Oh, please don't get me wrong. Toddlers are as important persons as everybody else Of course one should celebrate a first birthday of a beloved child. But it's a matter of dimensions. The child probably enjoys guests from the extended family, some food, some presents and beeing the middle of all attention. And I agree in the point that Georgie can learn a lot.
But no toddler needs dozens of strangers as like the adult friends of her parents. One can do that, but this is not for the child but for the parents.
It is really common in the states. And of course the star of the day never has any memories of it! But we goo and yuk it up because that's how we do it here. Silly pictures of the (often half naked) baby covered in the cake they destroy!
I don't know which is stranger about Americans - that we do this or that we assume the whole world does this.
Really? Ho funny that even birthday party differ so much in different part of the world. In italy, generally speaking, toddler who turns 1 are celebrated in a low/normal key profile: a cake and a small dinner gatehring with granparents and maybe some friends.
I suspect that we will see a party for Charlotte that looks very similar to George's - the Middletons and Godparents. I am leaning towards them having at KP to make it easier for the Queen to come if she wanted plus Kate has engagements 2 days later in London. I wonder if Charles will go since he didn't make it to any of George's birthdays.
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For anyone who thinks royalty isn't a big deal in the UK, Charlotte's birthday pics were breaking news on the BBC