Gift Ideas for 50th Anniversary

alwaysamom
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:28:31 +0000

For my in-laws 50th a few years ago, the children and spouses got together and planned a big party. We (secretly) contacted all of their old friends and neighbors that we could locate and arranged for them to attend. Some were quite a distance away and couldn’t afford to so we chipped in and paid for their airfare. We contacted a local hotel which had a beautiful party room and held it there, as well as reserved the number of rooms we needed for overnight guests. From everyone, we asked that no gifts be given other than any photographs, mementos, or a nice letter about their relationship with the in-laws. We gathered everything together and I made a big scrapbook to present to them the night of the party. On the night of the party, we told them that we (children and grandchildren) were taking them out for a nice dinner. When we arrived, we headed to the party room and everyone else was waiting. It was nice. We had the caterer prepare the same dinner which the in-laws had had served at their wedding reception. A friend who is a professional photographer attended and donated his services to take photos, a la wedding photos, which when developed, were included into the scrapbook.