tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post3933461616451344745..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Ever Wonder How Your Ancestors Celebrated Birthdays?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-85400319546001815892013-11-17T10:33:36.693-05:002013-11-17T10:33:36.693-05:00There's possibly another reason for not celebr...There's possibly another reason for not celebrating birthdays. Just as with Christmas, celebrating a birthday was an unacceptable practice for Christians for most of the time from Christ through the early to mid 1800's or so. The reasoning for these non-participations was based on the Bible's focus on the importance of one's day of death rather than birth, i.e., what sort of Zeke Zangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-56630241023032647142013-11-16T19:11:37.629-05:002013-11-16T19:11:37.629-05:00Love the idea of name days! I'd have been cele...Love the idea of name days! I'd have been celebrating alone since I have a pretty unusual name :-)Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-22616739328021576442013-11-16T11:40:22.316-05:002013-11-16T11:40:22.316-05:00Happy Birthday, Lorine!
We celebrated our birthday...Happy Birthday, Lorine!<br />We celebrated our birthdays when I was a child, but I think I had only one party with friends from school. Summer break was a difficult time to get hold of people in rural areas except in church or as close neigbours.<br />On my mother's side, they celebrated name days. Everyone with the same given name celebrated on the same day, regardless of the actual birth bgwiehlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904956507742860598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-25487290902791490222013-11-16T09:28:22.356-05:002013-11-16T09:28:22.356-05:00Happy birthday!
Every birthday for the kids they ...Happy birthday!<br /><br />Every birthday for the kids they get a Duncan Hines lemon cake (w/ milk substitued for water & last couple years applesauce substituted for oil) and a Chocolate cake (made same way) - growing up I always had lemon cake too.<br /><br />I never had bday parties with friends growing up - being born Oct 11th - it was always incorporated into the family Thanksgiving.@FlabbergastedManoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-86672570307983829782013-11-15T22:18:36.002-05:002013-11-15T22:18:36.002-05:00Well said. Happy birthday and Happy Year !!
Hope y...Well said. Happy birthday and Happy Year !!<br />Hope you love your cake.Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09060945711863662127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-36381163947715188452013-11-15T13:43:51.403-05:002013-11-15T13:43:51.403-05:00Happy Birthday !!!Happy Birthday !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-25205080857596315532013-11-15T12:01:02.135-05:002013-11-15T12:01:02.135-05:00Happy Birthday Lorine and enjoy your day! :)Happy Birthday Lorine and enjoy your day! :)Rosemary Neebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-73218510536123677322013-11-15T11:54:13.601-05:002013-11-15T11:54:13.601-05:00Happy Birthday Lorine!!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!...Happy Birthday Lorine!!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com