How Do You Celebrate A Leap Year Birthday?

From the archives: Once every four years, people born on Feb. 29 actually get to celebrate their birthday on LeapDay. NPR asked to hear from you leap babies about how you usually celebrate. Here's what some of you said.

Once every four years, people born on Feb. 29 actually get to celebrate their birthday. 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 — isNPR asked to hear from you leap babies about how you usually celebrate, and here's what some of you said.

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. It's going to be fabulous.This year I'm due with my second child on the 29th. It was a big surprise to both of us. It's pretty cool. So we figured that it is a one in 2.1 million chance of mother and child both being born on leap day. I'm really ready for this baby to come out, so Monday is looking like the perfect day for that to happen.

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