Christmas used to mean a bit more to me than it does now .. i am the youngest of 13 siblings in my family .. 9 of us were born in December .. Dad did a bit of spring planting so to speak ..my birthday is the same as the oldest member in my family .. i`m 65 and she is 83 .. born on the same day 18 years apart ..also in those nine were a set of triplet boys born just a few minutes after Christmas day .. minutes away from being Christmas babies .. two other brothers and sisters came along .. Christmas always included birthday celebrations for most of us .. but as the years went by and older siblings began to pass away the month of December was`nt always looked upon with eagerness ,, last year was no exception .. i lost two brothers in a span of three days .. one of the triplets died on his birthday and another older brother passed away 3 days later ..Merry Christmas .. i suppose so ..i`m one of the ones still above ground ..