Little known facts about having a birthday on Halloween

• It is usually really tough to try to have a party on your actual day because everyone else is, also.
• For the first 12 years of your life or so, everyone gives you a present for your birthday--CANDY!
• You are allowed to dress up every year until you die. 
• You are required to dress up every year until you die. 
• You feel obligated to dress up every year until you die.
• You feel wrong and funky when you don't dress up every year until you die.
• People never forget your birthday and then you feel extra bad when you forget theirs.
• You are often asked if you are evil or a witch. 
• You always really really really want to carve a pumpkin each year. It's an uncontrollable urge I can't explain. 
• You often receive Halloween cards instead of birthday cards.
• If you do not receive a Halloween card, you receive 8 copies of the same Birthday-Halloween card that everyone found at Walgreens and felt was really special and unique.
• You feel really old on your birthday because all these kids are running around having fun in the neighborhood.
• There is an intense pressure you feel to make this birthday the most special because there should be so many interesting fun things to do for Halloween. But the weird thing is that usually you end up searching for something to do that night last minute.
• This last minute thing also applies to your costume-creation timing. Which leads to a less than stellar costume. 
• Usually you spend your actual birthday at another person's Halloween party with a few friends.
• Overall, it's pretty cool. Could be worse. It could be Christmas. (No offense, Jesus)