Everyone would have the experience of waiting for their Birthday to arrive one time or the other in their lives. It is the exciting time of the year where you would be waiting for your big day to arrive. Especially for kids, the B-day brings on a whole new definition. It means for them to get together with their friends and do some fun activities like bowling or playing arcade games at Chuck-E-Cheese. Most of all, getting a bulk load of gifts from families and friends.
When I grew up as a kid, my typical birthday would be to put on new clothes, going to temple and praying to make sure my next year in life goes well, carrying a box full of chocolates and distributing it to my friends at school and the whole class would sing a birthday song for me. My gift from my family would be the new dress that I would get and beyond that I would not expect anything else.
Now that was my birthday and that would not fly well with kids in this age. Kids now start their planning for their day much before. Typically, two or three weeks before, they begin their chore of making a list of friends they will invite. Then they decide on where and what they will do to entertain their friends. Where would the party be? How different will their party be when compared to what they attended at their friends. One’s that is decided, the invitation cards are distributed amongst friends.
The next in the list would be the goody-bags. What do they give to the friends who came for the party? Something their friends would enjoy or play with, continuing the party after they go back home. After the party, comes the excitement of opening the gifts and rejoicing all the things they had ever wished for on that day.
Yesterday, Yash had his party with his friends in AMF bowling. He went through his roller-coaster ride of sending invitations to his friends, making arrangements for his party, getting the goody-bags ready and, selecting his choice of cake. He made sure that his friends had a good time with him and enjoyed his party. Afterwards, he had fun opening all the gifts his friends had given him. It was his day to rejoice.
As we grow older, all these fade out and the party takes a different twist. Still one would meet up with friends but they go out and have a party of another kind. Be it, going to a movie or going for a drink or spending the evening with their loved ones. At the end of the day, it all boils down to ‘Did you enjoy your big day?’
1 comment:
You're right about that. When growing up it seems like the material things are what make a birthday special but as you get older you tend to realize (or at least most of us do) that the material things are actually the most temporary. The things that last, the best gifts are the gift of friendships and relationships that last for years and years and years.
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