It is my parents 37th anniversary today.  The traditional wedding anniversary present for a 37th wedding anniversary is alabaster. Alabaster is a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, often carved into ornaments. 

In the medieval times only milestone anniversaries like 25th and 50th were celebrated. To mark the occasion of Silver or 25th wedding anniversary a husband would crown his wife with a wreath of silver. Likewise, he presented her a wreath of gold on a Golden or 50th wedding anniversary.

By middle-to-late 1930s, people began to celebrate 1st, 10th, 20th and 70th anniversary along with 25th and 50th. A gift for each of these milestone anniversary years was also decided by the society. The logic of presenting gifts was that stability deserves a reward and more the stability the greater should be the reward.

Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad!!!