Birthday Greetings
We’ve already seen how birthday traditions can vary from one country to another. While our birthday is supposed to be all about us, in the Netherlands they have a different take on it. This person shared that in the Netherlands, a birthday is a celebration not only for the birthday boy or girl, but their family as well. When someone celebrates their birthday, their parents and other family members are also celebrated.
When you wish someone a happy birthday, you also congratulate their parents and siblings, as well as other family members. I guess I can see where that comes from – after all, this is a special day for the parents and siblings of the birthday kid as well – but still, birthdays are supposed to be all about the person celebrating them.