Happy birthdays!

December is the birthday month here at doublepointed.  Kendra's birthday is today, and Lisa's birthday is on Dec. 20.  Sometimes people ask if we lose out because our birthdays are close to Christmas.  While this meant we might only get our locker decorated once by friends in high school, instead of twice the way some people might, it generally has not made too much of a difference.  In fact, there is more likelyhood of there being a good movie that we have wanted to see that is out on our birthdays (think Lord of the Rings trilogy).

When we were growing up, Mom was always careful to give us a birthday celebration that was distinctly remote from a Christmas celebration.  Usually the holiday tablecovering came off, and the pink tablecloth went on, at least for my birthday.  I've always liked pink; but I think Kendra disliked the color for a while.  Did you get a blue tablecloth on your birthday, Kendra?

In honor of birthdays and pink tablecloths near Christmas, doublepointed is giving away a skein of Knitivity hand-dyed sock yarn in pink and purple (Kendra likes purple).  It is Down Home Art Yarns Socks, 460 yards, 75% wool, 25% nylon, in color Blushing Beauty.

To be eligible for the drawing, leave a comment on today's post only, between the dates of December 15 and December 20.  The random drawing will occur on December 21, in honor of our dad's birthday (I know he got the blue tablecloth).

-- Lisa

p.s. - Thanks to Kendra for posting this message - for some reason I can't log in to Typepad today.  And happy birthday Kendra!

(12/16/08: Edited to add better photo)

Comments

[Katie K]

Happy birthday to you both (I was going to say that even if you weren't having a contest)! Your mom sounds great. May you be gifted with many knit related things and whatever else makes you happy.

[James]

Happy Birthday to you both. My sister's birthday is Dec 14, which always seemed early enough that it never seemed like it got mixed up with Christmas. To me, at least. She might have felt differently!

[Diane]

Happy Birthday. It's nice that your mom made the effort to keep your birthdays totally separated from christmas.

My middle daughter was born on 12/24 2 minutes before midnight. We always joke that she didn't want to miss out of christmas. My youngest grandson was born on 12/27. We've always waited until January to celebrate the birthdays since most families are too busy to worry about getting their kids to birthday parties.

[Nathan]

Happy birthday to you both and also to my husband and life partner, whose b'day is today the 16th.

[Katie]

Happy birthday to you both! To add to the December birthday list, my brothers were born on the 2nd, my grandma on the 3rd, and 3 of my best friends on the 10th, 13th, and 28th!