The Significance of Themed Birthday Celebrations | Evolution & Types of Birthday parties

Birthday –
an anniversary we celebrate to mark the person’s birth.

So is it all really necessary to celebrate someone’s birthday? Yes… or maybe no.

It actually differs and depends on person to person and the way they look at it. A person may not be celebrating the people who already exist in their lives and might end up hosting birthday parties for the people who have come along in the journey of their life.

Some people celebrate the birthday, marking how important or special that person is in their life. While some don’t even bother to wish. As well, there are also people who don’t even remember their birthdays or birth years at all. Lol!

I love to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. or anything in the name of my daughter. I love to celebrate any family festivals together. I love to pay visits to my relatives and distribute homemade or store-bought goodies to them too. So I always just wait for opportunities to celebrate an event. While I am about to plan something, I always run through some important points that I shouldn’t be missing.

Celebrations are a part of a human’s growth and accomplishment in life. There is no hard and fast rule on how big or small a celebration should be. But I pretty much assure you that hosting an event is really important for family life. From festivals, occasions, and birthdays to get – together everything is just nurturing you in some way or another, knowingly or unknowingly. Its a matter of sensing that we too exist. Thus, it becomes a crucial role in life as an individual, whether you are single or have a family; we must encourage the celebration of any given moment in life.

The Evolution of Birthday Themes Over Time.

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So did you know that Egyptians were the first people to celebrate birthdays?

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Following them started the Greek people.

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Then came the Romans.

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Slowly Victorian people also took inspirations. This is the time when they started introducing the most beautiful decorative cakes with floral icing, fruit, etc.

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Then came the 18th century. Industrial Revolution era. Where people started hosting small gatherings and cutting huge cakes.

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By the time it was the 19th century, people started celebrating birthdays globally in their own ways. It is the United States of America that introduced the concept of ‘making a wish and blowing candles.’

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Then came the 20th and 21st centuries, where birthdays became more personalized. People would send greeting cards, flower bouquets, distribute chocolates, and send gifts.  This was the period when birthdays were more lively. In some places, people started hosting huge gatherings with a lot of humans dressed as cartoon characters.

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Lastly, this is the generation of Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and Gen Beta, where children demand how the parties they want to be. Or say if grown-ups have to celebrate their birthdays, then it is decent at times or else much more pathetic than words can explain. So here in this article we are reading about ‘kids birthday celebrations.’

As generations evolve, the birthdays will keep on updating to the trends and culture observed in that part of the world. But according to me, a true birthday celebration should be where the person feels happy and satisfied with the way they are being celebrated, and that can impart some good life lessons in them at the end of that year or that day.

The Psychology Behind Themed Birthday Celebrations

• Themed birthday celebrations provide a sense of belonging, validation, and pleasant emotional experiences, ultimately increasing the birthday person’s self-esteem and producing lasting memories.
• Themed celebrations, particularly those chosen by the birthday person, show that their passions and preferences are cherished and recognized.
• Birthday parties customized to a person’s interests can make them feel special and significant.
• Theme parties can bring delight and excitement due to the decorations, games, and activities included.
• Themed events can create lasting memories for kids.
• Participating in parties can boost social skills and confidence.
• In the case of Kids, Birthdays are often viewed as a time for reflection, permitting us to reflect back on and appreciate all we endured and attained in the past 12 months.

Monisha C.