My birthday is February 10th, and having a birthday in the dead of winter means that I’ve had a lot of snowed-out birthday parties. All my family and friends have heard me whine about this for years because it gave me a paralyzing fear of party-throwing for a long time. Growing up my hometown always had a week off in February right around my birthday. More than once it snowed hard the week before, giving me a snow day for my birthday and an extra-long vacation as a present. It also messed up my parties!

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