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Re: new millenium bugs me
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:32:31 GMT
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Selçuk wrote:

Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message

Similarly, people whose birthday falls on Christmas sometimes choose
another nominal birthday.

So that the celebration of the aniversary of their birthday doesn't get
lost in the shuffle surrounding the celebration of the aniversary of the
nominal birthday of a certain individual who was born some 2000 years
ago.

A more pragmatic reason for many children is that you get more booty
that way (though I have also heard of kids who were born close to
Christmas actually benefiting by getting larger presents).

Now the best time for a birthday might be in early to mid January, so
the parents get to buy your presents at the after Christmas sales...

Of sometime in late spring after the parents get their tax refund (and
the toy stores start clearancing out all the "winter" toys such as LEGO
sets).

--
Frank Filz

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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com



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(...) Nope- I got a double whammy- I was born on Jan 6th, then my brother came along two years later on the 19th. So sometimes presents that were for both christmas and the birthday, sometimes b-day presents that were for both of us, and - slightly (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) Why?.. Selçuk (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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