Right on the heels of the winter holidays comes another important date. When people discover my birthday is on December 28th, they invariably say something along the lines of, “That must suck.” Being Jewish, it doesn’t suck that much; but you know what does suck? Getting socks for Hanukkah. One thing is for certain: Being born three days after Jesus’ birthday and three days before the new year makes the event kind of anti-climactic.