Seeing as Rudyard's bithday falls between Christmas & New Years (Dec 30th) I'd say that anyone looking for an exttra reason to celerbrate during the hoildays use his bithday in the same manner that folks celerbrate Burns Night. He may not be on the same level as Burns but I'm sure that had they been living in the same times & area the two would've been fast friends & been the talk & the toast of the borders they would've crossed in order to share some drinks together.

Barry