| Christmas and New Year's Day are undoubtedly, | | | | day (or rather make their birthday).Make |
| the most celebrated holidays of the year. | | | | sure, they don't get any idea beforehand; not |
| Yet, when someone is asked about their most | | | | even a hint. |
| cherished day on the calendar, one always | | | | |
| thinks of one's birthday. While holidays like | | | | When it comes to birthday parties, buy all |
| Christmas, Easter and New Year possess a | | | | the ingredients of your party few days |
| general happy mood, birthdays are more close | | | | before, book and decorate your venue ahead of |
| to the heart; It's a personal occasion of | | | | time, and food should also ready right on |
| celebration. It's one's own day; as if the | | | | cue. The birthday cakes, candles and gifts |
| day was made only for the one born on that | | | | are a must. But all these should be done in |
| day. This makes one feel so very special. In | | | | secret. The venue can be also a surprise. One |
| fact, wishing Happy Birthday brings forth a | | | | common idea is to decorate the birthday |
| wider smile than a Merry Christmas. Friends | | | | person's office before they arrive for the |
| would forgive you, if you forgot to wish them | | | | day or their home before they return. Apart |
| a Happy New Year (they understand, you must | | | | from that, a novel idea would be to blind |
| be busy partying), but forgetting to wish | | | | fold the birthday guy and make them sit in a |
| your friend on his or her birthday is a crime | | | | car (Yes! Sounds like kidnapping) and drive |
| and considered illegal by the laws of | | | | them to the venue, which could be a |
| friendship. | | | | restaurant, a hotel or another friend's |
| | | | place. |
| The gift need not be a huge or expensive gift | | | | |
| packet from your end, a short SMS or Ecard is | | | | While deciding on the gift, try to recall |
| sufficient to make your friend feel special. | | | | something that the birthday person desired, |
| And birthday surprises are the cherry on the | | | | but was unable to get up till now. For |
| cake. Who doesn't like surprises in this | | | | example, may be someone wanted to watch an |
| world? It can be a surprise gift, a surprise | | | | old movie (their childhood favorite) for a |
| visit or a surprise party. But keep in mind, | | | | long time but could not find the DVD |
| surprises need a bit of prior planning. It | | | | anywhere. Do some research and find it for |
| also requires a bit of acting, sometimes | | | | them. It can also be any dress that the |
| particularly when you meet the birthday boy | | | | birthday girl yearned for, every time she |
| or girl on that day, and pretend not to | | | | passed by a particular shop window. Or as an |
| remember about anything. Surprise parties or | | | | even more professional gesture make the |
| gifts need to be well hidden from the person | | | | birthday boy's favorite barbecue chicken, |
| concerned. For example, if you live away from | | | | which he believes only you have the magic |
| your family or friends you can pay a visit on | | | | recipe for. It can be just anything that the |
| their birthday. For sure, it would make their | | | | person longs for and is not expecting at all. |