<P> Similar to birthday punches are birthday spankings . While they are usually administered to children, the practice is somewhat common, even in areas and communities or among families where corporal punishment is otherwise frowned upon . The spankings, characteristically, are mostly administered in such a fashion that they do not hurt the recipient at all, or if they do, it is usually only a small "sting". Traditionally, they are given to children under the age of 16 . With this tradition the birthday recipient, as a general rule, gets spanked on his or her buttocks the same number of times as the number of years they have been alive, often with a final, extra spank administered as "one to grow on". </P> <P> In Israel, part of the birthday celebration for a child in kindergarten is to lift the decorated chair that the child sits on into the air several times, once for each year of the child's age, plus "one for the next year". </P> <P> In Venezuela, a widespread custom is to attempt the pushing of the person's face into the birthday cake when they blow out the candles . This frequently destroys the cake . </P> <P> Birthday punches are administered throughout the day, but if the "birthday boy" hides from the punches, one final punch is allowed to be given . </P>

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