I didn't know this would irk me...

sassyfrass321 · March 2016

So my baby boy was born on December 20. And I've came across so many people- before and after I had him- that would say, "Oh so close to Christmas. What a rip off." At first I just kind of laughed about it but now it's just annoying because I don't think that way at all. Even if he had of been born ON Christmas, we would still make his birthday special and his own. When I was still pregnant with him, I even had a woman suggest we have his birthday party in July. I was like, um no. That makes no sense to me.

And I have a coworker who's mother n law will not celebrate birthday's if they are within a month of Christmas, before or after. She just gives them a card and a cake and says "You're getting presents on Christmas."

I'm sorry, I just think that's dumb. Way to make the kids feel like they are unlucky because they were born so close to Christmas.

Ok, rant over. Sorry, I was just thinking of this today. Anyone else have comments like that made about their "Christmas" babies?

Knottie65841689 · March 2016

I have an actual Christmas baby and what people say at the end of the day doesnt matter. Just make sure you celebrate her birthday separate from christmas and thats it.

kdoak2015 · March 2016

I was actually one of those people. I was disappointed for my daughter having such a close birthday to Christmas(due Dec 13). I was worried everyone would be busy and not want to come to a party etc. luckily she came on Nov 30th so it's a little less close to Xmas but like PP said, in the end we can't change their bdays so we just have to make them special.

chillmama1518 · March 2016

Our boy was born Boxing Day. So many people making dumb comments.

"Oh he'll have turkey dinner leftover for his birthday supper" ummmm no the leftovers can wait he can have pizza or hotdogs or whatever he wants!

"He won't get any birthday presents"...um of course he will, we're not just going to ignore his birthday!

we also got the "you should celebrate in the summer"...how does that make any sense!!!

Its not "too bad" he was born when he was born...it was one of the best days of our lives and we wouldn't trade it for anything!

People are idiots.

soccsm13 · March 2016

DD was born on Christmas Eve. Not too many people say negative things, but every single person says "ohhhhh a Christmas Eve baby!" when I say she was born December 24th. I will feel bad when she's young and has to share her day so we will make sure to make it extra special for her.

I wouldn't mind a Christmas birthday now though. Noone really cares about your actual birthday as you get older but it would be fun to always go to a party on your birthday

elbou · March 2016

I haven't really run into this yet, as we have lots of December birthdays in our family. The closest I've come is my SIL becoming one of those "celebrate in the summer" people this year. She's planning to do a pool party mid-June for my nephew's half-birthday. Since it's for her son, not mine, and DS2 shares his birthday with that nephew, I'm actually kinda happy about this idea, as we won't have to compete for birthday party dates.

I don't know if I would do it myself, but I can understand why some people do parties in the summer. The weather often sucks, or people are away, super busy, or sick a lot in December, but it's not hard make kids feel special on their birthday, so I can't see it being a problem for immediate family to celebrate just because someone was born in December.

2winterbabies · March 2016

DD was born 12/30 and I get comments how she will have a 3 day birthday celebration when she's older. Other people have said "just in time for tax refund season!" yeah.... That's all I care about.

Btw my little brothers birthday is 12/24 and he swore our parents split his presents in half. Half for Christmas and half on his birthday. Our parents never spent more than $200 on us for our birthday and for Christmas.

rebeccaedworthy · March 2016

People are dumb my birthday is the 24th and my dads the 25th and now my DD is the 4th. You find ways to make it special! I had parties the last day of school and parents loved it and if You want to bring warmth of summer to December do an indoor pool party. They sky is the limit you just have to be creative

the only thing I would say is spring for birthday wrap I hate getting birthday presents in Christmas paper

groovylocks · March 2016

I think the only thing hard for xmas babies is that it's more difficult to plan a party with their little friends if their birthday is, say, on christmas day or something.

Those mothers in law who refuse to acknowledge a child's birthday because it's close to christmas and "they'll get presents anyway" - so will the other kids in the family AND they'll get their birthdays acknowledged on top of it. If this were MY grandmother, she'd be the shitty grandmother. The one that i didn't like much. The one who, if it came down to the question, would be the one I'd put in the home to take care of the other one.

Some people are the biggest dicks..

elbou · March 2016

rebeccaedworthy said:

People are dumb my birthday is the 24th and my dads the 25th and now my DD is the 4th. You find ways to make it special! I had parties the last day of school and parents loved it and if You want to bring warmth of summer to December do an indoor pool party. They sky is the limit you just have to be creative the only thing I would say is spring for birthday wrap I hate getting birthday presents in Christmas paper

I can see how that would be annoying! I always make sure I send a separate birthday present for both my December b-day nephews. I usually wrap them differently so they can tell which is which, but I will be extra sure to wrap them in birthday paper from now on!

sharonholck28 · March 2016

My husband was born dec 8 and always hated it cause he said no one ever really celebrated it so he said he never wanted to do that to our kid. Lookin there we got a Christmas Eve baby. Most people say we're lucky to get her as a Christmas present and only a few voiced about it being so close. I just wanna make it as much her day as possible. And maybe throw a party either a week before or after. ( what I'm used to since my bday parties were usually like that). Lucky her! She gets presents twice in a row!

sassyfrass321 · March 2016

2winterbabies said:

DD was born 12/30 and I get comments how she will have a 3 day birthday celebration when she's older. Other people have said "just in time for tax refund season!" yeah.... That's all I care about.

