In our family, children's birthdays were celebrated on the same scale as adults: with a bunch of guests, a full-fledged festive table, gatherings until late; and plus, unlike adults who simply ate, drank, sang and danced, there was a holiday program. Of course, my mother took care of all this. On the festive table during tea drinking we always had meringues, mushroom cookies, nuts with boiled condensed milk, crispy waffles rolled into a tube (I’m writing now and I’m horrified, realizing how long these sweets take to prepare). The cake, however, was purchased, “Flight” was highly desirable.
Mom also came up with games and competitions, bought prizes, and prepared musical accompaniment. And this is the most interesting!
When all the guests were gathered, the salads were eaten and gifts were given, the cultural and entertainment program began. In my opinion, not a single birthday was complete without a game of forfeits. Everyone chose some small objects for themselves, put them in a common bag, and chose a leader who would come up with tasks. The presenter turned away, the mother pulled out one item at random from the bag and asked: “What should this phantom do?” Obvious tasks like singing a song or crawling under the table and barking quickly got boring, and I had to come up with something more interesting: kiss the birthday girl, take a piece of cake to the neighbors for the health of the newborn, eat a slice of lemon, dance rock and roll with dad.
To the cheerful song “Hands up, baby, hands up” group Ottawan (by the way, I looked, the group is French, relations to Ottawa does not have) we passed the ladle around in a circle, and the one who remained in his hands when the music ended abruptly was eliminated. That is, this is a version of the game “Free Chair” in a small apartment.
Drawing blindfolded on whatman paper brought a creative break into the unbridled fun. And also a flower with petals was cut out of whatman paper according to the number of guests, and each guest wrote on the petal some wish for the birthday girl :)
Well, the highlight of the program - cut the gift! In the room they stretched a rope on which various small souvenirs wrapped in paper were suspended; each participant, blindfolded, made his way to the rope and cut off what he came across; so it turns out that the tradition of giving gifts to your guests is rooted in the distant Soviet past.
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