20 years of marriage
China Anniversary: Gift Ideas for 20 Years of Marriage
The china anniversary celebrates twenty years of marriage. Two decades together make a long story: the wedding, the homes, often children who are now nearly grown, the trips, the hard years and the good ones.
Twenty years is a milestone people notice, and a good occasion to look back on how far you have come. Here is what china stands for, gift ideas that follow the tradition, and others that tell your twenty years together.
Why china for the twentieth anniversary?
Fine china, or porcelain, looks delicate but is remarkably strong, because it is fired at very high temperatures. Tradition holds that it suits the twentieth anniversary for that reason: a marriage of twenty years has been through the heat and come out both refined and resilient. China is also something families keep and pass down, like the stories of a long marriage.
On the list, china comes after crystal for the fifteenth anniversary and before silver for the twenty-fifth. For many couples it closes a small circle, since fine china was often on their wedding registry.
On the modern list that many gift guides use, the twentieth anniversary is paired with platinum, usually as jewelry. China is the more homey of the two, and the easier one to make personal.
China anniversary gift ideas
A comic book of your twenty years
Two decades told in 24 comic pages, with both of your faces as the characters: the wedding, the family, the homes and the habits you have shared all this time.
Discover the couple comic bookA china tea or coffee set
A set of cups for two, for slow mornings and long conversations. Choose a pattern that matches your wedding china, or one that starts a new chapter.
Hand-painted plates
Plates painted with your names, the wedding date and the places you have lived, by an artist or by your own hand. To hang on the wall or set on the table every anniversary.
A pottery painting evening for two
Paint your own cups, bowls or plates side by side, then pick them up once they have been fired. You get a gift and an evening out together.
A dinner on the good china
Bring out the wedding china that rarely leaves the cabinet and cook the menu from your wedding, or invite the friends who were there twenty years ago.
A china keepsake
A porcelain figurine, a small ring dish or a music box, engraved or painted with your names. A delicate object that will last for years.
A comic book to tell the story of your twenty years of marriage
Twenty years of marriage are hard to fit into 24 pages, but our AI scriptwriter helps you pick the stories that say the most about you two: how you met, the big day, the major milestones and the small quirks. You chat for about ten minutes and send one photo of each of you, and both of your faces become comic characters. You write the dedication, you can ask for up to 10 free edits, and nothing is printed until you approve the book. The printed comic book arrives in 6 to 8 business days after your approval.
How is your personalised comic book made?
No form to fill in: you tell our AI scriptwriter about your couple and it turns it into a personalised comic book.
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Step 1
Tell us about your couple
Your photos, nicknames, habits, jokes and memories: our AI scriptwriter asks the right questions, in about ten minutes.
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Step 2
Approve the script
Our AI scriptwriter writes a 24-page comic book: one short funny story per habit. Something to change? Just ask.
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Step 3
See the free preview
The cover and the first page are generated with your faces, before you pay anything.
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Step 4
Order, the AI creates the rest
The other pages are generated as soon as you order, and you can retouch them for free before printing.
Free retouches before printing
Once your comic book is ordered, you can have any page you don't like changed, for free, up to 10 retouches.
- You see every page before it is printed.
- Something to change? Describe it in a few words.
- The AI redoes the page with your change.
- Nothing is printed until you approve your comic book.
How to celebrate your china anniversary
For twenty years of marriage, couples often take a real trip together, sometimes back to the honeymoon destination, or host a dinner for family and friends. If you have children, they may want to be part of it, with old photos and a few words at the table. Setting the table with your wedding china, or a new set chosen for the occasion, is an easy way to follow the tradition.
Traditional anniversary gifts by year
| Years of marriage | Traditional gift |
|---|---|
| 1 year | Paper |
| 2 years | Cotton |
| 3 years | Leather |
| 4 years | Fruit & flowers |
| 5 years | Wood |
| 6 years | Iron |
| 7 years | Wool or copper |
| 8 years | Bronze |
| 9 years | Pottery |
| 10 years | Tin or aluminum |
| 11 years | Steel |
| 12 years | Silk or linen |
| 13 years | Lace |
| 14 years | Ivory |
| 15 years | Crystal |
| 20 years | China |
| 25 years | Silver |
| 30 years | Pearl |
| 35 years | Coral |
| 40 years | Ruby |
| 45 years | Sapphire |
| 50 years | Gold |
| 55 years | Emerald |
| 60 years | Diamond |
What people ask us about this anniversary.