Birthdays have got long history.
In Russia, people
celebrate the occasion with a pie instead of a cake.
In Israel,
the child sits in a chair while grown-ups raise the chair and lower it a number
of times depending on the child's age, plus one for good luck.
In
Scotland, a birthday child usually gets a note of pound and soft smacking.
In Vietnam,
they do not recognize their individual birthdays, but used to celebrate at the
beginning of the New Year.
In Argentina, on the occasion of
fifteenth birthday, they have a huge party which involves the birthday girls to
dance the waltz with their father and other boys.