What is the origin of sweet sixteen birthday parties, and where did the prhase "Sweet Sixteen" come from
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"A Sweet Sixteen is a traditional birthday party for girls to have when they turn sixteen. In parts of the United States and Canada, sixteen is the age at which teenagers obtain full or nearly-full driving privileges. It is also the age of consent in many states, hence it is viewed by many teenagers as an important milestone. It can also be derived to mean turning 16 without being kissed."
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The Quinceañera, or Quince Años is a young Latin American woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a unique and different way from her other birthdays. The word is also used to refer to the young woman whose 15th birthday is being celebrated (analogous to the word "cumpleañera" for "birthday girl"). The closest equivalents to the Quinceañera in the English-speaking world are the sweet sixteen or, in more affluent communities, a debutante ball at the age of eighteen. In some cases, the birthday girl has a choice of a quinceañera, a trip, or a car.
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YES and YES! HAHA it was a house party they were freshmen college chicks & we were all drunk as hell, got one of theirs number but lost it. GOOD TIMES!
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It's a play on words.\n\nThe last two digits are zeros - noughts. \n\nThere is a tendancy to describe decades without the use of the century - the eighties, the sixties, the nineties etc.\n\nSo the 1900's became the noughties which was changed to the naughties by some wag.\n\nOf course, we are in the naughties again now. Oh how I laugh when I hust think about it.
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no cos i liv in england n we dont hav sweet sixteen parties but wud luv 2 hav 1 lol
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"Who chose cake?"\n\nIt's exact etymology is unclear but this much is certain: the British coined the phrase. \n\n"The first documented appearance of the term is in 1943, in an small book of British military slang, although sources claim it was used in the RAF throughout World War Two, and was originally a Yorkshire dialect term in use at least since 1914."
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Point to yourself (I'm) and say, \n'Umi Kumaono (sixteen), or say, Momona 'Umi Kumaono (sweet sixteen).
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The game was invented in 1954 by an anonymous Canadian couple, and called "The Yacht Game" because they played it on their yacht with their friends. It is very similar to the traditional Puerto Rican game Generala played with five dice and categories like poker hands and triples or quads. Two years later they asked toy and game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe if he would make up some sets to be given as gifts to their friends who enjoyed the game. Lowe perceived the possibility of marketing the game, and acquired the rights to the game from the couple in exchange for 1,000 gift sets.\n\nLowe changed the name to "Yahtzee." He initially had trouble selling the game commercially, since the rules and appeal were not easily conveyed in an advertisement. Eventually he had the idea of organizing "Yahtzee parties" where people could play the game and thereby gain a firsthand appreciation for it. The idea was successful, and enthusiasts quickly popularized the game through word of mouth. Milton-Bradley purchased the E. S. Lowe company in 1973.
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November 14,1985 (My boyfriend's the 16th) Funny huh?
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My Sweet Sixteen\n\nSweet sixteen you are, you were, in part shall always be.\nThat wonder, horror, perfect, fearful, strong, weak, potpourri.\n\nOne moment sailing through the sky, next, in the depths of hell.\nWhat a way to learn of life, a test to live it well.\n\nYou need to be connected, dear, the same as all your friends.\nYou want to be so different, your own self to the end.\n\nYou long to be out on your own, you want your family there.\nYou feel you look so good, then hate your face, your nose, your hair.\n\nAnd all that I can tell you now my sweet, sixteen, confused,\nis that I love you, and someday you'll look on this bemused.\n\n\n© Montana Blue
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i used to have a record of that song. i liked the mtv as well. i recall i was 14 at that time and my friend's brother organized a backyard party.i and some classmates provided the band. when we played the song, all the girls there who were older than we thought we're cool.
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I may be wrong but I believe it was Rutherford B Hayes. He was born in Ohio, and I think he prefered them in a sweet potatoe pie. If I am wrong, forgive me.
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I was one of the lucky ones.  There were 4 of us born at Fort Devens Army Hospital in Shirley Massachusetts.  Growing up I would celebrate 1 day with family and 1 day with friends.  If there was a 29th then I'd get 1 day only.  Now it seems like it doesn't matter if there is a 29th or not, my birthdays seem to last for a week.  I have had my ID torn up because the bouncer thought it was a fake.  He said there was no Feb 29.  The bar paid for a new ID.  The fun part is when I can say my kids are older than me.  By the way...I turned 10 1/2 this year.  I'll be 11 in 2008.  I sometimes get gag gifts from people.  Like when I turned 6 (24) I got a barbie doll and a card for a 6 year old.  All in all, it's just another day though.
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Try this site....\n\nhttp://search.oldielyrics.com/cgi-bin/olseek.cgi?q=birthday\n\npages and pages of songs with "birthday" in the title...good luck!
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the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation.\nSo there ya go, someone's parents out there invented the term 4/20.\nAnd remember this:\nThere are NOT 420 chemicals in Weed. It's about 315, the num. goes up or down depending on what you're smoking.\n4/20 is NOT police code or Maryjane.\nAnd that whole shit about Holland and 4/20 over there being "tea time" for smokers isn't true either.
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something along the lines of Bring You Own Booze, usually talked about in reference to a party. in case you're talking about the System of A Down song, it's an antiwar song, it mocks the fact that Bush has tried to romanticize the war and make it look like a big party, and so that's why they named it that.
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The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was written by American sisters Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893 when they were school teachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The verse was originally intended as a classroom greeting entitled "Good Morning to All". The version as we know it was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company as an arrangement by Preston Ware Orem, and is scheduled to expire in 2030. This was the first copyrighted version to include the lyrics. The company holding the copyright was purchased by Warner Chappell in 1990 for $15 million dollars, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at $5 million.  While the current copyright status of the song is unclear, Warner claims that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to them. It is not completely certain who wrote the lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You".