It is thought that the large-scale celebration of birthdays in Europe began with the cult of Mithras, (Mithras was the nominal object of devotion in a Greco-Roman mystery religion of late antiquity.) which originated in Persia but was spread by soldiers throughout the Roman Empire. Before this, such celebrations were not common; and, hence, practices from other contexts such as the Saturnalia were adapted for birthdays. Because many Roman soldiers took to Mithraism, it had a wide distribution and influence throughout the empire until it was supplanted by Christianity. The Jewish perspective on birthday celebrations is disputed by various rabbis.
The birthday party tradition began thousands of years ago. People believed that a person could be visited by good or evil spirits on the day they were born. So family and friends gathered together to protect the person from evil spirits on that day, thus, the birthday party was born.
they felt like it
thanksgiving day
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* birthday parties * baby showers * ballet performance * Bar Mitzfas (sp?) * Bat Mitzfas (sp? * bachelor parties * baseball games * basketball games * band concerts
President William Howard Taft threw out the first ball of the season starting the tradition.
when did the tradition of thanksgiving start
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The first Qin ruler Shi Huangdi started the Cotta War. This was in China.
Start of the first political parties.
On her birthday, June 14, 1942
Germany started the first kids birthday it was called a kinderfeast
A song was first. Rudolph was created as a song to be used as customer handouts at Montgomery Ward stores.
this lead directly to the start of the first political parties