Why do you celebrate birthdays?

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   NikiDivaposted 11 years ago

   Why do you celebrate birthdays?
   
   What is the point? What exactly are you celebrating?

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   Beth Eaglescliffeposted 11 years ago

   Why not? Doesn't need to have a point. It's a good excuse for a party.

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      NikiDivaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      If you have to answer it with why not then you must not have a reason other than just because.

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   zoey24posted 11 years ago

   Birthdays is exactly what it says. It is your Birth Day. Only family and friends tend to celebrate your birthday because it is a celebration of your life and the day you were born.
   For example, I celebrate my children's birthdays because I am blessed to have them in my life, and I do not just celebrate it because it was the day they arrived to me but because I have spent another year with them.

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      NikiDivaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Now that's a more in depth answer.

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   Lisa HWposted 11 years ago

   I go along with a minimal "celebration" of mine for one reason:  Because I want to celebrate other people's, particularly my children's.  Sometimes, too, once people's mothers are gone their relatives celebrate their birthdays since their mother isn't around to put together a celebration.
   
   The days that each of my three children came into this world were days that changed my life and added so much to it.  While I had two of my kids myself, I wasn't even aware that my eldest son was being born on the day he came into the world.  Still, his coming into the world would bring so much to my life, change it, contribute to my own growing over the years - just as with the day that my two younger kids were born.  So, particularly for mothers/fathers, the day is one to celebrate.
   
   Also, though, and aside from that; it's just kind of a nice thing to do, to give someone "their special day" and have their family members and/or friends do something nice for them.
   
   A whole lot of adults that I know, including myself, don't care about their own birthdays; but if you're going to be a "troll" about your own birthday you can't expect those whose birthdays you do sincerely want to celebrate to overcome their own "non-self-centeredness" and go along with the celebration you want to have.
   
   Besides, it's a tradition and it's just kind of nice.  If we didn't celebrate things here and there, every day and week and month and year would all be the same.  Doing something nice just because we're people, and even the most reserved of us are usually fairly "social" creatures;  traditions and little social events can be a more important part of life than one might think.
   
   And on a more somber note, the more of life we see, the more we realize that we can't take for granted each birthday that passes.  And so, when all is said and done, maybe we celebrate birthdays because being alive is, in fact, something to celebrate.

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      NikiDivaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Being alive is something to celebrate! Great answer. Thank you for your input.

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