Well, today is my birthday.  Yep, I'm one of those people who has a birthday so close to Christmas, it often got overlooked by many friends and acquaintances.  “Oh, yea…” was a phrase I heard fairly often during the month of December.

As a kid, it was horrible.  When you're young, your birthday is quite possibly the most important day of the year.  It's the one day that's supposed to be dedicated to you, and on my birthday I heard more “only 5 more days until Christmas” than “Happy Birthday”.

However, my family always did a fairly good job of keeping the two events separate (maybe because I was insistent that they do so).  We'd always do something special on my birthday, and most of them avoided talking about Christmas and presents for the day.

As I've grown older, my birthday has taken on less importance to me personally, and I've grown happy to have it overshadowed by the celebration of the birthday of Jesus.  I still like my family to take a little time out of their busy season for me, but I don't mind if others overlook it.  After all, it's not too big a deal to be overlooked in favor of the Son of Man.