Sweet sixteen (birthday)

Chocolate cupcakes frosted with vanilla buttercream and topped with handcrafted fondant decorations for a young man's 16th birthday. Decorations include a muscular arm, an iPod, a soccer ball, and a Jay Z sneaker.

A sweet sixteen is a coming of age party celebrating a person's 16th birthday in North America, primarily in the United States and Canada. Like a wedding, this event can be formal, casual, or semi-formal. Sweet sixteens can range from modest parties at home with close family to large affairs with a hired DJ, makeup, hair styling, expensive gowns and dresses, and hotel ballrooms. Even if it is a small party, the main purpose of the party is to celebrate the girl becoming "older" and entering a different stage of her life. Typically this is the last big birthday party a girl would have.

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