![]() ![]() But as we grew up, all we wanted was to have chocolate cake with the more icing, the better. Ok, I don’t remember the actual cake, I remember seeing the pictures of the cake. I remember having a Carebear cake, when I was pretty little. The cakes were always the same rectangular shape, but my mom could do some great designs on them. When I was a kid, we had some birthday cakes with fancier icing decorations. Quite the light show, and nobody got burnt in the lighting. And more than that, this cake was lit by both candles and sparklers. The point was that the cake had “quills” made from Cadbury Flake chocolates. B and the kids all interchangeably referred to the cake by those names. And before anybody thinks I’m saying an echidna is a porcupine or hedgehog, let me state that Mrs. So, we got to have an echidna (or porcupine) cake. B decided to make a fancier cake than she had made in a while. The upshot of this was that for one of my girls’ birthday, Mrs. She did point out that there’s a Women’s Weekly magazine (or was it a book) that has all sorts of fun and crazy cake ideas, so that’s where they get the ideas, here in Australia. But then she described several cakes that her mom or herself had made, in strange and interesting shapes, and how she should do that more often. B didn’t say it was a universally Aussie thing. So, I’ve asked several others what they thought about the birthday cake question. However, the implication was that Aussies really like to go crazy with birthday cakes. It depends whether they’re willing to spend either the time or money (or brain power needed for creativity). And some people order really fancy one from specialty stores, rather than make their own. Some people that make their own, they can make really creative, fancy cakes. Some people make their own, some people buy them from the grocery store. So, I really think it depends on the person. ![]() At least, I think that’s what the question was, originally. The question was “Do Americans go all out, like Aussies do, when the make birthday cakes?”. I’m still not certain of the answer, so anyone can feel free to tell me their opinion on it. But this family, at least, treats it like my real family does turkey.Īnd then, the other day, one of my friends asked me a question about birthday cakes. ![]() I like it, though I won’t say I love it yet. So, we get it at almost every birthday or special occasion. By the way, I don’t know how many of you like lamb, but the family I’m living with, they love it. Of course, I’ve heard the b-day song on numerous other occasions, as well. There have been four birthdays celebrated at my Aussie home, since I arrived in May, the first of them being mine. Makes sense, right? Though, I’m afraid I don’t do the “hip hips” with as much verve as my Aussie friends do. What, I was actually singing along? Yes, I’ve recovered (mostly) from my birthday song issues, now that I’m even farther from home than usual. I wasn’t counting, when we were singing, the other night. Ok, I admit it, I can’t remember if the “hip, hip, hooray” is done twice or three times. Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray! Happy Birthday dear (so-and-so), Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, The Australian birthday song seems to be one verse long, with only one small addition. Here in Australia, I’m being given the impression that Aussies like birthdays. But when you’re away from home, you sometimes cling to bits of home, though it might not like important to anyone else. Yes, you can tell me I was silly and childish, I really don’t care. I was a bit worried that I’d forget how my family’s version goes. Don’t they ever get tired of it? How is it still special, if you sing it every week? How about once a month? So, being a bit stubborn (yeah, I know, you’re shocked), I either didn’t sing along, or sang my own version, quietly. I’m afraid that when I first moved away from home, I found that most chapels sing it every single week, because there are always birthdays happening. ![]() Happy Birthday to you, only one will not do,īorn again means salvation, how many have you? In Christian circles, it’s sung this way. May the Lord bless and keep you another year through.Īnd then, sometime in my teens, I realized that whenever we were in another chapel, or when I got to camp, the second verse was slightly different. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, At home, the second verse has always been the same. How do you sing “Happy Birthday”? For most of my life, I’ve been around my family, who sing it with two verses. ![]()
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