Btw my little brothers birthday is 12/24 and he swore our parents split his presents in half. Half for Christmas and half on his birthday. Our parents never spent more than $200 on us for our birthday and for Christmas.

Yes! The tax thing also! I don't know how many people said "hey, taxes!" I didn't even think of that for a second. It's amazing what people think about sometimes. lol

steffnstuff · March 2016

I was born on Christmas and now DD is on the 18th -one week before. I agree with pp that I hate getting birthday gifts wrapped in Christmas paper,so I will never do that to my daughter. I won't be doing half birthdays. It just doesn't make sense to me. My parents, and now my husband always make sure to separate Christmas and birthday even though they are on the same day.

In fact, DH and I are debating on whether or not to keep our most recent idea as a tradition. So this past Christmas since I had only been home from the hospital for a few days after a rcs, we didn't go anywhere and had no company. DH and the kids celebrated my birthday and we had "Christmas" for the kids the following week when I was feeling a little better and had more energy to shop for and wrap gifts (we weren't done shopping for the kids by the time the baby was due). I must say though that this only worked because we had previously prepped our kids and told them we wouldn't be doing anything with extended family on Christmas like we usually do and that we would likely be postponing gifts.

OP, people will never stop making their comments about when LO's birthday is. I still get "Oh! A Christmas baby! " and I'm almost 40. In spite of how annoying it is, I find that people are just intrigued because it's sort of a novelty. Even though we all know there are babies born everyday, most people don't take the time to really think about that when it comes to holidays and such. I admit, I'm guilty of it myself. I lurked on the February board just to see if there were any leap day babies.

blended10 · March 2016

Ds was born on thanksgiving the year he was born, my niece 2 days later. DD is dec 21. So yah - we get a lot of comments!
for ds we are always sure to book his party way in advance & send out invites like 6 weeks ahead- we also try for the Saturday before thanksgiving regardless of the date.
for dd we will do the same - space it out & just give plenty of notice.

Stephpelletier86 · March 2016

Yes! This! My daughter was born on December 23rd. Just this week someone said to me "oh poor baby! No one is ever going to come to your birthday parties!". What?? I felt sad for a minute and then realized we have an amazing family and that would never happen!! If anything we will make her birthday more of a thing because its so close to Christmas! And even if it wasn't we would because my parents always made us feel extra special on our birthdays.

dec15mum · March 2016

I have a Christmas day baby and it's even worse then!
So annoying everyone who says that his birthdays are ruined, like no I'm going to make then very special so he doesn't feel left out

2winterbabies · March 2016

steffnstuff said:

I was born on Christmas and now DD is on the 18th -one week before. I agree with pp that I hate getting birthday gifts wrapped in Christmas paper,so I will never do that to my daughter. I won't be doing half birthdays. It just doesn't make sense to me. My parents, and now my husband always make sure to separate Christmas and birthday even though they are on the same day.

In fact, DH and I are debating on whether or not to keep our most recent idea as a tradition. So this past Christmas since I had only been home from the hospital for a few days after a rcs, we didn't go anywhere and had no company. DH and the kids celebrated my birthday and we had "Christmas" for the kids the following week when I was feeling a little better and had more energy to shop for and wrap gifts (we weren't done shopping for the kids by the time the baby was due). I must say though that this only worked because we had previously prepped our kids and told them we wouldn't be doing anything with extended family on Christmas like we usually do and that we would likely be postponing gifts.

OP, people will never stop making their comments about when LO's birthday is. I still get "Oh! A Christmas baby! " and I'm almost 40. In spite of how annoying it is, I find that people are just intrigued because it's sort of a novelty. Even though we all know there are babies born everyday, most people don't take the time to really think about that when it comes to holidays and such. I admit, I'm guilty of it myself. I lurked on the February board just to see if there were any leap day babies.

My friend is a leap baby and he HATES it. He just tells people his birthday is March 1st now.

aroch412 · March 2016

I have a Christmas Day baby and I'm not worried at all. I know we'll make it special regardless of how we choose to celebrate it.

I honestly think it's worse for siblings. For me, Christmas will always be Emmett's birthday, especially since he is my first born. The future siblings will always have to share Christmas with their brother!

Peanut1128 · March 2016

My baby was born on Thanksgiving, which I think is neat. A few people told me that it sucks for him since he will have to spend it with family, but my best friend was also born in Thanksgiving and she loves the years when her bday falls on the holiday.

groovylocks · March 2016

Peanut1128 said:

My baby was born on Thanksgiving, which I think is neat. A few people told me that it sucks for him since he will have to spend it with family, but my best friend was also born in Thanksgiving and she loves the years when her bday falls on the holiday.

