A drill, a bread knife and a bottle of wine: your most treasured wedding gifts

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What makes a great wedding gift? Does it need to be extravagant to be memorable? Or is it the sentimental presents that stand the test of time? To find out, we asked readers to share the best gifts from their big day – or one they had given that was well received.

For many, it was the sentimental gifts you treasured most. One reader told us a friend had made their wedding cake. “The cake is long gone, but the icing decorations are still in a Tupperware box,” they said. For Lauren Alergant, it was a hand-designed card displaying her and her partner’s names and their wedding date: “We framed it and it has pride of place on our mantelpiece,” she said. Margaret sent us a picture of the slender blue vase that still reminds her of the friend who gave it to her 63 years ago.

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