All About Birthdays And Birthday Celebrations
beginning of life outside of the womb. It is quite common in
most western cultures to celebrate the anniversary of our
birthday. Having a birthday party in the company of friends and
family is a common example of a birthday celebration. Birthday
gifts are usually part of birthday celebrations. Birthday gifts
are given to the person celebrating the birthday. It is common
practice to treat people especially on their birthday.
It is believed that birthday celebrations date back to ancient
Persia. The tradition is known to have spread to the West by
Roman soldiers. Prior to the Persian influence birthday
celebration is not part of Western civilization. Birthday
celebrations were uncommon during medieval times but saw an
increase in popularity with the arrival of the Reformation.
During this time, birthdays were seen as a excellent way to
transfer customs from the saint's days to other dates not
linked to the newly repudiated veneration of saints.
Although the celebration of birthdays is wide spread in the
West, it is not celebrated everywhere. For example, Jehovah's
Witnesses refuse to celebrate birthdays. They consider
birthdays celebrations pagan festivals along with Christmas and
Easter. Despite that fact the birthdays are celebrated in most
Western countries, many adults hate celebrating their birthdays
as they serve as reminders of passing time.
Birthdays are usually festive holidays. In most
English-speaking countries the song Happy Birthday to You is
song in honor of the celebrated person. The Happy Birthday to
You song has been translated into many languages around the
world. Similar celebratory songs exist in other languages such
as "Lang zal hij/zij leven" in Dutch, "Zum Geburstag Viel
Glück" in German, "Cumpleaños Feliz" in Spanish, or "Sto lat"
in Polish. Friends and family sing the birthday song while
someone brings a birthday cake into the room.
The birthday cake is normally highly decorated There are
candles lit on top of it. The number of candles represent the
age of the person. However, the number of candles usually
reduced for adults to reduce the pain. The celebrated person
blows out the candles and makes a silent wish. If the
celebrated person is able to blow out all of the candles in one
blow the wish is supposed to come through. It is also common for
the celebrated person to cut the initial piece and to be served
the first piece of birthday cake.
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