It is true, I was born on Christmas Day in 1960 & have always been very amused at the interest that this creates when disclosed. The most recent was on Sept 14th, my sister's birthday. We had just had a make-over in a small high street store & got chatting to the assistant. I was the third person that week that had this 'special' birthday she told us. I could see her looking at me as if I was in some way different. When I was at school I remember feeling the unlucky one that had to share this day with Christmas. Mum & Dad made it special by letting me celebrate my birthday in the morning & then the family Christmas was in the afternoon. Still I remember wanting my birthday to last all day, experience being at school on my birthday, have a party for my friends. I remember being a little bit confused to, why were my brother & sisters having presents & just as excited as me on my birthday? These days I love it. At this time of year when all the Christmas bits & bobs creep into the stores I remember for a moment that it will soon be my birthday again. I usually then become so busy making Christmas perfect for the family I forget that I will be the special one that day.
I have been told many times that I should choose another day to have an un-birthday celebration to make up for my bad luck. A day when I could have a party, a girls night out. A day when I could shout out to the world 'it's my birthday', a day when people would actually notice. So my mission is to pick a date to do just that. How will I decide, will you help me?
