![]() Last time, we had a bouncy castle with lawn games, balloons and streamers and all behaved like we were 7 years old.Ĭharlotte Massey from Leavenworth, Wash., now at Middlebury College I normally celebrate my leap year birthdays by having a party in the style of the age that I'm turning. I like to traditionally celebrate my leap year birthday on the years where there is no leap year by having a two-day birthday festival. Peter Campbell from New York City via South Africa You have to go big because you only get a birthday every four years. But this year, since I'll be turning 6, I'm having a '90s-themed party at a roller rink. Usually on my non-leap year birthdays I just do a casual dinner. I'm really ready for this baby to come out, so Monday is looking like the perfect day for that to happen. ![]() So we figured that it is a one in 2.1 million chance of mother and child both being born on leap day. This year I'm due with my second child on the 29th. I'm really excited about my next leap year, because I'm going to be turning 15 and I'm going to throw myself a quinceañera. Typically in a non-leap year birthday scenario, I might go out to a local pub, and when it gets close to midnight, I'll go into countdown mode - draw a little bit of attention towards myself and say, "My birthday's coming in four, three, two, one - oh, it's over." And then have a slug of beer. NPR asked to hear from you leap babies about how you usually celebrate, and here's what some of you said. That's right, Monday is leap day, the extra day added every fourth year to help fix the problem that while our calendar year is 365 days, the solar year - the amount of time it takes the Earth to circle the sun - is 365.24219 days. 29 actually get to celebrate their birthday. ![]()
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