Celebrating birthdays is an important part of Western culture, not observed in some parts of the world.
The Turks were celebrating the feast of Bahram at the end of the Ramadan fast.
Francis owes the greater measure of his glory to the artists and men of letters who vied in celebrating his praises.
Everybody was celebrating the victory, everything was bubbling with life in the ruined but reviving city.
After celebrating a triumph in Rome (389) he stayed to arrange the government of Italy for another two years.