Travel & Experience Gifts

• Location visit
• Travel and activity gift vouchers (from Red Letter Days)
• Adventure days
• Food and drink (relax and enjoy a beer or wine tasting with a meal)
• Escape to the country (many locations to choose from)
• Luxury spa day for two
• Battle Proms Classical Concert for two
• The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool (plus three-course meal with wine for two)

Jewellery

The traditional 24th wedding anniversary gemstone is tanzanite.

• Earrings
• Pendants
• Rings
• Necklace
• Tie Pin
• Cufflinks

Something Different & Unique

• Plan a trip to New Orleans or one of the many top music festivals held around the world.
• Arrange a UK city break and take in a musical show.
• Buy classic or antique musical instruments as ornaments to make a cool design statement in the living room.
• Book music lessons together, so you can create sweet harmonies at home. 
• Invite friends to a concert, followed by drinks and tapas at a favourite local eatery.

There are as many musical tastes as there are music lovers, but music is still a precious and common pleasure that can be enjoyed together – among a group of friends or as a couple.

After 24 years as a married couple, you will be able to look back on so many special occasions over the years when a timeless tune has been on centre-stage with you and your partner. Now is as good a time as any to create some new life-long melodies.

10 of the World’s Weirdest Musical Instruments

Music covers a wonderfully diverse spectrum of genres, and can be played on an almost limitless array of instruments. Here are some of the strangest…

1. Musicians with the Vegetable Orchestra of Vienna play concerts around the world using instruments made from (easy one this)… vegetables. Then they treat audiences to fresh vegetable soup.
2. Believed to be the brainchild of Benjamin Franklin, the glass armonica consists of glass bowls in different sizes that produce sounds when the players rub their fingers over the instrument. 
3. In Lancaster (California), a road plays Rossini’s William Tell Overture using “rumble strips” which, depending on the spacing of the ridges, convert the rattling sounds (normally aimed at sleepy drivers to warn them when they veer off the road) into a melody.
4. An organ set up in Blackpool produces sonic art by forcing air through church organs using the ebb and flow of waves.
5. A 10-tonne instrument devised by artist Luke Jerram, the Aerolis comprises long wires that stretch from poles to a large metal arch, with each wire vibrating in the wind and the eerie sound being amplified by pipes.
6. In Burnley on the Pennine moors, a three-metre high sculpture uses westerly winds blowing across pipe ends to generate haunting sounds.
7. Norwegian drummer and composer Terje Isungset creates instruments from ice extracted from frozen lakes by chainsaw. 
8. The Musical Stones of Skiddaw were popular with Queen Victoria, who enjoyed performances of Handel, Mozart and Rossini on the xylophone, which was constructed out of hornfels slate. Its new home is in the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery in Cumbria, where visitors are encouraged to play the instrument. 
9. Electronic engineer Leland W Sprinkle spent three years equipped with a hammer, tuning fork and angle-grinder searching for stalactites in Virginia, before altering them so they could be played on an organ that recreates 37 different notes.
10. The Wintergatan marble machine is a hand-cranked music box loaded with a circuit of 2,000 cascading steel marbles which activate a vibraphone, bass, kick drum, cymbal and other instruments that play a score programmed into a 32-bar loop comprising LEGO technic parts.

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