Birthday Menu and how the internet created a new birthday tradition for our family...

[mseaglecook]

Birthday Week Menus

My son's birthday is next week. So I thought I would share this story.

Oh, about six or seven years ago my son became friends with a girl on a forum online. On this forum they were discussing birthday traditions. The girl said that her family had a tradition where the birthday boy or girl would choose the family menu for the week of their birthday. If the birthday celebrant wanted pizza all 7 days they would eat pizza all 7 days. Nothing was out of bounds. After he shared her story with our family we adopted it as our own. I love cooking the meals for my family and they love getting their favorite foods on their birthday week.

Here is his birthday menu:

Monday: Greek Nachos with Pita Chips
Tuesday: Crunch Wrap Supremes
Wednesday: Stuff Crust Pizza
Thursday: Welsh Rarebit
Friday: Homemade Spaghetti

Do any of you practice this tradition?

 

[GotGarlic]

Our tradition is that the birthday person gets what they want for the day of their birthday. A friend of mine celebrates birthday week where she does something special each day, but it's not necessarily food-related. I've adopted that one

 

[mseaglecook]

I just love birthdays. I don't know which I like more cooking and buying gifts for the birthday celebrants or celebrating my own birthday.. LOL

 

[Aunt Bea]

Birthdays are pretty low key private affairs in my family.

We always let the birthday person choose the meal or restaurant and the dessert along with a few cards and small gifts from immediate family.

I usually chose a warm pineapple upside down cake with plenty of real whipped cream!

 

[KatyCooks]

I love this tradition!

Sadly, in my family, birthdays are only celebrated if I force people to "celebrate". I am the only female in my immediate family, and the males just don't have any interest.