For those of you who were born in December, you know, that the present you are unwrapping, after the cutting of a "Birthday cake", is just a Christmas present wrapped in Birthday paper. Even the cake sometimes has vestiges of the other Holidays being celebrated, this time of year. It is a bit of unspoken, December Birthday knowledge, that the rest of the world is a little exhausted by Birthdays as we roll into the last month of the year! After all of the hub bub surrounding this season, it's a little hard to get pumped up about chasing for a card, and driving to an additional party.
Since we are discussing this whole Birthday thing...after a certain number of them, this becomes less a celebration, than a countdown, to aches, pains, and having fewer teeth. Don't get me wrong I like Birthdays, they are far better than a colonoscopy, or being commanded to cough by your doctor...but...just a little!
I am not a hat guy...birthday hats will not be worn, under any...any...circumstances. I don't like balloons, and I have a true disdain for black balloons, particularly when they are accompanied by a t-shirt announcing my imminent passage into some gang, known loosely as "over the hill".
I want all you June Birthday kids, to wipe that smug grin from your faces...you who get multiple presents, twice annually, need to show a little compassion for your December Birthday friends. In my case, that can take the form of a thoughtful gift, a guy my age can really enjoy...I'd like a nice 20 year-old, full bodied...something memorable to unwrap..Scotch...single malt. What did you think I meant???
In all seriousness, I have had much to be thankful for this year. I have a wonderful family, co-workers who make my life interesting(in a good way), and friends with which celebrating is always a good time. Every birthday is special...so celebrate it with gusto, and after some consideration...a present is still a present, no matter how it is wrapped!
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