Two of my friends have January birthdays, as do I. We could write a book on the phrase "after the holidays," because we're celebrating our birthdays right as the rest of the world is ready to settle down for a bit.
The remedy? A huge spaghetti party. One of my friends throws her own annual spaghetti feed for her own birthday. It's inexpensive for her, the house is always full of friends (who doesn't feel like eating spaghetti in January?) and it's become a fun tradition in a month that has few.
Sure, she still gets a few birthday presents wrapped in Christmas paper and a few Christmas cards that go two-for-one, tossing the "Merry Christmas" in with the "Happy Birthday" (would you do that for someone whose birthday was in April or September, people? Come on!) But the spaghetti feed sets her birthday apart in a warm, fun way.
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Two of my friends have January birthdays, as do I. We could write a book on the phrase "after the holidays," because we're celebrating our birthdays right as the rest of the world is ready to settle down for a bit.
The remedy? A huge spaghetti party. One of my friends throws her own annual spaghetti feed for her own birthday. It's inexpensive for her, the house is always full of friends (who doesn't feel like eating spaghetti in January?) and it's become a fun tradition in a month that has few.
Sure, she still gets a few birthday presents wrapped in Christmas paper and a few Christmas cards that go two-for-one, tossing the "Merry Christmas" in with the "Happy Birthday" (would you do that for someone whose birthday was in April or September, people? Come on!) But the spaghetti feed sets her birthday apart in a warm, fun way.
I just wish I'd thought of it first!
January 6, 2010 - 9:25amThis Comment
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