Over the years, my birthday has been celebrated in so many varied ways. Birthdays were always celebrated in school however. Most of us would bring a packet of sweets or candies and distribute them among our classmates. Things have changed so much now. First-year birthdays have become an occasion for major ostentatious celebration and I have been to one where more than 500 people were invited.
Many parents celebrate each and every birthday of their children.
If you are not hosting a birthday party, you are attending one with your child, sometimes at the rate of one each week. This can get pretty stressful if both the parents are working, since most parties are held at around 5 or 6 in the evening. In college, we used to have a wall-paper, a weekly magazine. One major draw of the wallpaper was the birthday column, where all birthdays for the next week would be listed. This ensured that everyone knew everyone else's birthdays at least two days in advances.