"Here are a nice pair of socks. You'll get more for Christmas. Don't worry." Ah,yes, the two-for-one presents. I also got told that I was lucky that they put up all the pretty lights for my birthday. But I always thought the having a birthday so close to Christmas was neat. - Roger, in Kennewick, WA
________________________________ From: Barbara H. <barbara...@gmail.com> To: a-ry...@comcast.net Cc: tmic <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] December birthdays My step-father's birthday is a few days after Christmas and he often gets "two-for-one" presents, too. Barbara H. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:15 AM, <a-ry...@comcast.net> wrote: I used to think it a bummer that my birthday was ten days before Christmas, >but now I see that Roger and Gilly have theirs much closer. > >Alton, who as a kid would get two-for-one presents