Birthday Wishes And Birthday Traditions

My birthday was celebrated with a wedding style cake and 15 candles marking my age. It was 15 different tiers with 5

That morning I was so happy and filled with excitement. I came into school and everyone was happy to see me. Even people I barely knew were happy to greet me with a sincere birthday congratulations. It was awesome because I had so many new friends and all of us were joyful on that day.

That is a pain because it makes keeping up with schoolwork a lot harder. There's only one good thing about it, I get two birthdays. On one of my birthdays, my mom and I flew to Dallas to see my favorite soccer team play. When we were there, we went to a friends house and they had a trampoline. It was really fun and so i convinced my mom to buy me a trampoline, and she did.

December 17th, that is my birthday. Having switched school counties in middle school my birthdays always had to find the best of both worlds between two different groups of friends. Well, I had recently discovered the magic of social storytelling in games like Dungeons & Dragons. At this point three of my friends and I would meet up every two weeks for a late night session of fantasy tabletop role-playing. These nights were the high points of our social lives; it only made sense that I wanted ALL of my friends to experience this awesome game. So, I invited everyone asking them to come over around 6:00 p.m. and expect to be there until around midnight. I loaded up on snacks, came up with an adventure for us all to go through, and actually cleaned a little. Everything was set up for everyone to have fun, eat snacks, stay up late, and hopefully find a new hobby. Unfortunately that is not at all what happened.

Although most people who know about the Stonewall Riots see the riots as the “birthday

Last year, I was lucky enough to be in New York on my birthday. My friends and I spent all day walking around the city and trying as many different foods as we could. From mac and cheese spring rolls to birthday cake truffles, I was in food heaven. I had the best food I had ever had in my life on that day, and I will always crave all of the different types of food that I tried.

“Birthday Party” by Katherine Brush uses literary devices such as tone, point of view, diction, and sensory details to achieve her purpose.

Coming of age birthdays exist throughout many cultures and have evolved in different ways depending on the region or religion they came from. Besides the traditional American “sweet 16”, there are other very popular traditions that are diversified by culture, religion, and by the day it takes place. Americans celebrate many of these different cultural birthdays because anyone who lives in the US has the right to practice any religion they see fit. Most birthdays have very similar features such as giving gifts to the man and, or woman of honor. There are also many differences in these traditions, some of which are considerably more family-based than others, such as the “Quinceanera”.

Holidays are an important part of every culture in the world. They are times of festivity where friends and family gather together to celebrate special events at different points of the year. Oftentimes these affairs aren’t limited to a single day and each country has their own set of specific rituals that they perform to commemorate the occasion. Many holidays also have religious origins that are a mix of Christian and pagan beliefs.

August 10, 2006, I had my first birthday! I don’t really remember what i got, but i know i ate the cake. I had a fun birthday, i got a small birthday spank, a tiny pinch, and i could kinda start talking. My brothers picked me up and played with me.

To start off, in the novel The Giver the way Jonas and his society celebrate their birthdays are very different than the way modern society celebrate their birthdays. For instance, in The Giver they call birthdays ceremonies, and everyone in the community has the same birthday. In the novel The Giver the author expresses, “Every December was exciting to me when I was young. And it has been for you and Lily, too, I’m sure. Each December brings such

At the age of twelve, there is no more counting or celebrating their birthdays. Jonas knew “That after the age of twelve he stopped celebrating his birthdays” (Lowry 126). When they did celebrate birthdays, one through twelve, all of the ages celebrated together at their ceremonies. At each ceremony, all of the kids got one of the same thing depending on if it was a bike or clothes. “At the ceremony of Elevens, there was new clothing for the little boys and little girls” (Lowry 96). One of the most important ceremonies of them all was ceremonies of twelve because that was when the committee of elders would choose what job each twelve got. They would call them up one by one saying “Fiona you have been the job of Caretaker of the Old” (Lowry 56). Birthdays were celebrated very differently in their society compared to ours because people come together with their family and celebrate all the ages and all types of presents are given. Our society seems perfect just the way it is compared to the Givers society

The Name Day Celebration. In the Greek culture, most Greek’s are Greek Orthodox—which is a branch of Catholicism. In the Greek tradition, many children are named after Saints. Me and my siblings were not really named after Saints. I am technically named after the man-eating Alien plant from Little Shop of Horrors, but according to my yaya and my poppous I am named after the Saint Ethelreda (she was mostly referred to as Audrey). Moreover, in the Greek culture a person’s Name Day is more important than their actual birthday. That is saying, I was born on Januarys 1st that is the day I was born, but if you ask my grandmother when we celebrate my life, we celebrate it on June 23. She throws a huge celebration, with food and dancing and silly stories being told about my life. We are celebrating my name and the Saint that my name was derived from. I can remember being so confused when my grandparents showed up on day in June and set up a party for me with all my Greek relatives and started celebrating me and my name. I was not even raised catholic so it was a weird tradition, but it is still one of my fondest memories from growing

Throughout the short story, The Birthday, the writer, Samantha Ashenhurst uses the writing tool: Get the name of the dog. To begin with, Samantha begins the story with a descriptive introduction, which gives the reader the ability to visualize the current circumstance’s atmosphere. For instance, the author mentions the specific kind of drink and pizza, the color of the blinds, the exact number of times she pukes, and takes medicine, etc. She describes the background’s setting in details as well. In my opinion, Samantha’s very specific, which portrays how honest she is. This also leads to building the writer’s own distinct voice. Thus, this effectively initiates a connection with the reader psychologically.

The annual December ceremony, when the “birthdays” of all children are celebrated. This is a ritual full of rites of passage. As the kids grow older, these rights allow them more responsibility. At eight for example they are given pockets and they take away their stuffed animals.