Mexican and American Birthdays Jessica Workman Mrs' Waugh 1st period 1309

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Mexican and American Birthdays!!!Jessica
WorkmanMrs. Waugh1st period1/3/09
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The Main Stuff! American
Mexican

• The main things I will be talking about is the
  difference between Mexican and American birthdays
  and everyone loves birthdays but most people only
  know the tradition that there celebrating so I
  will be explaining the whether theres a
  difference or not.

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Mexican Birthday Basics!!!

• Then the Mexican birthday tradition is to chant
  "Mordida! Mordida!" after the candles are blown
  out, then you jam the birthday person's face into
  the cake.
• Throw the birthday person into a pool fountain or
  in case of not having one, throw some balloons
  filled with water at the birthday person.

• Mexicans usually have large amounts of people at
  the party.
• When they invite friends they usually bring other
  friends or family along with them.
• Piñatas are often used in birthday parties. Just
  to be beat to death by little kids.

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The Mexican Birthday Song!

• Las Mañanitas is a traditional Mexican song that
  is sung on birthdays and other important
  holidays. It is often sung as an early morning
  serenade to wake up a loved one. At birthday
  parties it is sung before the cake is cut.

• They sing Las Mañanitas which is there birthday
  song which means On the day you were born the
  birds are singing, the moon has gone to bed so
  wake up to the dawn.
• There are many different birthday songs in the
  Mexican birthday tradition.

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The American Birthday!

• There is a very familiar American birthday song,
  that is sung in most American birthday parties
  and starts with singing Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday to you
• Usually the song is sung when the lights are
  dimmed and the cake is brought in with candles
  flickering. It is one of the most popular
  birthday traditions.

• We now use the birthday candles to signify the
  age of the child - but some sources tell us that
  the historical meaning could point to the light
  of the candles offering protection from evil
  spirits.

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What's the same?

• They both put candles on there birthday cake and
  blow them out.
• They both use cake
• They both decorate with balloons
• Singing the birthday songs to the birthday person