Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:
Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while he is sleeping So he will see them at once when he wakes up. |
India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthday children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class. Their best friend helps them to do this. |
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys. |
Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also put flowers on the birthday children's chair to make it beautiful. |