Here in Mexico, for those who don’t know, today we celebrate the children. «Día del niño», I guess we would translate it as «Children’s Day»? Please correct me if we’re wrong or if you have a better one. This is a beautiful day for the kids and for grown ups too; most elementary schools celebrate it as they put together a party where kids get their candies, their food, they get to hit the piñatas, play and dance around, have a blast. We were just in McDonald’s this morning for breakfast and coffee, we got to see the employees dressed as kids, we thought it was a nice touch, isn’t it? Kids got free balloons and everything. Is good that restaurants, schools, kindergartens and other enterprises go with the flow.
This day is celebrated in memoriam to the kids that were victims in WW1. The idea came in November 20th 1959, when the United Nation congress had a meeting in Genève, Switzerland to emphasize universal children rights. Ever since, all countries have chosen a special day to celebrate and organize different activities to help develop the welfare for every kid in the world. Among the children’s right we have: the right of life, education, nutrition, health, water, identity, freedom and protection. Let’s not forget that a kid can be happy with almost anything, a stick, a box; the important thing is that we give them the time they need, help them grow their imagination and family bonds. The usual gifts for kids would have to be toys, right? Some shoes, why not? and of course clothes. When I was just a boy, I’d 100% rather be given toys than any other thing, even than money, I think. Why did I need money for? I wanted to play with Woody or Buzz, steal a towel from my parents bathroom and use it as a cape and run around in circles pretending to be flying. Batman was one of my favorite toys, too. I have always had a thing for capes. What did you do as kid? Go to some friend’s place and create roads with dirt to play with our Hot Wheels Cars, play some arcade, too. Dress up?! Go to birthday parties for the food, candy and piñatas, maybe you had a crush on a girl/boy, you can’t compare those feelings you had as a kid.
Some financial figures: This year, 41% of parents in Mexico plan to spend a little more than $400 mexican pesos on gifts, 27% will pay from 301 to 400 pesos, 23% from $201 to $300 pesos, and 9% will only spend less than $200 pesos for this day, according to Coru.com and the enterprise Brad. Feebbo. In your country, what is the date when you celebrate kids? Send us your written stories and photos when you were a kid to our Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, we’ll be pleased to read and see them. Enjoy the day!
