My birthday is on July 27th, which is basically right smack dab in the middle of summer, so everyone's on vacation and such, which is nice. Usually, I just have a small party with a few friends and they're always a lot of fun because we all know each other really well so it's never awkward. When I turned 19 last year, there was, of course, alcohol involved (since the legal drinking age up here in Ontario is 19), but everyone (although drunk) was pretty responsible so it was a lot more fun than a hassle.
My birthday's always a big deal to me. XD; I still find it crazy that I'm turning 20 this year though omfg.