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How Children's Birthdays Have Changed in Spain

Fewer homemade balloons and more turnkey solutions: children's birthday parties are quietly transforming in Spanish homes.

Redacción de Barcelona Press
Redacción de Barcelona Press
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Not so many years ago, organising a child's birthday meant spending the previous weekend buying garlands, baking cupcakes, and praying it wouldn't rain if the plan included the backyard. Today, that scenario starts to sound almost like domestic archaeology. More and more families are opting to delegate the entire logistics to spaces designed exclusively for that: entertaining a dozen children without the parents ending up more exhausted than the little ones themselves. In fact, organising a children's birthday party at Ilusiona has become one of those options that many parents mention when someone asks how they managed without dying in the attempt (sorry, I promised not to use that phrase and I've already used it).

Why Parents Have Stopped Organising Everything

The reason is not laziness, although one might think so at first glance. It's more a matter of realistic calculation: between work, school schedules, and the rest of the week's activities, finding time to design a themed party from scratch has become a luxury that few can afford. And you don't need to be a sociologist to understand it: just ask any parent who has tried to set up a piñata at eleven o'clock on a Friday night.

Adding to this is an interesting shift in mentality. Previously, a

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