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First, congrats to your grandparents! 50 years! If you've done your research, you know that the 50th is the golden anniversary, and while gold gifts are customary, they are not cheap.
However, there are several thoughtful ways you can play up the anniversary theme without breaking the bank:
1.) Remember 1959. Give your grandparents a gift to remind them of the year they were married. Give them a DVD of one of the top three movies from that year: Ben Hur, Some Like It Hot, or North by Northwest. A newspaper from the day of their anniversary always makes a cute gift--especially if you can find one with the wedding announcement! Several Web sites, such as Newspaper Archives, allow you to search for and buy prints of archived newspapers. A quick eBay search of the year 1959 has some cute mementos also.
2.) Give a quantity of 50. In this case, quantity is better than quality, and there are a lot of things that are more impressive in large quantities that don't have you spending too much. Flowers, candy, and stationery are all examples of great gifts in sets of 50.
3.) Make something. Most grandparents will love a homemade gift, even if it says "I love you, but I am cheap." At their age, they probably have everything they could ever need, and care less about the actual gift than the thought that goes into it. Remind your grandparents that one of their greatest accomplishments of 50 years together is building their family. For example, find a photo or a bunch of photos of your grandparents and your family and frame them. Or put together a cookbook of all of your favorite family recipes.
Don't worry, A, you can't go wrong, even if you do make something cheap. If you're lucky, maybe your grandpa will even slip you some cash.
Not foolin' with gold this time,
H*
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