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[dereban]

I know this is probably a bit of a stupid question, but I'm actually mildly curious. And you know what they say: 'curiosity killed the cat'.

So, my birthday is tomorrow and I'm turning eighteen, finally. . . To be honest, birthdays aren't as big of a deal, which is why I want to know if there's anything special that people do for their eighteenth? Or just birthdays in general.

I'm interested in how other worlds celebrate, after all.

Thanks in advance!

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Text ; un:magicowl

[getting_better]

Grats on becoming an adult! Turning 18 is a pretty big deal where I come from, and people used to celebrate it with a big party.

This changed in the recent years and what we do is that the celebrant writes their life story up to that point. They mention their dreams, aspirations, hopes and wishes, and they speak before a group of selected people - witnesses if you will - who wrote down things about the celebrant, hopes and wishes and such, as well but aren't read aloud.

Then the letters are placed in a time capsule and buried with a growing tree sprout and when the tree grows in five or so years, it's dug up by the same people involved and the unread letters are finally read to the celebrant. More letters with new wishes are written, and then sealed and buried once again to be opened in another five or so years.

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[dereban]

Writing their life story definitely seems like a lot. . .

Although I'm familiar with time capsules. They're pretty uncommon nowadays, though.

[ says the person who has done it before ]