The concept is similar to a gift registry, like those used for a wedding or baby shower.

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For their wedding gift, he created a piece of art: two small globes on a black plastic base torqued in so they appear to be kissing.

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He moved in on the day of his 1842 wedding to Sophia, and as a wedding gift, Emerson hired Thoreau to create a vegetable garden for the couple.

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Couples are relying more on their own finances to pay for a wedding, rather than the event being paid for by their families, and gift-giving practices have even changed as well.

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The snowmen all hold memories for the Howes', including the most expensive that was bought as a 20th wedding anniversary gift.

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