This past Christmas was a special day for me. Not only did I celebrate the feast of the Incarnation of Christ, but it was my thirtieth birthday. That’s right—I share a birthday with Jesus. There are both positive and negative aspects to being born on Christmas. I imagine there are ups and downs to celebrating your birth any other day. One particular challenge of celebrating Christmas, the New Year, and another year of my life all within a week of each other is that I tend to be overly…