Birthdays
- Birthdays are celebrated in America with cards, balloons, and gifts.
- Children usually have parties on thier birthdays. They play games,
eat cake, and get party favors.
- After childhood, the birthdays that are celebrated the most are:
- 16th, because you are then able to drive a car
- 18th, because you can then vote and be considered an adult
- 21st, because you can then drink alcohol
- There is a Birthday Song in America that is sung while a cake with
candles is presented to the person having the birthday.
- The candles are blown out while the person makes a wish.
- Gifts received on one's birthday are wrapped in colorful paper.