However, birthday parties with friends don’t happen too often at the holidays, said Claudette Swensson of Moline, who turned 70 on Christmas Eve.

I felt like my birthday was overshadowed by other celebration. When my twins were born on December 23rd, I apologized to them for the date.

Others, however, also have a reason to celebrate the 13th of December from here on out, as they welcomed their newborn babies at Taylor Swift’s birth hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania.

“A December 24th birthday is all I’ve known,” adds Valerie Zucker, who runs Zucker Media Group. “It’s a time of year that everyone is celebrating, so sometimes my birthday is secondary.” ...

Babies born at the Pennsylvania hospital on Taylor Swift 's birthday, Dec. 13, were celebrated with beaded friendship bracelets that look like the ones given out on the Eras tour.