Multiple Birthday entries in iCal 6.0

When selecting under Subscriptions in iCal 6.0 (OS 10.8) I get multiple listings of birthdays (two for each contact with a birithday listed in their contact listing). All my contacts, including those with birthday listings, have shared links between iCloud and On My Mac. Is this the problem? I don't want to lose the shared links in Contacts between iCloud and On My Mac, but I also don't want to have multiple listing for birthdays in my iCal. Please advise.

Okay, I found out that if you have both "shared" cards between iCloud and On my Mac, you will get a double entry for the birthdays in iCal. Moral of the story, don't have shared cards! Good luck

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