All around the world, families celebrate special days together. Traditions for these days been very different. Some of them may surprise you.
Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers. In Serbia, this day is on second Sunday before Christmas. On that day, children sneak （溜） into their mother's bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon so that she can't get out of bed. Then they shout, "Mother's Day, Mother's Day! What will you pay get away?" Then the mother gives them presents so that the kids "free" her.
In China, they say that babies are one year old when they are born. After that, all children celebrate their birthdays on Noe Year's Day because that's when they grow a year Actual birthdays are usually celebrated with a big family meal. The tradition is that the "birthday boy" or "birthday girl" should fill their mouth with as long noodles as they can and then eat them. This is because in Chinese culture, long noodles are a symbol of long life.
