Everybody has a birthday. Many children in other countries celebrate their birthday like children in the United States. They have a birthday cake, gifts, and sometime a birthday party for friends. Friend and family gather around a table with a birthday cake on it. They sing "Happy birthday to you." Two American sister wrote this song in 1893, but people still sing this song today! The birthday cake usually lighted candles on it, one candle for each year of your life. The birthday child makes a wish and then brows out all the candles. If the child blows out the candles in the one breath, the with will come true. Other countries have different customs.