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Can anyone tell me some of the customs of people in different countries who celebrate their birthdays?

Nowadays, celebrating birthdays has become a tradition all over the world. Although some countries have similar birthday customs, everyone celebrates their birthdays in a different way. According to their religious beliefs and ancient cultural traditions, people have their own rituals on their birthdays, some of which are very strange and even humorous.

In the Netherlands, when a child has a birthday, parents usually bring a birthday cake to work to share the special day with their colleagues.

In Russia, children don't eat birthday cakes on their birthdays, they eat birthday pies.

In Ireland, children celebrate their birthdays with a "birthday headbutt". The birthday child is carefully picked up head down and gently banged on the floor, once a year, and finally more for good luck.

Norwegian (Norway) children on their birthday to dance with a partner in front of the whole class (classmate), and the rest of the class sings a birthday song to accompany him. Norwegians like to fly the national flag outside their homes on their birthdays. On the birthdays of important national figures, the streets are decorated with national flags.

Denmark (Denmark) If there is a national flag flying in front of a person's house, it is a sign that someone is celebrating his or her birthday. Gifts are quietly placed next to the birthday child's bed while the child is asleep, and the first thing the child sees when he wakes up is the present.

Most children in the United States (America) will have a birthday cake with candles on it, the number of candles on the cake (number) is the age he will reach. The birthday person should make a wish on the lighted candles, and then blow out all the candles, if he blew out all the candles in one breath, then people believe (believe) that the person's wish will come true.