Who came up with the idea of a Birthday Cake?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey Smarty Pants, what is the best day of the year? I mean the absolute best. You might be thinking of a classic holiday like Halloween or Christmas.
0:14.0	But those are celebrated by lots of people.
0:17.0	What about a day devoted entirely to the awesomeness of you.
0:25.0	Of course I'm talking about your birthday.
0:28.4	And for many people, a birthday just wouldn't be complete without balloons, presents, a cake, and family and friends
0:37.2	singing that classic birthday song,
0:39.6	Let the dog's house.
0:42.0	No, the other classic birthday song.
0:45.0	That's better, the happy birthday song,
0:50.0	because what kid isn't happy about their birthday?
0:54.0	In fact, some people claim the entire month as their birthday month.
0:59.0	And why not? A super special thing happened on your birthday. You were born.
1:07.0	One minute, no you. The next minute, you!
1:14.0	Amazing!
1:16.0	Amazing!
1:18.0	Amazing!
1:19.0	But did you ever stop to think,
1:21.0	why do we celebrate birthdays? What would happen if we got rid of the
1:24.5	candles the cake and the singing happy birthday to you happy birthday to you
1:31.5	happy birthday to you What if we lost the presents and popped the balloons? What if nobody came to celebrate? What if nobody came to celebrate. Or even worse, just one uninvited guest showed up.
1:48.0	Happy birthday!
1:51.0	Uh... birthday! Uh, who are you?
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