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
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Norwegian: ) is a musical piece composed by Edvard Grieg. It is the sixth piano piece in the eighth book of his "Lyric Pieces", bearing the opus number 65. There has been some discussion about the quality and proportion of this composition in relation to the whole book. Originally called "" ("The well-wishers are coming"), it was written in 1896 as a memorial of the 25th wedding anniversary of Grieg and his wife Nina. The anniversary celebration had been held in the Fossli Hotel near the Vøringsfossen waterfall in June 1896. Grieg