A brief introduction to the methods of celebrating American children's birthdays

In most English-speaking countries, people sing happy birthday songs for you at birthday parties and bless those who celebrate their birthdays. Usually at birthday parties, when someone holds out a birthday cake with birthday candles, everyone sings in unison (usually turning off the lights and keeping the room dark). Birthday cakes are usually beautifully decorated cakes, and candles as big as the birthday girl should be inserted when serving. The birthday girl should make a silent wish and then blow out the candles. If all the candles are blown out in one breath, then the wish may come true. There is a superstition that expressing will has no effect. Birthday girls usually cut the cake first, unless she is too young, her parents can make it for her.

If the birthday party is held in a restaurant, there will be a birthday song. The waiter in the restaurant may lead the singer and then serve dessert (which may or may not be cake, which may or may not be free). This dessert can use shiny things instead of candles. Other customers in the restaurant usually join in to bless and sing. In some restaurants, there will be special non-traditional birthday songs and dance performances.

For some special birthdays or fire risks caused by the number of candles, special candles may replace the actual number of small candles. These candles are made into numbers. For example, you may light a candle like the number 5 on the cake on your birthday and a candle like the number 50 on your 50th birthday.

Birthday is a very special day for everyone, so people who celebrate their birthdays will be treated specially by friends and family. So children are looking forward to their birthdays, and even hope to come early, but adults are even more disgusted, because someone has come to congratulate themselves on being one year older. Besides parties, there will be gifts for people who celebrate their birthdays. Generally speaking, they get many gifts from friends and family.

Children's birthday parties are usually very interesting. There are many interesting games, such as the eagle catching chickens, nailing its tail to the donkey, grabbing seats and playing pi? Atas, wait. Adults' birthday parties are more formal, and they usually have a big dinner in a restaurant. No matter what age, the purpose of these parties is to make birthday people feel very happy. There is a joke that a birthday is sometimes called the best day of the year, and the day after it is the worst day of the year, because there is still one year before the next birthday!

There is also a tradition called surprise parties. Sometimes people deliberately seem to forget someone's birthday, making people who want to celebrate their birthdays feel neglected, but in fact everyone is secretly preparing a surprise party. On the contrary, many people keep their mouths shut about this party because everyone is looking forward to it.