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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by woofie11 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:59PM (#22436540)
Turning 4 or turning 5? If turning 4, canceling is reasonable. The kid won't really know what a birthday is and won't realize anything is missing or changed. The parties are almost more for the adults.

If turning 5, I'd probably keep it. On the other hand, you can scale back how you do it. The kid won't really know the difference. Besides, at that age, bigger isn't better. More friends is just overwhelming.

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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by larrik on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:19PM (#22436752)
> The kid won't really know what a birthday is

I've never met a 4 year old who wouldn't know what a birthday is.

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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by admiral33 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:10PM (#22436654)
Speak for yourself my fourth birthday was the best.
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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by nsxwolf on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:14PM (#22436696)
Postponing is better than cancelling.
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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by agumonkey on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:20PM (#22436760)
a 12 month postpone is in order
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Re:Facebook cancels in-person portion of F8 due to Coronavirus by handedness on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:32PM (#22437468)
Better to postpone until summer. There's no indication that next winter won't be a much worse repeat of what we're seeing now.
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