One of the crappy things about having a birthday around a holiday is that usually your actual day is either boring and non-eventful or filled with obligations that are not birthday-related. Because Thanksgiving is a movable feast of sorts I’ve had it both ways, and let me say, neither makes you feel very special.
However, one of the BEST things about having your birthday around the holiday is that instead of everyone remembering your day all at once and making a big stink and having a Princess for the Day kind of experience, you get to have a lot of separate celebrations sprinkled whenever people can get together. This simply rocks, as it makes the birthday extend for days and weeks. This has been my experience my entire life, and lemme just say that if you have the means, I’d recommend arranging it so for yourself.
This year was no different. I was lucky to get to spend this birthday doing and seeing and eating and drinking, laughing and talking and remembering and planning for about 10 days…I got some great loot (thanks to all!) and most importantly, I got a reminder that I’m pretty darned lucky — lucky enough to have a lot of really amazing people in this world think its a cool thing I was born. That’s pretty nice, huh?
The Great Gurgle 
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December 3, 2007 at 10:48 am
Miss E
Being an extra special birthday princess over a lot of days is the best! My birthday usually falls on or around the first day of school, so in grade school sometimes I missed out on the treats, but in grad school, I discovered that I had a TON of other Capricorn/Aquarian friends, so there would be lots of birthday parties to attend. Yay, birthdays.
December 3, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Ryan
A friend of ours has a sister-in-law who is a bit of a nut and she has a daughter whose bday is 12/27. B/c of the holiday/bday conflict they celebrate the daughter’s bday on 2/27 every year instead. The daughter is only 3 right now, so I can see that in several years when school, friends, etc starts, she will only be tormented for this. I know you can’t plan for everything, but when you had sex in say March/April, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll have a kid around holiday time. So instead of creating some psycho buffer bday celebration, they should’ve just used a condom. Maybe two. That is all.
December 6, 2007 at 10:25 am
Kilikena
I highly recommend July 4, although you have to time it just right to take advantage of the partying/fireworks. Too late this year but everyone prepare to fire your fertility engines ~October 08.
Oops, I mean October 2K8.