Parsley wedding: It is celebrated on this day

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A wedding anniversary is always a reason to celebrate and the higher the anniversary, the bigger the party, like the silver wedding anniversary or the.

The parsley wedding is a unique exception because it is not celebrated on a wedding day... We'll tell you here why you should still celebrate the day and which funny customs and romantic gestures are perfect for the parsley wedding.

When do you celebrate a parsley wedding?

Not many people know, but there are a few anniversaries that are celebrated on the half-year anniversary, not the full wedding anniversary. And there is a good reason for that.

The parsley wedding is celebrated after 12.5 years - exactly half of 25 years. This means that the parsley wedding marks the halfway point until. The parsley wedding is by no means unimportant, but should be celebrated properly!

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Why is it called the parsley wedding?

Parsley is one of the most popular culinary herbs and is often used for seasoning. Parsley is also often seasoned in wedding soups. In ancient Greece, parsley was even considered an aphrodisiac.

The idea behind the parsley wedding can therefore be explained as follows: If you want to make it to the silver wedding anniversary, you have to spend the next 12.5 years with just as much spice as the first 12.5. Sometimes the parsley wedding is also seen as a “seasoning” that is supposed to spice up the marriage.

Additionally, parsley is fresh but has frayed ends on the leaf. Even a marriage of 12.5 years has experienced some ups and downs, but is still fresh. The green color of parsley also symbolizes hope.

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Parsley wedding: sayings and quotes

As casual as the parsley wedding celebration is, one thing should not be neglected: congratulations! Please extend your heartfelt congratulations to the couple (or each other) on their 12.5 years of marriage together – and of course for the next decades together! We have collected a few beautiful quotes from famous people for you to inspire:

The most beautiful sayings and quotes for the parsley wedding.

Love is the spice of life.
Confucius

Where love is sown, joy grows.
William Shakespeare

Life is like food, which
we only like it because of its spices.
Victor Hugo

The greatest happiness of love is to find peace in another heart.
Julie de Lespinasse

Love is always building a bridge out of stones in the way.
Author Unknown

Experience teaches us that love does not consist in looking at each other, but in looking in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Love lives from lovely little things.
Theodor Fontane

A good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Love endures everything, believes everything, hopes everything, withstands everything. Love never ends.
1. Korintherbrief 13,7

That two really love each other,
gives the world meaning,
makes it round and right
up to the stars.
Matthias Claudius

To experience the full value of happiness, we need someone to share it with.
Mark Twain

To the extent that earth can be heaven, it is so in a happy marriage.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Parsley wedding: decoration for the surprise party

The parsley wedding is often organized by witnesses and friends as a surprise for the married couple. It helps that the parsley wedding doesn't take place on the actual wedding day, because it is often forgotten by the couple.

The parsley wedding is often a relaxed surprise celebration. Guests bring food, drinks and decorations with them. By the way, the decoration is often uncomplicated - it's simplegreenand includes a lotParsley.

The couple can also invite themselves and celebrate this special day with their dearest friends and family. Most of the time, however, the celebration is just as relaxed and in a small group.

Funny customs for the parsley wedding

A nice custom for the parsley wedding is a bouquet with parsley. This can consist mainly of herbs and be peppered with individual white flowers that loosen up the whole thing. But you can also take a classic bouquet of flowers and simply add a little parsley. Yellow or white flowers are particularly beautiful with parsley.

Another custom for the parsley wedding revolves around recipes with parsley. It doesn't matter whether you're cooking for yourself or looking for a souvenir for the parsley wedding. It's all about parsley snacks, parsley soups, parsley pesto and even parsley cakes!

Sometimes a door wreath is tied for the parsley wedding, which is half made of parsley - as a reference to the halfway point of the silver wedding anniversary.

Parsley wedding gifts

There is no need for big gifts for a parsley wedding. A small souvenir is enough. Of course, a pot with parsley or parsley in a bunch is particularly popular. Simply tie a bow around it and you have the perfect parsley wedding gift. Also nice: Tie a bag of parsley seeds to a bottle of sparkling wine - festive and symbolic.

Also nice: a small herb garden. Depending on how much space the couple has, you can either give away a raised bed or a set of decorative pots. Hanging baskets where the pots hang one below the other are particularly space-saving.

Here you can order a vertical pot set that can be used free-standing or wall-mounted directly from Amazon.*

A gift idea that can be implemented for any wedding anniversary is a themed basket. Simply take the theme of the wedding day and put together a basket with thematically appropriate gifts.

Of course, parsley should not be missing from the basket for the parsley wedding. Otherwise, you can have fun with the gifts. Just make sure that they are green so that the basket looks nice in the end.

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Tipp:If you like, you can also choose a delicious recipe and fill a basket with all the necessary ingredients and the printed out recipe. Or you can put an herb cookbook in the basket, that's also a nice idea.