Reminder

[RJNorton]

While there's no evidence of Abraham Lincoln celebrating his birthday, I cannot think of Mary's being celebrated either (and I assume for her it would have meant more than for him), so I wonder if they "privately" gave each other gifts or somehow "acknowledged" respectively what the tradition of those days was. When did it become popular to celebrate kids' birthdays?

Eva, I don't know the answers to your questions, but I do recall Mary and Abraham gave a birthday party for Willie on December 22, 1859. It was Willie's 9th birthday. As I recall 50 or 60 children were invited.