Wedding anniversary years have well-established connections now common to most nations: 5th Wood, 10th Tin, 15th Crystal, 20th China, 25th Silver, 30th Pearl, 35th Jade, 40th Ruby, 45th Sapphire, 50th Gold, 60th Diamond, and 70th Platinum. In English speaking countries the first, wooden, gift was cut on the day of celebration and then presented to the wife as a finished article before the next two quarter days had passed. The modern tradition may have originated in medieval Germany where, if a married couple lived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their wedding, the wife was presented by her friends and neighbours with
Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition Form of Flattery (original, Alessandrini) It's De-Merman ("It's De-Lovely", Porter) (volume 1) Old Fashioned Ballad ("Old Fashioned Wedding", Berlin) (volume 3) Gagtime ("Ragtime", Flaherty-Ahrens) A Really Long Note ("The Wheels of a Dream", Flaherty-Ahrens) Time I Said, "Goodbye" ("Con te Partirò", Sartori-Quarantotto) I Sleep with Everyone ("Love Changes Everything", Lloyd Webber-Rice-Hart) And I Am Telling You I'm Not Screaming ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", Ayen-Krieger) Liza One-Note (original, Alessandrini, based on "Johnny One-Note", Rodgers-Hart) I Enjoy Being a Cat ("I Enjoy Being a Girl", Rodgers-Hammerstein) Memory ("Memory", Lloyd Webber-Eliot) Ambition ("Tradition", Bock-Harnick) Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition