One of the beautiful days, two young people decided to start a family. The wedding was noisy, the guests shouted “Bitterly!”, And weekdays began. But the holidays for the newlyweds are not over yet, and one of them comes exactly after 1 year. Almost no one remembers weddings, it is time to celebrate the first anniversary.
They call her "chintz wedding." The script for her can be any. One of them we will describe in detail in this article.
Why was the anniversary called calico?
Of course, the first year for a young couple is very difficult. Spouses are rubbed in by characters and get used to home life. Why is this name given to the first wedding anniversary? Chintz fabric does not differ in strength. So the marriage, which is only one year old, cannot yet be called durable. According to another statement, this name was given due to the fact that young spouses spend most of the time in their bed during the first year. As a result, no matter what material their bedding is made of, it will still become as fragile as chintz.
A scenario of a chintz wedding
Most often, newlyweds celebrate 1 year of wedding with family and friends, invite a large number of friends. If possible, we recommend celebrating this holiday in the fresh air. A cottage or a country house is perfect for this.
Consider one scenario for a chintz wedding. Cool contests and funny jokes will add a festive mood to everyone. The event takes place in seven stages:
- meet guests;
- arrange a "debriefing";
- traditionally “tie knots”;
- contests;
- dance part;
- we sell a pie;
- we accompany guests.
What do you need?
First of all, you need to create an atmosphere. For this, the venue is decorated with chintz. It is necessary to decorate the cutlery with a cloth, hang chintz bows and ribbons everywhere, and lay tables. Calculate the size and number of tables in advance so that all guests can freely sit at them. The format of the festive table is yours to choose. It can be a feast, or it can be a buffet table. The main condition is that a holiday cake should be prepared.
Prepare a place that will become a dance floor for you and your guests. It is worth checking the equipment in advance and choosing musical compositions. One of them is a melody, under which the newlyweds went to the first dance. The rest is up to you, but you need to pick up a few "folk songs." This is one of the most important holidays in the life of a young family, the first anniversary is a chintz wedding. The script, contests, gifts for participation - everything should be thought out to the smallest detail. Think about everything, make a list of things that you will need to hold contests, and purchase them in advance.
Stage 1: meeting the guests
The first to arrive at the venue is a young couple. Husband and wife should meet guests together. The spouses are grateful to each guest for accepting their invitation and are escorted to the table. You can meet guests in ordinary words, or you can come up with an unusual greeting.
So, all the guests gathered and even had a little snack. You can proceed to the main action of the holiday.
Stage 2: arrange a “debriefing”
Let all the guests tell about their impressions that remained after their wedding. If the guest has prepared, then he can present his story even in poetic form. The main theme, of course, should remain chintz wedding. Poems can be serious, or they can be humorous. Keep the conversation going as long as possible. Ask guests what moments they consider the most vivid.
After discussion, the young couple begins to “report” for the year they spent together. Each of them talks about his impressions, about how they spent the first week of their life together, how they arranged their wedding gifts, how the honeymoon passed, etc. You can even talk about the first family disputes and how spouses got out of difficult situations . However, one should be frank only if only relatives and friends gathered at the table, from whom nothing can be hidden.
Stage 3: tying knots
This is a tradition that has been around for centuries. During the “knotting” ceremony, guests should not interfere or talk.
Spouses give each other scarves from chintz. During the holiday, the husband and wife tie one knot on a donated scarf. This symbolizes the desire of a young couple to maintain their love for many years. Then they make promises and oaths in which they talk about their feelings.
After this, the spouses turn to face each other, hold hands and at the same time say: “As the knots we have tied are strong, so are our words. “Like a wind, a reveler in a field will wake a cornfield, so joy and happiness will forever come with us.”
This has always been a traditional chintz wedding; in odes, young oaths, promises, and the main words of the ceremony were pronounced.
After the ceremony is completed, the guests applaud the young and wish they never quarrel.
It should be noted that according to tradition, handkerchiefs then need to be hidden in a secluded place and never be taken out of there.
Stage 4: contests
The official ceremonial stages of the holiday were left behind. After that, you can begin to have fun and play.
Since this is a chintz wedding, the script should contain many contests, the main characters of which will be the newlyweds.
For example, you can arrange a spouse check. In a playful way, find out how well they learned each other's habits. Of course, the parents of the husband and wife should judge this contest.
Fortune-telling is a traditional contest. Guests can in a comic or serious form tell fortunes about the future of a married couple.
Often held contests that allow you to answer the question: who is the boss in the house?
Preferences should be given to contests in which you need to participate in pairs. Then the guests will have fun and the young couple will be able to take part in them.
