Are there any reasons not to celebrate birthday? Certainly! And there are many of them. There are very few people who celebrate every birthday in their life in a big way with lots of friends and relatives. However, very often people do this not because they really want it, but only because of pressure from numerous friends and family. They are the ones who want to come visit and have a great party. And very often this is exactly what the hero of the occasion does not want. Therefore, you should not follow the lead of others and succumb to ridiculous persuasion, but discover seven good reasons not to celebrate your birthday... and stay forever young!
Reason No. 1. Double-digit numbers
Someone said that there is a time when people stop treating their own birthday with such excitement and trepidation. And this age is 12 years. In fact, over the years, birthdays become not as interesting and unusual as we would like. Perhaps the whole point is that with age people become more picky and expect a catch. Plus, there are certain milestones that people don't want to celebrate: 30, 40, and 50 years old. So this is a good reason not to celebrate a birthday .
How to prepare a man's 50th birthday
In the life of every person, an anniversary is of great importance: it makes you think about your life, sensibly evaluate and rethink your own victories and defeats. That is why a man’s 50th birthday should be celebrated in such a way that it will be remembered for a long time both by the hero of the day and by his relatives, friends, and colleagues.
It is worth mentioning right away that organizing such a solemn and somewhat pompous event will require a lot of time, effort and financial investment. As a rule, in the process of preparing a celebration, many different nuances and subtleties emerge, on which, by and large, a truly well-organized celebration depends.
Reason No. 3. Costs
Probably one of the most compelling reasons not to celebrate a birthday is that it is very expensive and not worth the expense. Even a simple dinner in a cafe can turn into a real financial ruin. Also, some friends will have to call a taxi, etc. In other words, there is a chance that the birthday will turn into a wedding. It is also worth remembering that friends who are invited to a cafe will be hesitant to give a more expensive gift, and this will put some in an awkward position.
Where to begin
It is best for a man to celebrate his 50th birthday with his family, close relatives, friends and work colleagues. The number of people and the composition of those invited largely determines the place where the celebration will be held. The solution to this pressing issue depends solely on the desire of the hero of the day to celebrate the holiday in an informal or formal atmosphere.
To create a special atmosphere of significance and solemnity of this enterprise, consider the design of the celebration venue, be it a chic restaurant or a picnic in nature. If you decided to celebrate in a restaurant, then it is best to book a banquet hall in advance. Also at this stage of preparation, it is worth considering how to invite guests: it will be special invitation cards or a regular telephone call.
Depending on where the gala event will take place, it is worth considering the menu. The assortment and number of dishes, first of all, depend on the type of celebration - formal or informal, as well as on the number of invited guests. If we talk about alcoholic drinks, it is important that each invitee can choose something to their liking.
Reason No. 5. Judgment Day
Another reason to ignore birthdays is that this date only indicates that another year has passed, another 365 days (or 366) since your last birthday. This means it’s time to take stock of the past year. And many people really don’t like to do this. A lot of good things happened, but a lot of bad things happened too. If the year really was very fruitful: you managed to start a family, and get a promotion, and everyone is alive and well, then there is a reason to celebrate. And if everything is not so wonderful. So why take stock and torment yourself once again?
A place for a miracle
But don’t limit yourself to just competitions and dances! The evening program may include other special entertainment. Because it’s simply impossible to do without surprises on such a significant day as the 50th anniversary. The easiest option is to arrange a small show of presenting gifts.
Usually they are handed over right on the doorstep, but this is not at all necessary. You can allocate separate time for this procedure. Or allow guests to present their gifts immediately, and present the main gift from the family at the height of the holiday. And besides this, we offer you a few more ideas on how to surprise the birthday boy.
Film show
Go through your home video archive. Surely there will be entries in it that you have not reviewed for a long time. This is not about showing a three-hour chronicle of an anniversary 10 years ago. Make a short movie out of several videos. A trip to the sea, home gatherings, shots from children’s weddings, and here’s a grandfather carrying a backpack, and next to him a little girl with a bouquet and huge bows is walking to first grade for the first time...
If you can’t make a video from video excerpts, edit it from photographs. Look through the family album, find children's photos, pictures from youth trips to the collective farm, fishing trips, first photographs with your beloved... Choose photographs associated with the most important events in life, as well as funny, amusing, emotional - in a word, bright.
Organize a home mini-movie show dedicated to the life of the hero of the day
You'll probably have to digitize film footage and prints, and master the art of editing, but it's not difficult. By the way, feel free to involve your grandchildren and nephews in the matter - they will cope much faster. The photos selected for the video will be useful later. Add to them those taken at the evening dedicated to the 50th anniversary, and order a photo book. This would make another great holiday gift.
