everybody has birthday many chilren in other countries celebrate their birthdays like cjildren in the united states they have a birthday cake gifts and sometimes a birthday party for friends friends and family gather around a tablewith 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 to day the birthday cake usually has lighted candles on it one candlw for each year of yourlife 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 flag outside their home to tell everyone that someone in thedamilu is having a birthday in denmark a parent puts gifts around a child bed when the child is sleeping at nighe