Yes, today is my birthday. My parents told me that I spent my first Christmas in the hospital and was brought home in a Christmas stocking on December 26th. They told my older brother that it wasn’t Christmas Day until the 26th. And he believed it! What a maroon! He was the dumbest 3 year old ever.
My first baby picture! (pic credit to https://www.artstation.com/yoneyu Go check out her stuff)
That’s what I looked like more or less. I bet that all of you must know someone that was a Christmas baby. And I would bet that you all said the same exact annoying thing when you found out that someone was born close to or on Christmas.
My parents took that picture of me with the Santa hat on my butt every year until I was 14. It got kinda awkward after age 10. As I was saying, there’s something that every person in the world says as soon as they find out that you’re a “Christmas baby.” I’m at the point where I’m sure they notice me visibly clenching my fists and rolling my eyes.
This is actually a current picture of me. My goatee is starting to look just like that. Ugh.
Ok, ok, I know that you’re saying, “C’mon Phil, stop dragging it out. What’s that super annoying phrase that you assume is a curse for all the Christmas babies?” This is a blog post that could’ve been a tweet, huh? Well, it’s my fecking birthday and I’ll write anything I want! Ok, here it is:
“Oh, you’re a Christmas baby! Do you lose out on gifts because your birthday is so close to Christmas? You probably get a lot of Birthday/Christmas combo presents, right?”
I believe that I have heard some version of that question over 4000 times in my life.
Best version of A Christmas Carol EVER!
I have two weird little quirks that my parents saddled me with; one is them having had sex nine months before Christmas, which condemned me to a lifetime of hearing that stupid question. For the sake of Christmas babies everywhere, I’m going to quote Bill Murray as Frank Cross in Scrooged, “Would you please, for the love of god, and your own body!, stop the damn…” questions about our fecking birthday presents !!!
That is all. I hope you all enjoy my birthday today!
~Phil
Yep, I get it! Mine is the 29th and I still get asked the one about the all-in-one presents. I love my birthday on the 29th, especially as my son has his on the same day. We’re already in a celebratory mood and we always have a really nice day! Missed it last year when he was 21, but we made up for it since.
I like that I am a new age for the new year! It fits me quite fine.
Happy birthday Phil. Enjoy your day!
Thank you and an early Happy Birthday to you and your son!