Golden Birthday Meaning & How to Celebrate it in 2023

If you’ve just come across the idea of a golden birthday, then no doubt you have questions and have been wondering what is a golden birthday and have you missed yours? This golden birthday celebration guide will answer your questions so you no longer have to wonder.

If you have heard about a golden year birthday and were wondering how to celebrate it, we have lots of ideas for a golden birthday party for both adults and children and talk about the golden birthday meaning.

Also, if you’re looking for some symbolic and memorable gift ideas to celebrate the occasion there are heaps of beautiful and fun ideas below.

Read on to find out what is your golden birthday.

What is the Golden Birthday?

A golden birthday is a birthday year where you turn the age that corresponds to the day of the month of your birthday. Sounds simple? For example, if your birth date is 23 May, then your golden birthday is when you turn 23. If your child’s birthday is on 4 June, then their golden birthday is when they turn 4 years old.

A golden birthday is also known as a champagne birthday. This idea was first written about by Joan Bramsch as she was the first to write about celebrating her children’s golden birthdays.

Now don’t worry if you are 33 and you think you’ve missed out on all the fun and a once in a lifetime event. That’s not true. There are definitely still golden birthday ideas and options for anyone over the age of 31.

Golden Year Birthday

If you’re like me and you didn’t know about this fun celebration when you were 23, don’t worry there’s possibly another chance for you. Especially if you were born later in the month.

Since there are no more than 31 days in any month – it would be logical to think that it’s all over on your 32nd birthday. Read on find out about double and triple golden birthday fun milestones.

Double Golden Birthday

A double golden birthday is the next opportunity to celebrate this golden milestone. To work out when you should celebrate your double golden, simply double the day of the month that you were born on – and that is the age of your double golden birthday.

For example, if you were born on the 23 May, then you would celebrate your golden milestone on your 46th birthday. That is, 23 multiplied by 2.

Triple Golden Birthday

And believe it or not, there is such a thing as a triple golden birthday. After all, it’s not fair for older people to miss out on all the fun. Keeping it in line with the same birthdate being 23 May, then a triple golden celebration could be planned for when you turn 69 years old. That’s the day of the month you were born multiplied by 3.

However, if you were born in the first week of any given month, you might have lucked out with this special celebration for yourself – even for the double and triple birthday. Sorry! I hope you can still enjoy celebrating the golden birthday of friends and family members.

If you haven’t had your golden birthday celebration yet it’s time to work out how to celebrate.

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Golden Birthday Ideas

To party or not to party…that is the question.

To celebrate a birthday golden year you could decide to throw a party or not. If you don’t feel like throwing a party there are lots of options for golden birthday traditions to start for your family.

If you’re an adult and looking for non-party ways to celebrate then make sure you:

• Take the day off work
• Eat all of your favorite foods
• Spend time doing what you love the most
• Write a letter to yourself to read on your next milestone birthday
• Reflect on amazing things that have happened to you between birthdays

For your kids golden birthday you could:

• put up golden decorations around the house
• have them wake up to a bedroom filled with gold balloons
• wear a special gold crown for the day
• let them pick all 3 meals for this special day
• wrap all presents in gold paper
• take a trip to their favorite special place

However, if you do want to celebrate with a party then read on to find some golden birthday party ideas.

Golden Birthday Party

Golden Birthday Invitations

This type of party starts with great golden birthday invitations to set the scene and even to explain the special meaning. There are heaps of perfectly suited invitations here.

Scroll through and have a look as there’s some there to suit both girls and boys and of course to be fully customized with your party details. Or perhaps a golden ticket themed invition would be fun. Or fill the envelope with gold glitter for an added surprise for when your golden birthday invitation is opened.

Golden Birthday Wishes

• Today you will glitter like gold
• Today you get all the gold stars
• Enjoy your special golden birthday
• May all you touch turn to gold
• You are gold baby, solid gold
• Stay golden

Golden Birthday Decorations

There are heaps of options for fun golden birthday decoration ideas for the special celebration below.

Other fun decoration ideas include stay golden banners and also happy golden birthday banners.

Another fun way to decorate is with gold letter foil balloons spelling out ‘stay golden’ or ‘you are golden’. Or you could use gold number foil balloons with your golden age.

A party table could easily be styled up with some gold paper plates, and gold napkins and gold confetti sprinkled over the table cloth.

To find lots more amazing more gold decorating ideas for the best gold color theme (for not just birthdays) including gold food, favors, the best gold decorations and more check out this gold party themes guide.

If you are looking for ideas for gold party favors then chocolates with golden wrappers are a quick and easy idea that suits the theme, like Ferrero Rocher or Hershey’s Gold.

Or fun prizes for party games then you can’t go past a gold medal! Find some perfectly on theme gold medals right here.

Golden Birthday Cake Ideas

You’ll find some great golden birthday cake toppers here that are perfect for a golden celebration – and lots of them can be personalized for your unique special age golden party….or whatever you like.

This stunning cake topper pictured below would be perfect for your special day and has an amazing golden sparkle to it. It really is the perfect accessory for a memorable birthday celebration.

An easy and fun cake hack for a stunning looking cake is to add edible golden sprinkles to the frosting. See all the beautiful sparkly edible sprinkles right here.

Golden Birthday Gift Ideas

If you’re looking for some unique and memorable ideas for golden birthday gifts then read on. There’s something for everyone to commemorate this special birthday. There are some big and small gifts for all ages and budgets. Scroll down to find the perfect golden birthday gift for the golden birthday celebrant.

Golden Birthday Shirt

What better way to tell the world that it’s your special day than with a t-shirt. You’ll want to wear it later on too. Here are some amazing golden birthday shirt ideas for everyone.

Check out this striking birthday shirt for boys and men (pictured below) – it can be found right here.

For something a little different another unforgettable and special gift idea is a necklace. There are some gorgeous golden bday necklaces right here. Some of them have ‘you are golden’ or similar engraved on the necklace which a special touch.

This stunning gold initial necklace below comes with a beautiful and personalized letter to commemorate the special birthday. Gold jewelry is a lovely gift for a golden birthday and a great way to remember it for years to come.

Now you must know that necklaces are not just for women or girls.

For an amazing golden gift for tween or teenage boys check out this totally awesome gold Nike chain.  Similar to this is an amazing custom name necklace for boys/men…either would make an awesome gift idea.

Of course, there is a large range of gorgeous gold name necklaces for girls and women right here.

Another fun gift idea is this super stylish golden birthday sleep mask (pictured below). They’ll love this unique and fun gift.

More Golden Birthday Gifts

How about a stay golden notebook for a cute gift. See picture below. Just add a gold pen.

Or for a baby or young child, there is this gorgeous gold cloud pillow that would look wonderful displayed in a child’s bedroom or nursery as a keepsake.

I can be hard at the best of times to find some great gifts for the males in your life, however; you can find some great golden birthday gifts for him right here that are custom made, often personalized, and definitely unique.

I sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed this golden year birthday guide and now know when is your golden birthday. Wishing you and your loved ones a special celebration and a happy birthday whether it is golden theme special occasion or not.

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