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I’ve been browsing through some books in the attic, and I found out something… well, cool.

I didn’t know that birthday celebrations are actually rooted in paganism. i remember my college professor telling us something on paganism (but in relation to art works) and it never occurred to me that the celebration has started from the pagans.

An encyclopedia provides that ancient civilization celebrated the birthdays of gods, kings, and their nobles. Moreover, the keeping of birthday records was significant as birthdates are essential for horoscope-casting (thus the connection between the Pagan practice of birthday celebrations and astrology). and because of its pagan origins, the ancient Jews did not celebrate birthdays.