# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUN8dmfjMHS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55020156-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-01T14:01:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

When Linda Bellofatto had a birthday party in East Patchogue in the 1960s, it entailed inviting half a dozenof the girls in the neighborhood to her house to share cake, ice cream and party hats. They’d dress up — girls had "party dresses — nobody was in pants," she says.

Times have changed — Bellofatto, 71, says her granddaughter’s birthday parties have included orchestrated events at Laser Tag, Chuck E. Cheese and Dave & Buster's. And she invites boys to the party as well as girls, as children now often invite their whole class to celebrations. 

Read more in the link in bio. (Photo credit: Linda Bellofatto, Morgan Campbell, Angela Jones, and Danielle Conklin) 
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#longisland #birthdayparties #nostalgia #family

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