article_snippet: Chanel before six and in bed by seven.
article_snippet: was determined it was an event that would never be forgotten.
article_snippet: What and who was all this lavish fuss for?
article_snippet: However, events like this somehow seem to be more about making an affluent statement than celebrating a birthday.
article_snippet: , the rapper Kanye West — had a first birthday party themed on California’s annual Coachella rock festival.
article_snippet: There was a karaoke stage, a Ferris wheel, a groovy three-tier birthday cake decorated with tie-dyed icing — and a very confused little birthday girl herself, togged out in hippie fringes and a headband.
article_snippet: the rest is birthday history.
article_snippet: Tom Cruise threw a ‘welcome to the world’ party for the singer J.Lo and her then partner Marc Anthony.
article_snippet: Once upon a time, in a world long gone, a child’s birthday party was a simple affair.
article_snippet: Sandwiches and cake, balloons and Smarties, musical chairs and then home before bedtime.
article_snippet: Younger readers may be astonished by this, but we didn’t even get a party bag.
article_snippet: Answers on a birthday card, please.