from 2020 from the PESEL register, born on February 29 in Poland, there are over 26,000. This group includes, among others: , but on this day the famous graphic designer Janusz Stanny, actor Marek Richter, actor and director Krzysztof Łukaszewicz and American rapper Ja Rule were also born. When do people born on February 29 celebrate their birthday?
Do people born on February 29 celebrate their birthday every 4 years? Practice varies
The lucky or unlucky ones born on February 29 can only officially blow out the candles on their cake once every four years on the day they actually celebrate. How do they celebrate birthdays when the year has the usual 365 days? – We meet as always with family and, as always, there is a cake, but there is a difference when it comes to the candles on the cake – said the listener born on February 29 in the conversation. As he admitted, in his childhood he was not happy with the way he was born, but today he sees some advantages in it. When it’s a leap year, fewer candles are placed on the cake.
You reach the age of majority on your birthday. What if someone was born on February 29?
, if in the year in which he reaches the age of majority, February has 28 days, he will turn 18 exactly on February 28. Interestingly, in Great Britain it is completely different and such a person will reach the age of majority a day later, on March 1.
Birthday Unlucky and lucky people, i.e. those born on February 29. When do they celebrate their birthday? Photo Lan Gao / Unsplash
Polish law indicates that if there is no February 29 in a given year, all related dates fall the day before, so people who were born on February 29 become one year older on February 28
– emphasizes polskieradio.pl. In practice, many people born on February 29 celebrate their birthdays on two days: February 28 and March 1. All to avoid confusion. It also happens that on February 29, birthday people blow out candles on two cakes. One has as many candles as the actual number of years, the other has as many candles as would be needed every four years.
Source: Gazeta
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