Read the text and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. A birthday party is a celebration that occurs to (1) the birth of the person being honored. Birthday parties are celebrated in many cultures. While a child’s party is usually at home and consists (2) soft drinks and sweet food as (3) as some main courses, adults’ birthday (4) in Western countries often take (5) in bars or nightclubs where a range of alcoholic beverages are consumed. In Western culture, particularly in (6) United States, birthday parties are often accompanied by colorful decorations (7) as streamers and balloons. A birthday cake is often served with (8) that are to be blown out after a “birthday wish” has (9) made. While the birthday cake is brought to the table, the song “Happy Birthday to You“ is (10). Wealthy people or celebrities may hire an event management agency (11) a party service to organize a birthday party. The birthday cake has been integral part of the birthday tradition in Western culture (12) the middle of the 19th century. The cake, or sometimes a pastry or dessert, is served to a person on his or her birthday, and it is often decorated (13) small novelty candles, with the person’s name and a message of congratulations inscribed with icing. The phrase “Happy Birthday” did not appear on birthday cakes. Tradition holds that the person with the birthday may make a wish, (14) will come true if all the candles can be blown out in (15) breath
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