Everybody has a birthday.Many children in other countries celebrate theirs,and aometimes 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 Americansisters 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.