You tell us: How to celebrate birthdays around the holidays

Do you or someone you know have a birthday around the holiday season? The Dayton Daily News is putting together an article about under-celebrated birthdays, and we’d like to hear about how people in the Dayton area have gotten around the barriers or had special celebrations.

Email your story (200 words or less) by Dec. 1 to contributing writer Pamela Dillon: pamdillon@woh.rr.com. Include your name, specific town of residence and, for the writer only, a contact number or email address. (We won’t print your contact information.) Your email address should use the subject “Birthdays around the holidays.”