Everyday has a birthday. many children in other countries celebrate their birthdays like children in the United states. They have a birthday cake, gifts, and sometimes a birthday party for friends. Friends and family gather around a table with a birthday cake on it. they sing "Happy birthday to you." Two American sisters wrote this song in 1893, but people still sing this song today! The birthday cake usually has lighted candles on it, one candle for each year of your life. The birthday child makes a wish and then blows out all the candles. If the child blows out the candles in one breath, the wish will come true. Other countries have different customs.
In Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, people fly the country's flag outside their home to tell everyone that someone in the family is having a birthday. In Denmark, a parent puts gifts around a child's bed when the child is sleeping at night. When the child wakes up in the morning, the gifts will be the first thing the child sees. In Sweden and also in finland, the birthday child gets breakfast in bed!