Even though I’ve only had 16 birthdays thus far (technically 17 as of today!), I have already had amazing ones and awful ones and everything in between. Birthdays mean different things to different people at different points in their lives, but recognizing birthdays in some way has become an almost universal experience.
However, the concept of celebrating birthdays was not prevalent in American culture for most of its history. The Atlantic had an interesting article about birthdays and how we celebrate them. In it, the author described how birthday celebrations were generally limited to the members of higher socioeconomic classes or public celebrations for political and historical figures.
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