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Why are gifts given to people on their birthdays?

Asked by RandomMrAdam (1655points) April 5th, 2010

I can understand children feed on attention and giving gifts to toddlers can be incentive to be a nice kid and not act up. But why, and how did it originate that people receive gifts on their birthday? Do all cultures give gifts on birthdays? If not, which ones don’t?

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