Comments on: How To Celebrate A Japanese Birthday

By: Dang

Dang — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 01:29:00 +0000

Do Japanese people celebrate their debut? How? Thank you :)

By: Kisakushi Mari Degard

Kisakushi Mari Degard — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:50:00 +0000

In Mexico it generally depends on when the birthday is, if it’s on weekdays you might end up going with your close relatives (your parents or your spouse) to a restaurant to celebrate (at least we do that in my family), other people will call you or leave congratulations notes via twitter or facebook or whatever else you use and then on the weekend a party will be held where all friends and family gathers to celebrate and eat cake and more delicious stuff. If it falls on the weekend you just generally get the party.
Also, it depends on how close you are to the person but most times it’s expected to bring a present for them or something for the party like a bottle of liquor or something to snack.

We also had something like the Onomastico that Gianmarco talks about, it was customary that you received the name of the patron saint of that particular day, but it has decline throughout the years since it’s more of a religious tradition and catholicism although still rather deep is no longer as rooted as before.

About naming babies there was also another tradition of naming the firstborn with the father’s name (it was rather common even 50 years ago), which is something I have always thought to be eerie, I makes me feel like you’re forcing certain expectations on your own child.

By: Aer

Aer — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 06:54:00 +0000

Tis a case by case basis, I’m pretty sure.

By: CuriousCat

CuriousCat — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:10:00 +0000

Hi, just curious, if born on a leap year, would a persons birthday be celebrated on 29th Feb, 1st March or a different date entirely? Mostly aimed towards Japan(ese people) but anybody(country) can answer as well. always nice to learn more! I’ve had no luck finding the answer on a Google search.

By: Mami no Gakusei

Mami no Gakusei — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:38:00 +0000

He means going to a hotel to have sex.

By: KurosakiMaddi

KurosakiMaddi — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:16:00 +0000

Very Interesting!!!