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There are many ways to celebrate a wedding anniversary. Some sentimental couples choose to take the top tier of their wedding cake out of the freezer to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Some grooms commemorate each anniversary with giving their bride an eternity band each year. Other couples choose to follow the traditional gift ideas that correspond with each year of marriage. For example, the traditional anniversary gift to celebrate the second year of marriage is gifts done in cotton or straw. For some couples, the traditional anniversary gifts are not enough and the only way that they celebrate is by renewing their wedding vows. This is especially common in the world of celebrity couples, as some have made it a simple, yearly practice while for others it’s another excuse for an over the top event.
One celebrity couple who makes it a point to celebrate every wedding anniversary with renewing their vows is the power pair of Heidi Klum and Seal. Seal presented Klum with a 10 carat yellow cushion oval diamond engagement ring back in December of 2005 while they were vacationing in Whistler, British Columbia. The couple then exchanged vows and wedding bands during the Spring of 2005 in Mexico. Instead of exchanging lavish anniversary gifts each year, Klum and Seal exchange their wedding vows in front of a group of close friends and family. This year was no exception, as the couple invited 100 guests to a mask themed party held at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach Estate where the couple exchanged vows to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary. Klum has been very vocal about renewing their vows stating, “It’s our time – a lovely family time. It’s about remembering this moment of love we gave to each other and reinforcing it.”
Another celebrity pair that has made it a tradition to renew their wedding vows to celebrate every anniversary is Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Nick proposed back in 2008 on the rooftop of Carey’s NYC apartment where he presented the songstress with a gorgeous 17 carat diamond engagement ring. They later married in a secret Caribbean wedding in the Summer of 2008. Although they spend each anniversary renewing their wedding vows, Cannon also presents Carey with an over the top gift. For their first anniversary, Cannon gave his bride a Jack Russell Terrier puppy. For their second wedding anniversary, Cannon presented Carey with a white gold “Ring Pop” ring encrusted with a sea of white diamonds and pink sapphires. Celebrating the couple’s third anniversary, it was Mariah who did the giving to Nick as she gave birth to their twins on their actual April 30th anniversary. The following day, Reverend Al Sharpton helped the couple renew their wedding vows for the third time in Carey’s LA hospital room. Since Cannon presents Carey with a new diamond ring every year, this year’s bauble is going to have to be quite the sparkler!
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Also choosing to celebrate their anniversary by renewing their wedding vows are the stars of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood,” Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott. The couple, who have recently been fighting off numerous rumors that they’re on the verge of divorcing, decided to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary with a renewal ceremony to help put those rumors to rest. Dean presented Tori with a diamond and sapphire engagement ring on Christmas Eve in 2005 while they were enjoying a horse drawn carriage ride in Toronto. Because it was a second marriage for both of them, they wed in a private ceremony on an island in Fiji in May of 2006. In addition to renewing their vows, McDermott presented Spelling with a Neil Lane darkened diamond eternity band, which will match her Neil Lane antique diamond wedding band. Whether trying to squash divorce rumors or to commemorate that special day in their relationship where they first said “I Do,” celebrity couples have made the renewal of wedding vows the in vogue way to celebrate an anniversary.
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