Birthday Stuff

Birthday Facts:

Birthday is the name given to the day that some people in many cultures celebrate the anniversary of the day they were born. It is often marked by a birthday party with friends and family when gifts are given to the person celebrating the birthday. It is also customary to treat people specially on their birthday, either generally acceding to their wishes, or subjecting them to a rite of transition. Birthday's are very different in some other countries.

The celebration of birthdays is not universal. Some people prefer name day celebrations, and Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate either, considering their origins to be pagan festivals along with Christmas and Easter. Some adults loathe celebrating it as it reminds them that they are getting progressively older.

Notable Birthdays are when the most significant digit changes, for example one's 1st, 10th, 20th, 30th, 50th, or 100th birthdays.One's champagne birthday, also called a golden birthday, is the day when the age someone turns is the same as the day in the month he or she was born. It is also common for the birthday individual to have champagne, thus champagne birthday. For example, someone born on January 31st would celebrate his or her golden birthday when he or she turns 31.

Jewish boys have a bar mitzvah on or around their 13th birthday. Jewish girls observe a bat mitzvah on or around their 12th birthday, or sometimes on or around their 13th birthday in Reform and Conservative Judaism.

In some Christian traditions, generally Catholic and Anglican, Confirmation is the ritual by which a young person receives a Sacrament thought to bestow certain gifts of the Holy Spirit. The timing of the reception of this Sacrament serves, on a sociological level, as a sort of "rite of passage" into adulthood.

In Latin America the quinceanera celebration traditionally marks a girl's 15th birthday.

Some girls and a few boys in the United States have "sweet sixteen" birthday parties.

In the United Kingdom 18th and 21st are traditional coming of age birthdays.

In many Asian countries, the 14th birthday is celebrated as the day one becomes a man, or a woman, in society.

Many Filipino girls celebrate their 18th birthdays with a cotillion and debutante ball, commonly known as a debut.

People who are born on the leap day 29 February, which only occurs during leap years, often celebrate their birthday in other years on the 28th (the last day of February), or 1 March (the first day they have, measured in whole years, a new age).

In some Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries such as France, Hungary, or Greece, it is common to have a 'name day'/'Saint's day'. This is celebrated in much the same way as a birthday, but is held on the official day of a saint with the same Christian name as the birthday boy/girl.

Birthday Joke:

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.

Birth Stones:

A Birthstone is a gift of a precious material, mainly jewelry. that symbolizes the month of birth in the Gregorian Calendar. There have been many different sets of birthstones used throughout history and in different cultures.In 1912, in an effort to standardize them, the American national association of jewelers, Jewelers of America, officially adopted the above list. Gem stones make such an ideal gift as each stone is associated with various qualities and wearing these stones are commonly thought to bring good luck or health.Supernatural powers have long been attributed by astrologers to certain gemstones. These gems have always had a special place in the hearts and minds of humanity.

Monday: Pearl, the only organic gem
Tuesday: Garnet
Wednesday: Cat's eye, Chatoyant Chrysoberyl
Thursday: Emerald
Friday: Topaz
Saturday: Sapphire
Sunday: Ruby

Birth month Stone
January: Garnet
February: Amethyst
March: Aquamarine
April: Diamond
May: Emerald
June: Pearl
July: Ruby
August: Peridot
September: Sapphire
October: Opal
November: Citrine
December: Topaz

Birth Flowers:

Did you know that every month has a birth flower and that, like birthstones, each Birth Flower has it's own unique meaning.

Flowers alone have natural beauty and symbolism all of their own. Find out below which Birth Flower you fall under and what meanings thay have.

January: Carnation
February: Violet
March: Daffodil
April: Daisy
May: Lily of the Valley
June: Rose
July: Larkspur
August: Gladiolus
September: Aster
October: Calendula, Marigold
November: Chrysanthemum
December: Paperwhite, Narcissus

The carnation is the January birth flower. Carnations have been around for a few thousand years. Originated from the East, these flowers have the meaning of great pride, fascination, beauty love and and are now associated with the January birth flower.

The carnations are a pretty flower and have a nice smell unlike others. The carnation is also known by the name's maiden pink, dianthus, sweet william, pinks, and. This flower is derived from Greek words that mean "flower of the gods". The carnation has many meanings depending on it's color. White has the flower meaning of friendship; pink, romance; red, love; and a striped carnation for refusal and yellow for disdain. On Mother's Day it's traditional to wear a pink carnation to honor a living mother and white to for a mother that has passed on.

The Latin name for carnation is dianthus "divine flower". The carnation is used by some to protect them, give them strength and for their healing properties. The carnation is perfect for birthdays during this winter month.

Birth Trees:

Did you know we all have a Birth tree? Do you know your Birth tree? Seek out yours and your friends and family's to find inspiration and inner peace of mind why people have more individual personality traits than other's.

Cypress Tree These people are Faithfulness, strong, athletic and muscular, very adaptable and takes things in their stride yet does not always like it, Yearns to be content, very optimistic, someone who wants financially independene, loves to love and loves affection, hates being alone, a very passionate lover which can be hard to satisfy, very faithful, can be quick tempered at times, can be careless and unruly, they love to learn new knowledge, needs to be needed.

Jan 01 to Jan 11 Fir Tree
Jan 12 to Jan 24 Elm Tree
Jan 25 to Feb 03 Cypress Tree

Feb 04 to Feb 08 Poplar Tree
Feb 09 to Feb 18 Cedar Tree
Feb 19 to Feb 28 Pine Tree

Mar 01 to Mar 10 Weeping Willow Tree
Mar 11 to Mar 20 Lime Tree
Mar 21 Oak Tree
Mar 22 to Mar 31 Hazelnut Tree

Apr 01 to Apr 10 Rowan Tree
Apr 11 to Apr 20 Maple Tree
Apr 21 to Apr 30 Walnut Tree

May 01 to May 14 Poplar Tree
May 15 to May 24 Chestnut Tree
May 25 to Jun 03 Ash Tree

Jun 04 to Jun 13 Hornbeam Tree
Jun 14 to Jun 23 Fig Tree
Jun 25 to Jul 04 Apple Tree

Jul 05 to Jul 14 Fir Tree
Jul 15 to Jul 25 Elm Tree
Jul 26 to Aug 04 Cypress Tree

Aug 05 to Aug 13 Poplar Tree
Aug 14 to Aug 23 Cedar Tree
Aug 24 to Sep 02 Pine Tree

Sep 03 to Sep 12 Weeping Willow Tree
Sep 13 to Sep 22 Lime Tree
Sep 23 Olive Tree
Sep 24 to Oct 03 Hazelnut Tree

Oct 04 to Oct 13 Rowan Tree
Oct 14 to Oct 23 Maple Tree
Oct 24 to Nov 11 Walnut Tree

Nov 12 to Nov 21 Chestnut Tree
Nov 22 to Dec 01 Ash Tree

Dec 02 to Dec 11 Hornbeam Tree
Dec 12 to Dec 21 Fig Tree
Dec 22 Beech Tree
Dec 23 to Jan 01 Apple Tree