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    I’m Beginning to Think You Don’t Care About the Thirteen Birthday Parties We’ve Been Invited to This Month
    by Audrey Burges
  • December 2, 2020
    Bryan Quinby, Singing “The Birthday Song” at Chuck E. Cheese
    by Suzanne Yeagley
  • April 10, 2020
    4 Bible Verses That Describe The Kick-Ass Birthday Party the Apostles Were Planning For Jesus Before They Learned He Was Going to Die For Our Sins
    by Dan Caprera
  • March 12, 2018
    In Retrospect, the Theme for Chad’s 4th Birthday Party Should Not Have Been “Stanford Prison Experiment”
    by Julia McCloy
  • December 6, 2017
    Hi, I’m the Dad You Hate at the Baby Birthday Party You’re Obligated to Attend
    by Spencer Porter
  • July 7, 2017
    The Art of Hosting: Office, Surprise, and Kid’s Birthday Parties
    by Matt Stevenson
  • February 27, 2012
    Family Practice: An Occasional Column by “Dr.” Amy Fusselman: Birthday Parties are Different Now
    by Amy Fusselman
  • July 25, 2011
    The Birthday Clown Consortium Price Guide
    by Luke Burns
  • September 14, 2010
    I am a Birthday-Party Magician in a Midwestern Town
    by Ben Greenman
  • March 4, 2010
    Universal Invoice for a Manhattan Child’s Birthday Party
    by Justin Warner
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