Footnote

a The only two birthday celebrations mentioned in Scripture involved pagans and are recorded in a very negative light. (Genesis 40:20-22; Mark 6:21-28) God’s Word does, however, encourage giving that is motivated by the heart, not by social or peer pressure.​—Proverbs 11:25; Luke 6:38; Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 9:7.