I've never been big on birthday parties and I didn't do anything for my sweet sixteen. I don't like burdening people and that's generally how I feel around my birthday because it's usually RIGHT when school starts back up for a lot of people. So everyone is busy and trying to adjust to their schedules and honestly, quite a few people tend to forget it. The last couple of years my friends asked me to do something, which resulted in me having over a group of people for a movie, some food, and video games.
But yeah, I don't care if people buy me stuff on my birthday or demand that I do something, I just like people remembering, especially if they mean a lot to me :)