Congratulations from afar
If we are talking about age, 50 years is not old at all. But for human relationships the period is quite long. During this time, life could have scattered friends and acquaintances around the world. Many of the comrades of the hero of the day live in other cities, countries, and even on other continents. Try to find them!
Social networks can help – contact your children or grandchildren and tell them what’s going on. Surely they will be happy to help. Call a friend of the birthday boy via Skype and record a congratulation. You can make several such recordings and collect them into a video or show them separately - instead of toasts.
Help the friends of the hero of the day congratulate him even from the other side of the world
Retrospective
To prepare this gift, you will have to sit in the library. But the effect will definitely be amazing. The idea is to prepare a personal newspaper for the birthday person with news for the day, month and year when he was born. The 50-year-olds celebrating the holiday in 2015 were born in 1965. Just imagine how the world has changed during this time!
In 1965 (albeit in March, but you can expect related thematic news) a man walked into outer space for the first time in history, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Scorpions just got together, and the Beatles wrote Yesterday! In the Union this year the famous films “War and Peace”, “Engineer Garin’s Hyperboloid”, “Give me a book of complaints”, as well as “Operation Y and other adventures of Shurik”, “Thirty-three”, etc. were released.
Look for notes about similar events, as well as about the opening of metro stations, the airing of a new TV show, etc. – the hero of the day was born on the day and year when so many significant things happened! Make copies or photograph the pages, print them out, cut out the top stories and make a 2-4 page “newspaper”. Read the headlines and/or excerpts and give them to the birthday person. You'll see - both he and the guests will read it with pleasure.
Concert for the little ones
Congratulations from the little ones greatly diversify the holiday!
Don't forget about the younger generation, whose representatives will also be among the guests. Grandchildren and nephews can please the birthday boy with a concert or performance: put on a costume performance, perform a magic trick, sing a song together, or dance something. The performances must be exclusive: if the child has already recited a poem for the New Year or March 8, it is better not to include it in the program.
Learn a new poem - about dad (grandfather, uncle - depending on who the child is, his hobbies (cars, fishing) or some events in which both participated (flying on an airplane, going to the zoo or circus) , and so on. Children can also draw a festive wall newspaper for the hero of the day. It is better to put the concert at the beginning of the program, and guests will be able to look at the wall newspaper in detail and discuss it, and then praise the kids.
Don't forget the little things
In order to be able to refresh your memory of the anniversary some time later, you should take care of photo and video shooting. In addition, such a solemn event as a man’s 50th birthday must necessarily remain imprinted for the descendants of the hero of the day.
Also, you should not lose sight of such seemingly mundane technical issues as lighting, acoustics, ventilation, and the more important issue of transport, in order to separate all the guests after the end of the banquet.
The result is a very impressive list of things without which a holiday is simply impossible. It doesn’t matter how you decide to carry out the process of preparing the anniversary - entrust it to professionals or organize it yourself - the main thing is that the result is worthy of all the efforts spent.
Choosing an anniversary scenario
A lot depends on the competent preparation of the celebration scenario, because a man’s 50th birthday is a delicate and sensitive issue. In order to sincerely please the hero of the day, you need to carefully approach the development of the script, taking into account the character, temperament, and hobbies of the hero of the occasion.
Recently, all kinds of themed anniversaries have become very popular: in the style of a fisherman, hunter, marine or royal style.
If the anniversary celebration will take place in a respectable restaurant, then a royal style would be very appropriate, including the appropriate design of the banquet hall, music and even waiters dressed as pages.
If the hero of the day prefers a less official style, then it is best to choose a hunting or fishing theme. In this case, the hall is decorated with animal skins, an imitation of a hearth, and weapons.
When a general style for celebrating a man’s 50th birthday has been chosen, an appropriate scenario should be selected. It is best if this is done by a professional event organizer or host who has extensive experience in organizing anniversaries, holidays, weddings and birthdays. At the same time, it is very important to write it in such a way that it is interesting to both the older generation and the invited youth. All competitions, jokes, songs and competitions should fit harmoniously not only into the festive scenario, but also into the general atmosphere.
But you can do without a toastmaster at all, if in the close circle of the hero of the day there is a cheerful and sociable person who is ready to take on this role. He must know well not only the hero of the day himself, but also most of the guests, be able to speak beautifully and have an excellent sense of humor. In order not to get confused at the right moment, you can think through in advance and write down on paper the words of the presenter: a short story about the hero of the occasion, the most important milestones in his life, funny stories from his childhood and youth, jokes, toasts, wishes. Let him learn a few toasts and congratulations with which he will begin the celebration, and the guests will say the rest.
