Anyone else here have a child that has a birthday right around Christmas? Do you have their party normal time? or Early or late? Last year we had our daughters birthday party in mid January (her Bday is dec 29) but this year we have a baby due mid jan!
2006-11-13 17:55:36 · 12 answers · asked by Trisha 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
my oldest step-son has a birthday on Dec. 14. this year he will be 18 :) ANYHOW, i've been raising him for 5 years and something he told me right from the start was that he would like to have a "normal" birthday like all the other kids ON HIS BIRTHDAY. he explained that his mother would sometimes just tell him to get a gift that was wrapped from under the tree and that his birthday had NO celebration at all. so, i have made EVERY birthday a big deal for him JUST LIKE THE OTHER KIDS. if his birthday fell during the week we would have a "family" party on the day itself (just his dad and i and his siblings) BUT, i have always followed up with a celebration on the weekend with his friends (which he usually decides to have a few other boys stay the night and they watch movies and have pizza IN HIS ROOM, which is usually not allowed).
so... i guess i'm trying to say do what makes the child happy for their birthday. us adults ALWAYS have busy lives ESPECIALLY around x-mas... but i nearly rearrange my life to make my step-son's birthday something great each year. I'm CERTAIN he will always remember that!
2006-11-13 18:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by JayneDoe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's birthday is December 11. Her party is usually around then (this year we're having it Dec. 2 because of a previous commitment the following weekend) and we still do presents on Christmas. Her mother and I are divorced, so she actually has two birthday parties! She gets the same amount of stuff that anyone else would get, it basically comes down to deciding what will be for her birthday and what will be for Christmas.
2006-11-14 10:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jack R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born on Jan. 1st and every year I always got jipped out of a B-day gift because it was so close to X-mas! Everyone always gave me one gift and said "Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas!" People don't realize, it's fine for them 'cause it saves them money, but a child does not understand why they got only one gift for Christmas and not one for their B-day, like everyone else!
Both my daughters were born near X-mas and because I remembered how bad I always felt, I decided to celebrate their B-day in mid Jan., far enough away from X-mas so that they would get a gift for both occasions as they should. As they got older they asked me why we didn't have a party on their real B-day, even though I always had a Birthday cake on their actual Birthday at home with immediate family. I explained why and then they understood. When they got older they thanked me and said that they would do the same for their children if they were born on, or near a gift giving holiday too, because they alway felt like their day was even more special... 'cause they actually had 2 special B-days!
2006-11-14 02:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by Lee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's birthday is the 13th.... It is always celebrated seperately.
Well, it was celebrated seperately until the year she got married on her birthday, but that's her choice of messing up her special day.
she's now pregnant and yep, the baby is due in Dec. Around the 16th. She already says the child will have her own birthday just like she did so it must have mattered enough for her to set her own tradition
2006-11-14 02:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by momwithabat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a birthday part on their birthday. I don't get why people freak out about this?!? Birthday and Christmas are two seperate events. I'd be so upset if we couldn't celebrate my birthday just because some holiday was a few days away. That's ridiculous.
2006-11-14 09:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Cookie On My Mind 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like you are gonna be busy, bumpin' into Santa and all! While he putting out his gifts so will you, well that's what we tell our kids anyway, until a certain age I think we should start telling the truth, but that's another question. Anyways, Make it one great Christmas bash. For the baby that's coming well he or she wont understand until they are older, what day their b-day is on, who cares as long as there is cake and ice cream, right? Just don't forget to say happy b-day on their b-day, ya know. But if you are ballin' like that, go ahead and do it big, hope you have the energy to continue for the rest of their lives that way. My advice really is keep it simple, one party one day all is happy, take it from me, cause if you do it for one, you will have to do it for the other, its the mother's rule, God Bless
2006-11-14 02:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Twissta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually my daughter was due December 25, however she decided to not miss out on any gifts and waited until January 21 to be born. Which wasn't bad because I was always able to do well in all of the "after Christmas sales" for her brithday gifts.
2006-11-14 02:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
do something big ON the birthday but in our family we also do a little parents and children celebration on half birthday too...just a warm family tradition...this year I sent my college daughter a half birthday card reminding her that in 6 months she would no longer need that fake ID that she thought I did not know about! It was a big laugh for her and her friends and a family moment.
2006-11-14 06:27:57 · answer #8 · answered by Library Eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's birthday is 12/31. We usually celebrated her "half-birthday" on June 30 or thereabouts.
2006-11-14 02:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best friends sons B-day is Christmas Eve, so she started a tradition where her son celebrates w/ friend & family on June 24th (his half bday) They however do a small immediate family party for him on dec 24th
2006-11-14 01:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