Δυστυχώς στο "Ελληνικό" ιστολόγιο είναι μετρημένες οι πηγές πληροφοριών για το εν λόγω θέμα.
Διερευνώντας όμως στα Αγγλικά υπάρχει πληθώρα.
Ο κάτωθι σύνδεσμος είναι ενδεικτικός και από "εκκλησιαστική" πηγή. (κρατάω επιφυλάξεις για την εγκυρότητα του) :

http://www.thercg.org/articles/abcc.html
Ακολουθούν (όχι τα σημαντικότερα) αποσπάσματα από το πολύ ενδιαφέρον κείμενο, το οποίο αξίζει να διαβαστεί ολόκληρο:

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Birthdays in the Bible

Birthday celebrations are mentioned in the Bible on three separate occasions and, in each case, something terrible occurred.
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It is true that the above scriptures do not contain a direct condemnation of birthdays starting with the phrase “Thou shalt not…” or something similar. But consider for a moment the central lesson of each of these accounts. They represent the only three birthday parties described in the entire Bible. Absolute disaster occurred on each occasion! If God felt birthday celebrations were something positive and good, why wouldn’t He have recorded one other account where something either good or positive happened? Yet, there is no such account.
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If the day of our death is better than the day of our birth, and some of God’s greatest servants said that their birth date was far from being a special day, then how special can this day be? According to Scripture, it is not a time to express joy, sing and expect gifts, simply because one is born into the world on a specific date.
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Σου το 'πανε στον κλήδονα
σα σμίξανε φιλήδονα
τα χείλη μας Μαλάμω.