Astamiss stated: source post
I consider a birthday a holiday used to celebrate an individuals. In Canada on the Queen's birthday we literally get a day off school.
Internets...
Don't say a birthday can't be a holiday...
A birthday is an occasion when a person or institution celebrates the anniversary of their birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a gift, party, or rite of passage. Many religions celebrate the birth of their founders with special holidays (e.g. Christmas for Christ, Buddha's Birthday).
In British Commonwealth nations cards from the Royal Family are sent to those celebrating their 100th and 105th birthday and every year thereafter.
The Queen's Official Birthday is celebrated in Australia, Fiji, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
In India, every year October 2 which marks the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, is declared as a holiday. All the liquor shops are closed across the country in honor of Gandhi not consuming liquor.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's birthday, January 15.
Those are all royalty and/or civil right's leaders, of which none of us are, and if we were we would likely not want it announced that we are on this forum. Your rationalizations are stretches greater than what your justification rubber band can reach around.