birthday vs red letter day

birthday

noun
  • The anniversary of the day on which something is created. 

  • A birthday party. 

  • The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. 

  • The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth. 

verb
  • To celebrate one's birthday. 

red letter day

noun
  • A particularly significant day; a day of personal or sectarian celebration. 

  • A day marked in red on calendars; a church feast day. 

How often have the words birthday and red letter day occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )