Celebrating milestone occasions in 2016

 

We hope you’ve had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas. At this between and betwixt time, we take the time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the brand new year ahead. It’s a popular time to book holidays, make resolutions, kick start a new healthy regime and start thinking about personal special occasions that we have coming up.

Next year is going to give us plenty of reasons to celebrate as a nation with the Queen’s 90th birthday and we hope there’s street parties aplenty to mark such an amazing milestone in June.

In the music world, 2016 would have also seen the 80th and 90th birthdays of musical legends Buddy Holly and Marilyn Monroe respectively. Plus it also marks 150 years since Beatrix Potter was born

It’s also a leap year in 2016 so ladies this is your chance to pop the question. Let’s not take the lead from the Greeks and Romans though who thought that starting any new life event (from getting married to christening a child) in a leap year would bring bad luck.

Maybe you’ve got your own personal celebration in 2016. Perhaps you’re expecting a baby (much like Bridget Jones in the third installment of the film series set for release next year) and will mark this new arrival with a baby shower or a christening. Other babies due to famous faces in 2016 include:

• Coleen & Wayne Rooney
• Andy Murray & Kim Sears
• Tom Fletcher & Giovanna Falcone
• Cat Deeley & Patrick Keilty
• Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman
• Emma & Matt Willis

Perhaps your children are a little older and you’ll be celebrating their graduation from university or marking their coming of age with a special party (like Kendall Jenner, who will reach her 21st birthday in 2016).

Congratulations if you got engaged over the festive season (or if you’re already engaged) and are planning an engagement party and/or wedding in the new year. Here are some famous engaged couples we think could make it up the aisle and we’re sure their special days would influence wedding trends in 2016:

• Kimberley Walsh & Justin Scott
• Tom Daley & Dustin Lance Black
• Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney
• Emma Bunton & Jade Jones
• Liv Tyler & Dave Gardner

Or maybe 2016 will give you the opportunity to renew your vows, celebrate an anniversary, mark your retirement or enjoy a special milestone birthday with the important people in your life.

Some famous faces turning 30 next year are:

• Lady Gaga
• Ellie Goulding and
• Usain Bolt

Whilst celebrating their 40th birthdays will be:

• Ronaldo
• Benedict Cumberbatch and
• Isla Fisher

Other big birthdays include Janet Jackson, Gordon Ramsay and David Cameron’s 50th; Tom Hanks’s 60th; Dolly Parton’s 70th; and Robert Redford’s 80th.

Whatever you’re celebrating in 2016, we wish you a very Happy New Year.