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This implies that birthday celebrations started as a form of protection. In addition to candles, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and protect them from harm with good cheers, thoughts, and wishes. They would give gifts to bring even more good cheer that would ward off evil spirits.

Not everyone, however, celebrates birthdays. Those that do, often do so in so many different ways – it's actually quite spectacular the vast differences that occur across the globe. So we thought we would take a look into some of the traditional celebrations.

“He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud.”

Book birthday=one year since book was published.

This implies that birthday celebrations started as a form of protection. In addition to candles, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and protect them from harm with good cheers, thoughts, and wishes. They would give gifts to bring even more good cheer that would ward off evil spirits.

One way to recognize a student's birthday in the classroom is through the donation of a “Birthday Book.” In lieu of birthday treats/trinkets brought in on the scholar's birthday, parents may purchase a book to donate to the school library in honor of their scholar's birthday.

Not everyone, however, celebrates birthdays. Those that do, often do so in so many different ways – it's actually quite spectacular the vast differences that occur across the globe. So we thought we would take a look into some of the traditional celebrations.

: the day of a person's birth. : a day of origin. : an anniversary of a birth.

Book birthday=one year since book was published.

The last birthday celebrated was the 12th birthday.

One way to recognize a student's birthday in the classroom is through the donation of a “Birthday Book.” In lieu of birthday treats/trinkets brought in on the scholar's birthday, parents may purchase a book to donate to the school library in honor of their scholar's birthday.

In The Giver, Jonas's society celebrates birthdays much differently than our society does. For example, in Jonas's society, every member celebrates his or her birthday on the same day in December. Jonas reflects, “He could remember the Decembers back to when he had become, well, probably a Four” (11).

: the day of a person's birth. : a day of origin. : an anniversary of a birth.

The Chinese aren't big on having birthday celebrations every year; instead, they focus on the 1st, 10th, 60th, and 70th. For a child's first birthday, friends and relatives are invited to come for lunch. Long noodles called “longevity noodles” are served as a wish for the child to have a long life.

The last birthday celebrated was the 12th birthday.

That is what happens in Jonas' community in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Instead of individual birthdays, the children in Jonas' community age one year as a group during the yearly December Ceremonies. During that ceremony, every child in a group advances one year in age regardless of in what month the child was born.

In The Giver, Jonas's society celebrates birthdays much differently than our society does. For example, in Jonas's society, every member celebrates his or her birthday on the same day in December. Jonas reflects, “He could remember the Decembers back to when he had become, well, probably a Four” (11).

The Chinese aren't big on having birthday celebrations every year; instead, they focus on the 1st, 10th, 60th, and 70th. For a child's first birthday, friends and relatives are invited to come for lunch. Long noodles called “longevity noodles” are served as a wish for the child to have a long life.

That is what happens in Jonas' community in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Instead of individual birthdays, the children in Jonas' community age one year as a group during the yearly December Ceremonies. During that ceremony, every child in a group advances one year in age regardless of in what month the child was born.