# Who was born on a holiday?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 4, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359 "2001-01-04T05:05:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/61 "2001-01-08T19:47:34Z")

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I was born on Easter Sunday in 1979. This repeats every 11 years. This year will be my 22nd birthday and it will be Easter sunday again.

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**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/62 "2001-01-09T03:30:06Z")

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I was born on Mother’s Day. My sister was born on Easter.

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**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/63 "2001-01-09T19:07:36Z")

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Hey, blur, what day?

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/64 "2001-01-09T20:27:39Z")

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I was born on May 16th. This is not a holiday. Yet.

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**Author:** ![L714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dec6dc/32.png) [@L714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L714)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/65 "2001-01-10T00:48:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Greg Charles \*  
> **I was born on Groundhogs’ Day myself.**

Hey cool, I’m a Groundhog baby too!

It’s also Candlemas/Imbolc:

[http://www2.witchesweb.com/imbolc.html](http://www2.witchesweb.com/imbolc.html)

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**Author:** ![L714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dec6dc/32.png) [@L714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L714)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-born-on-a-holiday/48359/66 "2001-02-03T02:43:28Z")

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Well Happy Birthday to all us Groundhog babies!  
We actually had thunder and lightning this evening. That’s a first for a NE February 2.

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