Wedding day: Everything about the porcelain wedding

We'll tell you the most beautiful ideas for your 20th wedding anniversary.

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20 years is an impressive time. Not every couple makes it to this wedding anniversary. In 20 years, they have overcome common ups and downs that have brought the couple together. The 20th wedding anniversary is a nice time to look back. Remember all the beautiful moments and be proud of how far you have come.

The 20th wedding anniversary is all about porcelain and is therefore also called the porcelain wedding. So that you can celebrate this special day properly, we have the best tips and ideas for you.

Porcelain wedding – the meaning of the 20th wedding anniversary

Porcelain is an extremely valuable material and is therefore also called white gold. Porcelain is a form of fine ceramic and is therefore not only precious, but also very fragile. The symbolism behind it fits perfectly with a 20-year marriage.

Marriage is just as valuable and expensive after 20 years. But it must also be treated with the same care as fine porcelain. Anyone who acts roughly risks breaking them.

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Congratulations on your wedding: Short, funny and sometimes even rhyming

20th wedding anniversary: ​​customs for the porcelain wedding

Some customs have become established for porcelain weddings. The most famous one is that the couple buys a new porcelain soup bowl. The old soup bowl is symbolically smashed on the 20th wedding anniversary and with it all the pent-up anger of the last 20 years.

This is done even though the old bowl is still intact. This is intended to show that the couple is doing well financially because they still break a good bowl of soup.

Another popular custom is a modified version of this. Here a new porcelain dinner service is bought and the old one is smashed. Similar to the hen party, the motto here is that broken pieces bring good luck. A new set of porcelain dishes also symbolizes wealth.

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The porcelain wedding is usually not celebrated in a big way because in just a few years it will already bepending. For the 20th wedding anniversary, a small dinner is often held, where the new porcelain tableware is of course used.

In some regions there is also a custom that on the eve of the porcelain wedding, the couple's front door is decorated with a wreath on which porcelain cups, plates or figurines hang.

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Porcelain wedding gifts

Porcelain gifts:

Porcelain in all kinds of shapes is often given as a gift for the 20th wedding anniversary. Especially if the couple throws away the old porcelain dishes, new ones are needed. Of course you can modify this traditional gift.

How about, for example, a beautiful porcelain tea service and a few selected types of tea? Vases, figurines, or even art made of porcelain can also have beautiful symbolic power and bring joy to the couple.

Here you can buy an elegant porcelain service with a floral pattern directly from OTTO.*

As a married couple, it is of course a nice idea to live up to the custom and buy a new, elegant soup bowl together and smash the old one (including the old grudge).

Here you can buy a high-quality soup bowl from Villeroy & Boch at OTTO.*

Time for two:

Over the years, the daily grind creeps into many marriages. Not to mention the daily stress that burdens married couples. A little break from all of this is the perfect gift. In this way, the couple can return to what is really important and rekindle their love.

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Experience gifts:

A nice variation of time for two are experience gifts. This means that married couples can not only spend time alone and without everyday stress, but also gain new experiences together. The experience gift can be tailored entirely to the couple’s preferences. It doesn't have to be a skydive, a wellness weekend or a “dinner in the dark” are special experiences that you don't have every day.

You can find a selection of different experience gifts to order right here from Jochen Schweizer.*

20th wedding anniversary: ​​The most beautiful decoration with porcelain

Since the 20th marriage anniversary is all about porcelain, the decoration also revolves around porcelain. Vases, bowls, cake stands, but also figures can be integrated into the decoration. Since porcelain is also known as white gold, white and gold are also perfect colors for 20th wedding anniversary decorations.

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20th wedding anniversary: ​​sayings and congratulations

Of course, heartfelt congratulations should not be missing on the 20th wedding anniversary. However, most people find it difficult to find the right words to express their feelings. So that you don't have to search for long, we have picked out 20 quotes for inspiration for you. With a nice saying or poem, congratulations can be formulated much easier. Put this in front of the congratulations and the rest of the card almost writes itself.

In a noble marriage you shouldn't have to say everything, but you should be able to say everything to each other.
Paula Messer-Platz

Love has no age, it is constantly being reborn.
Blaise Pascal

Love is not just looking at each other, but looking together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Where love is sown, joy grows.
William Shakespeare

Always choose love! Once you decide to do this once and for all, you will conquer the entire world.
Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski

By chance you approach, you feel, you stay, and little by little you become intertwined.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love is a celebration that not only needs to be prepared but also celebrated.
Plato

Love alone understands the secret of giving gifts to others and becoming rich yourself.
Clemens Brentano

In 20 years you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do. So untie the knots and leave the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds with your sails. Explore. Dreams.
Mark Twain

Real love stories never end.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The wedding is the golden ring of a chain that begins with a glance and ends with eternity.
Khalil Gibran

Love, what a lovely haze,
But marriage is where the art lies.
Theodor Storm

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

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

We are shaped and shaped by what we love.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More sayings:

In your hands are my times, my entire life, all days, hours and moments.
Martin Luther

All happiness in marriage lies in mutual trust and accommodation. Foolish love soon fades, but one must respect and serve one another.
Maria Theresia

I always loved you, I still love you today and will love you forever.
Ludwig Uhland

Without faith in its duration, love would be nothing; only constancy makes it great.
Honore de Balzac

Love hinders nothing; she knows neither door nor bolt
And penetrates through everything;
She has no beginning, beats her wings forever;
And beats her forever.
Matthias Claudius