A friend in China sent this:

I hope we all get lucky this time !!! This year, December has 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 5 Mondays. Dec-12 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 This only happens once every 824 years. The Chinese call it the Money Bag. Send this to all your friends. I send it to you with my best wishes.