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===Birthday party===
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[[File:Birthday candles.jpg|thumb|A [[birthday cake]] with lit novelty candles]]
[[File:Birthday party.jpg|thumb|Children at a birthday party]]
A birthday party is a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the person who is being honored. While there is historical precedent for birthday parties for the rich and powerful throughout history, the tradition extended to middle-class Americans around the nineteenth century and took on more modern norms and traditions in the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Korab|first=Holly|title=A Brief History of Birthday Parties|url=http://www.las.illinois.edu/alumni/magazine/articles/2001/birthday/|publisher=LAS News|access-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214408/http://www.las.illinois.edu/alumni/magazine/articles/2001/birthday/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pinsker |first1=Joe |title=The Strange Origins of American Birthday Celebrations |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/history-birthday-celebrations/620585/ |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=The Atlantic |date=2 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Birthday parties are now a feature of many cultures.

In [[Western culture]]s, birthday parties include a number of common rituals. The guests may be asked to bring a gift for the honored person. Party locations are often decorated with colorful decorations, such as [[balloon]]s and streamers. A [[birthday cake]] is usually served with lit candles that are to be blown out after a "birthday wish" has been made. The person being honored will be given the first piece of cake. While the birthday cake is being brought to the table, the song "[[Happy Birthday to You]]" or some other birthday song is sung by the guests.

At [[Children's party|parties for children]], time is often taken for the "gift opening" wherein the individual whose birthday is celebrated opens each of the gifts brought. It is also common at children's parties for the host to give parting gifts to the attendees in the form of "goodie bags". Children and even adults sometimes wear colorful cone-shaped [[party hat]]s.

Birthday parties are often larger and more extravagant if they celebrate someone who has reached what is regarded in the culture as a milestone age, such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. Examples of traditional [[coming of age]] celebrations include the North American [[sweet sixteen (birthday)|sweet sixteen party]] and the Latin American [[quinceañera]].

[[File:Hogarth's Children's Party.PNG|thumb|right|''A Children's Party'' painted by [[William Hogarth]] in 1730]]
Since medieval times, children have dressed specially for birthday parties;<ref>{{citation |title=Children in Their Party Dress |author=Nora Villa |year=1996 |publisher=Quite Specific Media Group, Limited |isbn=978-0-89676-202-2}}</ref> there is evidence to suggest historical birthday parties existed in Germany as ''kinderfeste''.<ref>{{citation |title=Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America |author=Gary S. Cross |page=104 |year=2004 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |isbn=978-0-684-31266-8}}</ref>

A '''children's party''' or '''kids' party''' is a [[party]] for [[children]] such as a [[birthday party]] or [[tea party (social gathering)|tea party]].  Since medieval times, children have dressed specially for such occasions.<ref>{{citation |title=Children in Their Party Dress |author=Nora Villa |year=1996 |publisher=Quite Specific Media Group, Limited |isbn=978-0-89676-202-2}}</ref>
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