Birthdays are occasions or events that celebrate the birthdays of individuals or institutions.
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Information
- Birthday Celebration: Birthdays are dates when we celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. It is a time of joy, gathering with family and friends, gift-giving and celebration.
- Traditions and Customs: Different cultures have different traditions related to birthday celebrations. In some places, it is popular to blow candles on a birthday cake and make wishes.
- Birthday Cake: A characteristic element of a birthday is a cake on which candles are placed, usually corresponding to the age of the person celebrating the birthday.
- Children's Birthday Party: Children's birthday parties are popular events where children and their friends play games, eat cake and enjoy time together.
- Anniversaries of Institutions: It is not only individuals who celebrate birthdays. Institutions, companies, organizations also celebrate their anniversaries.
- Special Events: Some birth anniversaries, especially round ones such as the 18th, 21st, 50th, may be considered particularly significant and celebrated with larger parties.
- Birthday Gifts: Gifts are an important part of birthday celebrations. People give gifts to each other, which can be chosen with the recipient's interests and tastes in mind.
- Popular Culture: Celebrating birthdays is the subject of many movies, songs and TV shows. It's a time that can have different meanings in different cultures and for different people.
Trivia
- Singing Happy Birthday: In many countries, it is a popular custom to sing "Happy Birthday" during birthday celebrations. This is a traditional wish for long life and happiness.
- Birthday Calendar: In Japan, some people born in a certain year, such as the year of the Rooster, celebrate their birthday on Chinese New Year.
- Meaning of the Number of Candles: The number of candles on a birthday cake can symbolize the age of the person being celebrated. However, sometimes unique candle numbers, such as 18 or 21, have additional meaning.
- Birthday on High: The Amundsen-Scott High Altitude Research Station at the South Pole is one of the few places where you can "transfer" your birthday by changing the time zone.
- Fastest Moment: In Iceland, the moment we celebrate our birthday is called "birth," and it lasts for the exact moment we were born.
- Birthday on Mars: If you live on Mars, your "day" would last 24.6 hours. This is the effect of the difference in day length compared to Earth.
- Record Birthday Cake: The world's longest birthday cake was almost 1.4 kilometers long. It was baked in Spain during a festival.
- Most Popular Birthday Month: September is the month with the highest number of births. This is due to the phase of the year when many couples decide to conceive children.
- "Happy Birthday" and Copyright: The song "Happy Birthday to You" is considered the most popular birthday song, but it used to have copyright restrictions.
- Birthday Gifts for Pets: Some zoos organize special birthdays for their animals. This is when they get special meals, toys and attractions.