Name Day

In other countries such as Poland and Estonia, they have a tradition called Name's Day. Every name corresponds to a day of the year, supposedly when that name was created. People celebrate them sometimes instead of birthdays. "Especially when they get old," Ewa said. She's from Poland and her name day is Christmas Eve, because her name is derived from Eve, of Adam and Eve. Gerly from Estonia had her name day yesterday.

So I must admit, I was jealous. I wanted a name day. So I searched the ever-wise Internet, and found a Web site that had all the name days. Names deriving from Michael are on September 29. Those from Margaret are July 16. Turns out, my name day is September 6. I'll expect a party this year...