Sweet Sixteen Birthdays

What is a Sweet Sixteen?

Sweet Sixteen Birthday parties are an American tradition that celebrate a girl’s coming of age on her sixteenth birthday. Once upon a time, the Sweet Sixteen Birthday was a day in which friends and family would gather to celebrate the virginity, purity and innocence of the birthday girl.

Today, a Sweet Sixteen Birthday is celebrated with joy and happiness with the rite of passage to now receive a license to drive and mark the beginning of womanhood.

Types of Sweet Sixteen Birthday Celebrations
Today’s Sweet Sixteen Birthday celebrations are ranking right up there with wedding days for a young woman. They can be casual, formal and semi-formal.

MTV’s Influence on Sweet Sixteen Birthdays
With the spin of the popular MTV show; My Super Sweet 16, there has been an increase in throwing over-the-top Sweet Sixteen Birthday Parties to make the day not only memorable for the special birthday girl but also for her peers. In order to accomplish this, Sweet Sixteen Birthday celebrations are held in such venues as restaurants, yachts, ballrooms, hotels and night clubs.

MTV has also begun a new trend of having males celebrate their Sweet Sixteen birthday parties as well. Demetrius is one of the first males to celebrate his Sweet Sixteen on My Super Sweet 16.