Oh don’t worry, Pooka. I’ll get you and Mashka some treats in a little bit. Just hang in there.
(This got her thinking about birthday celebrations in her world and in Russia in particular as she bites into her potato croquettes. The last batch of birthdays she had after she wound up in the orphanage weren’t the greatest but honestly, things could have been much worse. Social class is a complicated matter for her to discuss as she experienced both extremes in her entire life but she decides to give a bit of info to Josh to give him a good answer.)
I’m afraid that back in my world not everyone gets to celebrate birthdays that often. At least from what I have seen. Maybe some wealthy people can afford big banquets or extensive trips but sadly not a lot of people have the time and luxury to have their own birthdays being celebrated. It is a bit more complicated than I can explain in depth but social classes can be a nightmare for people in most countries to bend easily.
(She could tell firsthand since she is originallt born into royalty only to experience rough conditions in the orphanage in her amnesiac years and eventually fall in love for a certain ex-kitchen boy turned con man.)
As for me: whenever me and my sisters had ours, we only just had at one pearl and diamond from Mama and Papa to be added into our necklaces. They didn’t want to spoil us a lot, it is not within their nature. We had a simple family dinner if I can be honest although I did believe that Papa and Mama might have attended big parties for manynoble and royal ladies in their youth. Makes me wonder what sort of celebrations me and my sisters and brother would have if my family didn’t suffer a rough fate when I was still young.
We might have gotten some new outfits, toys and other things from our other relatives and maybe even some diplomats if they want to but we tend to celebrate with a more modest way than most royal and noble houses in all of Europe.
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Oh don’t worry, Pooka. I’ll get you and Mashka some treats in a little bit. Just hang in there.
(This got her thinking about birthday celebrations in her world and in Russia in particular as she bites into her potato croquettes. The last batch of birthdays she had after she wound up in the orphanage weren’t the greatest but honestly, things could have been much worse. Social class is a complicated matter for her to discuss as she experienced both extremes in her entire life but she decides to give a bit of info to Josh to give him a good answer.)
I’m afraid that back in my world not everyone gets to celebrate birthdays that often. At least from what I have seen. Maybe some wealthy people can afford big banquets or extensive trips but sadly not a lot of people have the time and luxury to have their own birthdays being celebrated. It is a bit more complicated than I can explain in depth but social classes can be a nightmare for people in most countries to bend easily.
(She could tell firsthand since she is originallt born into royalty only to experience rough conditions in the orphanage in her amnesiac years and eventually fall in love for a certain ex-kitchen boy turned con man.)
As for me: whenever me and my sisters had ours, we only just had at one pearl and diamond from Mama and Papa to be added into our necklaces. They didn’t want to spoil us a lot, it is not within their nature. We had a simple family dinner if I can be honest although I did believe that Papa and Mama might have attended big parties for manynoble and royal ladies in their youth. Makes me wonder what sort of celebrations me and my sisters and brother would have if my family didn’t suffer a rough fate when I was still young.
We might have gotten some new outfits, toys and other things from our other relatives and maybe even some diplomats if they want to but we tend to celebrate with a more modest way than most royal and noble houses in all of Europe.