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They say that a union’s strength grows with every year that passes. Did you know that’s true for the value of gifts given at each anniversary, too? Traditionally, the longer you’ve been together, the bigger the gift. For instance, the anniversary gift for 50 years is diamonds, while the 60-year mark is celebrated with platinum. Each year leading up until then has its own traditional anniversary gift, too, starting with fragile paper for the first anniversary, cotton for the second anniversary and leather for the third anniversary.

But when you reach four years, you've hit the fruit and flower milestone. Paper, cotton and leather are easy themes to work with. So much springs to mind immediately! But fruit? Flowers? How in the world are you supposed to work with that? With a little creativity, the best four-year anniversary gifts can be loads of fun to discover and choose, no matter if you're shopping for anniversary gifts for men or gifts for women. But if you're not a fruit and flower fan, we've also come up with some ideas for the "modern" four-year anniversary gift of appliances (with a little help from the Good Housekeeping Institute Appliance lab, of course). Next, it's on to Year Five (wood).