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Oh yah, I've heard it all . . . It doesn't faze me at all anymore. As a kid, the folks would remember at the last minute and put an xmas card on a box they pulled from under the tree. It was ok, I was the only kid who got turkey on his birthday. Nowadays, as I'm heading for the big Five-Zero, I'm finding that if I don't mention it, no one else will either, and the day slips by unnoticed, which suits my aging butt just fine . . . don't need to be reminded.
But then around summertime when someone brings up the subject of birthdays, I'll say Xmas, and they'll invariably say, "We forgot your birthday last year," and make it up either by a steak dinner, or else "in trade" (which is fine, too).
Anyway, didja know there's a website for xmas babies?
www.sonic.net/~billk/
The guy who put this up found a list of famous xmas babies:
(dunno why our names weren't included)
Isaac Newton (1642) Mathematician, scientist
Clara Barton (1821) Nurse
Cosima Wagner (1837) Composer's wife
Aristide Maillol (1861) Sculptor
Evangeline Cory Booth (1865) Salvation Army General USA/Can/England
Helena Rubinstein (1870) Cosmetics merchant
Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876) Founder, Islamic Rep. Pakistan
Giuseppe de Luca (1876) Opera singer
Conrad Hilton (1887) Hotel executive
Rebecca West (1892) English author/critic/feminist
Robert Ripley (1893) Cartoonist, "Believe It Or Not"
Humphrey Bogart (1899) Actor
Raphael Soyer (1899) Painter
Clark Clifford (1906) Govt. official
Cab Calloway (1907) Band leader
Lord Gray (1906) Entertainment entrepreneur
Mike Mazurki (1911) Actor
Tony Martin (1913) Singer
Oscar Lewis (1914) Sociologist
Anwar Sadat (1918) Egypt president
Rod Serling (1924) Writer, "The Twilight Zone"
Nellie Fox (1927) Pro Baseball player
Carlos Castaneda (1931) Anthropologist
Little Richard 1935) Singer
Gary Sandy (1945) Actor
Jimmy Buffett (1946) Singer
Larry Csonka (1946) Pro Football player (Hall of Fame)
Barbara Mandrell (1948) Singer
Sissy Spacek (1949) Actress
Annie Lennox (1954) Singer
Robin Campbell (1954) Reggae singer-musician (UB40)
Steve Wariner (1954) Country singer
Shane McGowan (1957) Singer (The Popes)
Rickey Henderson (1960) Pro Baseball player
Noel Hogan (1971) Rock musician (The Cranberries)