[geeks] Halloween

[wa2egp at att.net]

> --- wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> > Sounds like good advice.  My first dislike of Christmas was when my
> > birthday (in December) was "the day we get the tree".
> 
> By birthday is 1 January - turns out to be a non-event most years...
> 
> Some folks I've met with similar birthdays had parents that celebrated
> "half-birthdays" in July...

I have a friend in the same position.  In addition, he was the second 
child born that day in his town so he couldn't even get the publicity
of being the first born that year.  Of course, on Jan 1st he looks 
like #2 if you know what I mean ;->