It might sound crazy or just plain silly, but I celebrate my half birthday. In fact, today is my half birthday and tonight, I’m throwing an intimate French dinner for eleven fabulous friends! If I were to determine the start of my family’s custom of commemorating half birthdays, I’d say it originated exactly 20 years ago. My mom threw my father a surprise 40th birthday. Only the party wasn’t on his birthday, which is September 14th, it was on his half birthday, March 14th.

I was ten and naturally, thought the concept of a half birthday, was fantastic. Since my birthday is two short days after my dad’s, it was easy for me to figure out when my half birthday was and to demand a celebration. The rest is family history. We all celebrate our half birthdays and the tradition is even starting to rub off on some friends. I hope that it rubs off on you too. Here are 10 reasons why I love half birthdays:
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	<li>It’s a wonderful excuse to throw a party.</li>
	<li>It’s a wonderful excuse to make a decadent dessert.</li>
	<li>It’s a wonderful excuse to buy yourself a small gift.</li>
	<li>It’s a wonderful excuse to go out to a nice restaurant.</li>
	<li>It’s a wonderful excuse to pop open a bottle of bubbly.</li>
	<li>It’s incredibly awesome when you wish someone a half birthday and they don’t even know it’s their half birthday. It’s a serious way to brighten someone’s day.</li>
	<li>If your birthday falls on an unfortunate day in the calendar, say the day after Christmas, you can throw an amazing party on your half birthday, June 26th, instead.</li>
	<li>If your birthday is in a season that you dislike, say you’ve always wanted to have a pool party for a birthday, but you’re birthday is in January, you can have the pool party on your half birthday in July!</li>
	<li>It’s super fun! Trust me, host af half birthday celebration and you’ll have a lot of fun.</li>
	<li>It’s a way of celebrating life.</li>
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