christmas time birthdays

lab-lover

My dd bday is 27th december, shes never had a party cos i just assume people wont come. Never gave joint pressies to her, she has xmas pressies then 27th her bday pressies are brought down. Always make sure we go somewhere with her, last year we went to panto and took her friend with us. They had a great time.She actually thinks her bday is at the best time, loads of pressies at one go, but sometimes i wish it was in june or july to break it all up.

Kelinik

December birthdays in my family:

2nd auntie
8th another auntie
14th my dad
17th uncle AND mine - I was born on his 18th, awww lol
19th my cousins wife
24th a cousin
26th another cousin

There's only so much time, effort and money in any one month, especially when everybody is so busy with Christmas.

Thought it might interest you that both my babies were born in July btw.......

beejay_the_bear

Curious_George wrote: »

you say that, but you havent even been through this yet!....
wait til you cant get her school friends round for a party because of the time of year, wait til she wants to go out and none of her friends have the money thanks to christmas, or they are staying in until new years eve.
wait until soemone gives her ONE present thats for christmas AND birthday thats wrapped in christmas paper,

trust us, it sucks!

Im glad parents of christmas/new year babies are trying to make an effort, my parents didnt and my birthday has always been rubbish, its such a non event that i can find it quite depressing.

bah

when i say i can't see it been a problem i meant we will be celebrating it as her birthday not part of christmas, i have experience of kids parties as my sons are 8 and 5,
probably will be more of a problem maybe when dd is older,
but i can't see my family treating the boys one way and dd another way just cause her birthdays 29th!!!!

tweenies

bray65 wrote: »

hi i have a birthday on christmas eve and my niece is christmas day we both have said it didnt feel like a birthday properly would have been nice to have on just after christmas:bdaycake: I remember always getting birthday presents with christmas paper on them and one year got a card with christmas greetings daughter crossed off and birthday written in. Must have been hard up but i was grateful of anything then.

are you serious bray your'e own parents did this to you :eek: :eek: :eek:

you poor thing

comping_cat

My birthday is the 23rd Dec, and always found that if i had a party, not many people could come, as they were away or planning xmas. You also get lots of 'joint' pressies and they normally come wrapped in xmas paper. My mum often said about having a 'half birthday' but never really got round to doing anything about it. i also (when i was older) noticed that my sister had more spent on her, than i did for her birthday (in April) but then, there would be more money around after xmas.
Saying all that, i dont mind my birthday being then, and if you did have a baby close to xmas, i think the thing to remember is that it is a birthday, so no xmas paper and maybe make that little bit of extra effort to make it special, as it can be forgotten in the excitement of xmas.

comping_cat

Oh, just remembered, when i was 18, my mum wanted to get me a special card, but had a real problem finding one, due to all the xmas cards taking over the card shops - so its always worth buying things like cards early for a December baby, so they get just as good a choice as someone born at a different time!!!!

Penelope_Penguin

DH's birthday is New Year's Day. No one remembers, as they're mostly hung over. Even his mother is known to be hurriedly finding him a card during the morning of his birthday. We usually do something on the day, as he's been off w*** for all his birthdays (apart from last year), but have a family meal out for his *half birthday* on 1st July.

Penny. x

Fizog

My birthday is Dec 19 and I've always hated it ...as a child I got presents for both as no one had any money near Xmas and assumed I wouldn't mind .. I did...now I'm so old It doesn't matter but friends now send a P.S. on the Xmas card ' by the way Happy Birthday on the 19th'...

tiamaria

My son's birthday is 27th December, he's never had anyone give him joint pressies though. When he was little he had his parties for his friends a couple of weeks before Christmas before things got too hectic. he spends boxing day with his dad so he gets 3 days of present opening!

happychikadee

My birthday is ont he 22nd Dec and I have to say, it sucks!!! More so since I have got older. Children don't turn around and say, sorry mate I am skint what with Christmas an all lol I did get combined presents but never from my family. I did get a bit miffed from time to time but my mum and dad always went out of their way to make sure my birthday was as great as both my sisters 'summer' birthdays. One year my dad turned the garage into a beach with loads of sand and painted beach scenery on the walls because I always wanted a bbq like my sisters often had lol It was amazing. I would have never wanted to celebrate my birthday in another month as I would have felt cheated about my actual birthday. I still wouldn't but each to their own.
I think if the parents make it a day like other siblings have and a fun day it's ok, its just as we get older and have to pay for our own drinks it starts going down hill lol No longer kids, my friends can't rely on good old mum and dad to buy the presents and take them too and fro to the 'party' so they have nothing to worry about. I understand that they can't afford it but doesn't make it any easier when yet another birthday goes un noticed because of Christmas.