Nov 27, 2013 02:39 PM EST
Woman Named Happy Thanksgiving Celebrates Her Birthday on the Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving will be celebrating on Thursday.

The person, to be exact. Dr. Happy Thanksgiving Reynolds of Minneapolis will mark her 43rd birthday on the holiday, TIME reported via TODAY.com.

The daughter of self-described hippies, Reynolds was nearly named Snow due to the weather on the day of her birth.

"It's exactly like every other time of the year for me, surprisingly,'' Reynolds said of her birthday. "It winds up being something of an afterthought, so shockingly it's never that crazy around this time. As much as I'm sure there should be giant floats and sparklers and perhaps a juggler, no, it's pretty normal on my birthday."

Her parents, Thora and Kelly Reynolds, were part of 1960s counterculture, something that helped Reynolds fit in even with her unusual name.

"Yes, we were hippies,'' Reynolds told TODAY.com. "We made our own tofu, our own goat cheese, our own sauerkraut. My parents founded a co-op. They were into it.

"We were very transient. It was the '70s, so everyone had a different attitude. A lot of times we were moving with other families, so it was like this weird troupe of freaks, and people were just like 'whatever,' when they heard my name," she said.

The Minneapolis physician hasn't found the unusual name to be a hindrance in her professional life; instead, the unique handle has actually helped her patients to relax.

"I work in family medicine and deal with a lot of kids, so I think it almost sets people at ease, and I am super comfortable with where I come from,'' she said. "I think patients are like, 'Your name is Happy Thanksgiving, so clearly whatever I tell you in this office visit is not going to be that crazy for you.'"

Reynolds, who enjoys getting carded because of the small sensation her name makes, has one sibling, a younger brother named Josh.

"My parents were over that phase by the time he was born,'' she said with a laugh. "What are you going to do?"

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