S/o: If you or your LO have a December birthday

flyingsaucer · October 2013

DD's bday is Dec 21. I want to make sure it does not get swallowed up by the holidays! What do you (or your families) do to make Dec birthdays special? Do you embrace the holidays with the birthday? Keep them separate? School me!

MintBerryCrunch · October 2013

Mine is 12/20. I feel like I've gotten shafted quite a bit due to the proximity to Christmas. I would try to make sure gifts are separate - no combo bday/xmas unless the kid begs you to do it for something huge. And please
don't wrap bday gifts in holiday paper!!

MrsT0514 · October 2013

Im also wondering what we're gonna do about this as well, considering DS's bday is January 2nd. All of our family is out of state, and we'll be there for the holidays anyway, so it seems logical to do it all at once...but I hate the thought of his birthday getting eaten up by the holidays. Meh. We'll probably end up pushing his birthday party out a few weeks until after the holidays.

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pghmortdoll · October 2013

My birthday is Christmas. I obviously never had a party with my friends on my actual bday... otherwise just the usual.

Always remembering to give a separate card for my bday and wrapping the gift in bday paper were things that my family did.

Birthday cake with the family at Christmss dinner was usually the extent of it. Sometimes a party early in December or after the new year with my friends.

My dad's mom celebrated my half bday June 25th. I got my Christmas gifts from her in December and bday gifts in June. Idk that I would do that with my LO but it's an idea.

As an adult, my bday totally gets overshadowed by the holidays and hectic schedules. NBD.

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MrsT0514 · October 2013

Also, my birthday is November 26th, so many years its either on or very close to Thanksgiving. We usually end up lumping my bday in with thanksgiving, as we're already visiting family for the holiday, so its just easier. NBD.

When I was younger, like PPs mentioned, my family would just try to have a separate get together for my bday either before or after thanksgiving.

msdrdg · October 2013

My B'day is Dec 2nd.
We just had/have a rule that there is no Christmas until after my Birthday.

Littledeer84 · October 2013

Yeah, we are learning how to do this as well. DD was born December 7. So far I think she just thinks the whole month is about her! She does share her birthday with both her Uncle and her Aunt, so they gave us some tips about separating from Christmas and not merging gifts, wrapping presents in holiday paper, etc...

LoveActually4 · October 2013

3/4 of our kids have birthdays between nov 29 and dec 30. It's an expensive shitshow.

We do separate birthday parties for everyone and I make sure to wrap their presents in non Christmas paper. Usually their parties have low attendance since everyone is busy that time of year.

amycorn · October 2013

DD is the 9th. We always do something special on her day just us. And she gets a party.

nanabanana06 · October 2013

Cade's is Dec 31st. We are doing a party the first weekend on January to keep things separated. We agreed when we got pregnant that we would do 1 big present on Birthdays to keep it even. So that's what we'll do. He gets a special party and a big mommy and daddy present.

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kcisthebombdotcom · October 2013

We do something special on each child's birthday and do a party in early January. It's worked out fine thus far.

LaCally4 · October 2013

We don't really do big birthday parties for any of the kids. We have family and maybe a couple friends over on their birthdays for cake and presents. As they get older, they can have a small gathering of friends or pick a couple friends to go and do something with (bowling, movies, fun zone, etc). We don't plan on doing parties where the whole class is invited and this is in part because DS' birthday falls over Christmas break (December 28th) and DD1's is on a holiday weekend in the summer (July 3rd). Birthday gifts are always separate and since our family is all local it's easier to not celebrate on Christmas itself (which I suppose we would do if our family didn't live close by).

mom2pottamus · October 2013

DS is also Dec 7th and we haven't had any issues, we do his birthday party and a family party and have kept the timing consistent with the weekend after Thanksgiving.

ILoveRunning · October 2013

Lurker. My bday is Dec. 26th and I never felt like I got the shaft. In fact, it was always easy for friends to remember since it is the day after. Like PPs said, wrap presents in birthday paper and make sure to have a bday celebration separate from Christmas itself. When I was younger usually hosted something before the school holiday.

nixieknox3 · October 2013

DD1 has a dec 31st birthday. we make sure to have the tree and all the christmas decorations gone by the 28th at the latest. all her presents are wrapped in birthday paper. DD1 will be six this december and so far we have not had an issue with it being so close to christmas.

plutoisaplanet · October 2013

I'm Jan 2nd, and just wanted to echo what others have said: use bday specific wrapping paper. don't combine gift giving, have a cake, etc.

When I was younger my parents always took down the tree/all the decorations before my birthday. Presumably this was done so I would not think I was actually baby Jesus.

angelashly · October 2013

My sister's birthday is December 21st. My mom always made sure she had a birthday and still does 22 years later. We always had a party for her the weekend before her birthday.

lollitots · October 2013

DDs birthday is December 22. We always celebrate her actual birthday with immediate family like any other birthday. Then her parties are in mid January (so we can send the invite out as soon as school is back in). If we sent the invite out earlier it might get lost in the Christmas rush. Because the parties are after the holidays we usually have a great turn out (last few parties every single person came, they were huge!) and people get great gifts because they can buy them marked off after the holidays. She gets three weeks of gifts, so she is totally happy about it.

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