Stage 5: dance part
The first round of dances is opened by young people. It is advisable that the couple perform the dance that they danced at their wedding. After the first dance, the newlyweds dance with their parents and witnesses.
After that, guests can dance with anyone they want. At the holidays, folk songs are sure to sound. It can be "7.40", and "Hopak", and "Kalinka" and much more. What is a chintz wedding without these dances? The traditional holiday script will be broken.
Stage 6: sell the cake
The festive cake, like on the wedding day, is sold to guests in pieces. Usually this honorable task is performed by a husband's friend or witness. He goes around all the guests, offering them to buy a piece of cake. You can do this in poetic form. But do not repeat the same words that were said a year ago. This is another holiday, this is a chintz wedding, poems should be new. For instance:
- Let's help a young family a little financially!
And what to do? The crisis! And this is true!
Dear guests, be generous!
Everything has just begun for them and they now need it!
We wish the young, so that they could not curse!
And so that the crisis does not jam, buy pies!
Options for contacting guests can be invented on their own.
Stage 7: escort guests
The couple, standing on the doorstep, escort the guests together. Only when leaving a young couple, guests give them their gifts.
After the guests disperse, the wife and husband should stay overnight in the house in which they celebrated the holiday.
Chintz Wedding Gifts
Traditionally, on the first anniversary, everything made of fabric. In this case, preference is given, of course, to chintz products. This can be a set of towels, curtains, a tablecloth, bed linen and so on. Such a gift is not only symbolic, but also very relevant. Each of these things will come in handy for a young couple. These are necessary household items. Moreover, they are necessary for those who are just starting to equip their family nest. Our ancestors gave young people on the first wedding anniversary only the things they needed on the farm.
However, both the wife and husband must take into account that the gift should not only be traditional, it should express the whole depth of their feelings, show how much they love their soul mate. A symbol of love can be, for example, a heart made of chintz.
The most popular gifts from friends and relatives
A gift is not always towels and pillowcases. You can always come up with something original, but at the same time memorable. By the way, sometimes the first anniversary is called paper. Therefore, you can give the spouses some interesting book.
What do they give to a young couple most often? So, chintz wedding! Congratulations in prose or verse may accompany such gifts:
- The first place, naturally, is occupied by traditional gifts - napkins, tablecloths, towels, bed linen. However, even such a gift can easily be made original. To do this, it is enough to make an unusual print on chintz products that suits this particular couple. You can, for example, order a print with photos of young people, their names, wishes from friends, etc.
- In second place are good wines. But you need to buy them not a day before the holiday. Such wines are bought on the wedding day, stored all year and only then presented as a gift to spouses.
- A very good gift is a honey weekend. If a young couple has not yet acquired children, then friends can chip in and give a weekend that they will spend in the mountains, at a tourist base or by the sea. There are many options, it all depends on the preferences of the spouses and the gift givers.
- It is no secret that modern youth is more and more interested in extreme sports. If the husband and wife are always happy to receive the next batch of adrenaline, then you can give them the opportunity to fly a hang glider or parachute. Such a gift is not only original and unforgettable, it will help young people diversify their lives and forget about everyday problems.
- A gift may be a creative portrait, embroidery or painting. You can donate not just an album or a book, but the basic foundations filled by the young ones themselves. Imagine! This can be a weather log in your home, an album of your favorite family recipes, and much more.
Gift husband to wife
There is such a tradition - giving your wife a new dress. The spouse should remember that "the dress of the second day has already worn out." That is what the old saying goes. Also, according to the wedding custom, the spouses give each other scarves from chintz, thereby cementing their union.
You can present to your beloved a set of underwear, a warm fluffy blanket, cute pajamas or a cozy home bathrobe. In addition, a fitness club membership, for example, will be a great present. However, it is necessary to give it wisely, and then not for long and offend a loved one, as if hinting that the figure of the wife is no longer impeccable. It is worth considering also with whom and where the chintz wedding will be celebrated. The scenario for two is a romantic dinner in a restaurant that the spouse will not know about in advance. This will give her a lot of pleasant experiences.
Wife's gift to husband
Like women, men love unusual underwear. You can choose, for example, panties with a cool pattern. If you are a modest girl, and your husband is not inclined to experiment, then you can embroider a scarf or a picture for your beloved yourself, tie an original sweater. As a basis for the drawing, you can take his hobby. If the spouse, for example, is fond of fishing, then embroidery can be in the form of a fisherman with a fishing rod or just a fun fish. The computer husband will be happy with any update for his toy. But if you want the gift to be both original and useful, we advise you to give it a special pillow, which is placed on the chair seat. And of course, like a woman, a man will like a bathrobe or plaid.