Missed a trick

[mstattersall]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
Friday, October 10, 2003, 1:41:54 PM, bettedavisgreen at a... wrote:
> 
> >> Cindy -- who had a summer birthday, who is forever bitter that 
she
> >> never *once* got a party in the classroom to celebrate it like 
the
> >> winter birthday kids, and who thinks the summer birthday people
> >> should
> >> form a support group as soon as someone thinks up a good name
> >> for us
> 
> How about the ones left out during the winter?
> 
> My birthday is January 1rst, and while I always had
> fireworks to start the day off (once I was old enough to
> stay up until midnight), everyone was always tired and
> hung over on my actual birthday.
> 
> And no school parties, either, though in Germany (where I
> lived until age 30) I don't remember anyone having their
> birthday celebrated in class after kindergarten.
> 
> Oh, and I always got "big" presents for Christmas and
> Birthday together, and cards combined for both...
> 
> It all seemed very unfair to me ;)
> 
> Best regards,
>  Susanne  

Hear, hear! My birthday is January 5, and I got the old "This is for 
Christmas AND your birthday" treatment all my life. When I became an 
adult, I took charge of the situation and MOVED my birthday! That's 
right--I changed it to *July 5,* six months later, and celebrated it 
as my "half-birthday." The entire family embraced the idea (after 
awhile) and now they only acknowledge the January event and save the 
presents and party for July. Missing the first "real" birthday was 
strange, but it was well worth waiting for.

Ms. Tattersall, who always WANTED a summer birthday to be able to 
have swim parties with friends!