Birthdays are celebrated all over the world but just what is a birthday? Birthdays are the day most people in many cultures celebrate the anniversary of their birth.
Most people mark this special day with a party and gifts are given. These gifts are sometimes known as a rite of passage during special milestone birthdays.
During birthday [...]

Though commonly known to celebrate the wonderful day we came into existence, it is not the only reason we celebrate birthdays. There are lots of unconventional birthdays that are celebrated throughout the world. Actually, the number of reasons to celebrate unconventional birthdays is infinite.
People use the term -Birthday- to describe milestones in their lives. The [...]

While birthdays in themselves are a very special event, there are times in a persons life when we can’t ignore the milestones they have reached.
These birthday parties are usually a little more special and the gifts given tent to be extra special as well. Most of these birthdays are a sort of coming-of-age along with [...]

There is one thing and one thing only that announces to everyone it is time for cake, and it is my birthday. The words are simple and everyone who can speak English knows the words, from a toddler to someone who is 100 years old.
Comprised of 4 bars, 16 words each the tune is simple [...]

While we typically celebrate birthdays today with cake, treats, family and fun, the history of birthday parties was not always such a jovial occasion. Such is seen in Europe’s history thousands of years ago.
Originally, a person feared their upcoming birthday. It was seen as a fearful experience because people believed bad spirits could harm you [...]

It is commonplace in the US to celebrate our birthday with a beautiful and tasty birthday cake. Although the Greeks were the first to use cakes to celebrate birthdays, they were commonly used to celebrate the birthdays of gods and goddesses.
And the inclusion of candles on a birthday cake is also of Greek origin as [...]

In the US, we celebrate birthdays in the grandest ways. We spend countless amounts of money and time planning and carrying out these special parties that last just hours.
When we give birth to a new bundle of joy we typically spend the first year so crazed that it seems only right to celebrate that special [...]