Anniversaries celebrate milestones and therefore need to be commemorated. In our culture the way to remember an anniversary is to give an anniversary gift.

Anniversary gift ideas can run the range of the simple yet meaningful to the sinfully overgenerous and expensive. Writing this, I am reminded of the ‘gift of the magi’, the story of self sacrifice in the name of love. Much as we appreciate the lesson presented by the story, we do not really expect to get gifts of this extreme nature. In this day and age of commercialism, it is easy to just pick up a package from any gift store and it will be appreciated just as well. But if he insists on giving you a striking piece of jewelry, don’t be coy. Accept it with graciousness.