Sweet 16 parties have become popular among teenage girls in the United States. There are movies and songs about turning 16. In the 1980s, "Sixteen Candles" became a classic.

Although today's sweet 16 parties often have no other significant special meaning besides celebrating the coming-of-age, the sweet 16 party originally was created to be a celebration of a girl's.

Turning 16 years old is a milestone in a teen girl's life. She wants her birthday party to be a memorable one, a party unlike any she had as a young girl or adolescent.

Thoughts of a girl's sweet sixteen often evoke dreams of a dashing prince coming to sweep his princess away on a white horse to live happily ever after.