Tired of It Just Being Your Birthday - A ?

Here are other reasons to celebrate today - as if turning 40 isn't enough -- and as if sharing your big day with your cousin S and brother-in-law C - well, it is still YOUR big day - but if you get bored or just feel the need for a special umph - check these out.

December 5th is also

World Soil Day

Discovery Day in the Dominican Republic (think Christopher Columbus and 1492)

Clement of Alexandria



Feast Day of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified



The Day of the Ninja (since 2003, so says the creator of the Ninja Burger)



Festival of Faunus