Oh, hi Andreas. I know that British people do it like that, but we in Germany? The “birthday child” invites to a restaurant and of course pays everything. When you have your birthday everybody you meet on this day or even all days the week after expects you to pay a round at least, or bring a birthday cake or butter pretzels and/ or a bottle of champagne…
To avoid an expensive party you can invite everybody to your house or garden or some barbecue area and prepare some meal and ask everybody to bring something else to eat or drink.
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