Do parents really have 
to hold half birthday parties for their children to show case their wealth? According to recent reports this has become a fashionable trend.
A Party Supplier agency quoted: ‘They’re ludicrous, and I’m seeing them happening more and more – the excuse is always, “Oh, but my child has a winter birthday and so the kids miss out on a bouncy castle in the garden.” It’s madness!’
So what can you expect from a half birthday party? Well, apart from the summer bouncy castle that little Johnny had been denied on his real birthday; one can expect Champagne, professional photographers and catered canapés. I wonder if these half-year birthdays are not only about spoiling the children, but an excuse for parents to show off their affluence.
However, for some families the half birthday is not a new fad, indeed, half birthdays have actually been in the family for years. One woman was reported to say: “Ever since I was a little girl, we’ve always celebrated half birthdays in my family. It was something that my grandmother did for my father so my father carried the tradition down to our family. It is a tradition that I plan on celebrating with my twins when they get just a little bit older.”
Work out you half birthday with the following method: add exactly 182.5 days to your actual birthday. A birthday on May 15 would make your half birthday on November 13 instead of November 15. What better way to mark a half birthday then with an ecard? It is free; environmentally friendly and therefore there is no excuse not to celebrate a half birthday! Visit http://www.ecards.co.uk/
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