Why do we celebrate birthdays and have birthday parties in honor of the celebrant? It all started when people took notice of the moon's cycles and made a system to track time called the calendar. This made people recognize their birth dates and thus celebrated it each passing year. The first celebrations were made during the rise of Christianity and they believed that evil spirits harmed people especially during the time of their birthday. Thus, birthday parties and celebrations were made wherein the celebrant is surrounded by his loved ones and friends to make him happy and ward off the evil spirits. Gifts were not even part of birthday celebrations before, but guests offered their warm wishes and good thoughts to the celebrant.
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