I was born on thanksgiving. CANADIAN thanksgiving. In October. In canada, it doesn't always fall on the same day or anything so it only falls on my birthday sometimes. I love the years when it does. Family all get togther anyway. Except that when it coincides with my bday, thanksgiving is all about giving me presents and i get my faovurite birthday meal. Thanksgiving turkey. When my birthday didn't meet up with thanksgiving, I got guac and pizza. Boo-urns.

angbrienza · March 2016

I was due dec19 and heard my entire pregnancy "ohhhh a Christmas baby!". By the end of it, I was sick of hearing it and was praying really hard that she wouldn't be born too close to the 25th because I can't imagine how annoying it would be to hear that your whole life! Lol. She was born on the 28th, which to me has no connection to Christmas since it's AFTER Christmas and so I'm happy and hopeful she doesn't have to get "oh you're a Christmas baby!" Her whole life. Everyone I guess is different when it comes to this!

mrussello · March 2016

My son was born the 18th. My sister is the 21st. My nephew is the 30th and my aunt is the 31st. Everyone always has something to say and we've been celebrating them separately forever. My stupid MIL kept saying we should celebrate in July. Well first off, NO because it's stupid and second, that's my daughter's birth month. Her granddaughter.

I could care less. People are annoying. I didn't ask for you to celebrate his bday. Selfish.

2winterbabies · March 2016

angbrienza said:

I was due dec19 and heard my entire pregnancy "ohhhh a Christmas baby!". By the end of it, I was sick of hearing it and was praying really hard that she wouldn't be born too close to the 25th because I can't imagine how annoying it would be to hear that your whole life! Lol. She was born on the 28th, which to me has no connection to Christmas since it's AFTER Christmas and so I'm happy and hopeful she doesn't have to get "oh you're a Christmas baby!" Her whole life. Everyone I guess is different when it comes to this!

No you won't. You'll get what my LO is getting "Oh! Almost a New Year's Eve baby!"

teachmegs817 · March 2016

DS came 6 weeks early. ODD was supposed to be 1/24, he arrived 12/16. He was in good health, so was I, but the fact that people were making the; "Oh, he got screwed over with his birthday being so close to Christmas," comments just irritated me. I delivered my son early, things could have been seriously wrong and all you can say is, "There goes his Birthday getting any attention." Pretty much because those comments always came before the, "I'm glad everything turned out okay for you all," comments.

JenniferKate315 · March 2016

elbou said:

rebeccaedworthy said:

People are dumb my birthday is the 24th and my dads the 25th and now my DD is the 4th. You find ways to make it special! I had parties the last day of school and parents loved it and if You want to bring warmth of summer to December do an indoor pool party. They sky is the limit you just have to be creative the only thing I would say is spring for birthday wrap I hate getting birthday presents in Christmas paper

I can see how that would be annoying! I always make sure I send a separate birthday present for both my December b-day nephews. I usually wrap them differently so they can tell which is which, but I will be extra sure to wrap them in birthday paper from now on!

My cousin has a dec. 23rd bday and she hates this too!!

JenniferKate315 · March 2016

My daughter was born on Christmas Eve and luckily I haven't gotten any comments like that yet! Everyone has been supportive and excited to celebrate! I have, however, gotten "at least it's not on Christmas!"

eliseandbaby · March 2016

groovylocks said:

Peanut1128 said:

My baby was born on Thanksgiving, which I think is neat. A few people told me that it sucks for him since he will have to spend it with family, but my best friend was also born in Thanksgiving and she loves the years when her bday falls on the holiday.

I was born on thanksgiving. CANADIAN thanksgiving. In October. In canada, it doesn't always fall on the same day or anything so it only falls on my birthday sometimes. I love the years when it does. Family all get togther anyway. Except that when it coincides with my bday, thanksgiving is all about giving me presents and i get my faovurite birthday meal. Thanksgiving turkey. When my birthday didn't meet up with thanksgiving, I got guac and pizza. Boo-urns.

I was born Canadian thanksgiving too and I loved it! My birthday was always around thanksgiving long weekend so it felt extra celebratory

NellieHarringtonCarter · March 2016

My daughter was also born on Christmas, so I've gotten the comments, but I just ignore them. But in a way, I sort of understand them. My older nephew was born on December 15, and it is SO hard to buy birthday/Christmas gifts for the kid because everyone is buying him two sets of stuff at once, and he gets a lot of "doubles." Granted, the kid doesn't care when his birthday is or how difficult it is to buy him gifts.

That being said, as a mid-January baby, I would have LOVED it if my parents decided to celebrate my birthday in the summer.

Bubbz · March 2016

My husband's birthday is the 23rd and he HATES it. So you know--it's possible the kid will hate it someday, too. Ro's the 11th, so he's not as close but still close enough. We're also in the Midwest, making longer distance family travel in the winter difficult if they want to be there for it (he's the 1st grandbaby all around).

I'm totally open to doing a "half-birthday" thing if he'd rather, when he's old enough to have an opinion. Why not have the option of doing stuff in better weather?

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