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My daughters b-day is Dec. 19th and I'm 20.5 weeks pregnant and his due date is Dec. 14th. Any tips on NOT going broke trying to buy b-day gifts and Christmas gifts? B-day's will surley be seperate from Christmas!

2007-07-30 10:47:08 · 10 answers · asked by myusernameisbetterthanyours 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting Parenting

Anyone have a similiar situation with tips and advice??

2007-07-30 10:47:50 · update #1

10 answers

If I had to choose between the two... I would make the birthday more special than Christmas. The birthday is THEIR day apart from anyone else and Christmas has become so commercialized and all about the money and the gifts.

You have such a unique position that you can teach your kids first hand that Chiristmas should be about family and love and not about gifts.

2007-07-30 13:47:14 · answer #1 · answered by Valerie H 4 · 0 0

My son's birthday is on Dec 7th and my husband's is on Jan 5th. My husband talks about how often as a child he would get a phone call from family that said "Oh yeah, that present was for your birthday too". We don't even decorate for Cristmas until after my son's birthday and all decorations are down before my husband's. We do a lot of the shopping for both at the same time. I like to pick one really nice big something for each and then a smattering of other smaller gifts. We also instituded a Christmas-like holiday in May because otherwise, my son has to wait a whole year to get gifts and there was never a good time to get him summer gifts like bikes, summer toys etc$. We try to buy little toys and stuff throughout the year (stocking stuffer type stuff) and stash it and then budget for the bigger nicer stuff. Don't fret too much over the gifts. Kids like quantity over quality. 100 $1 presents pleases them more than one $100 present. If you get strapped, buy little stuff and splurge a little on the family when you get the tax return. Hope that helps. Good Luck.

2007-07-30 13:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 0 0

My friend has a girl who was born on the 26th! She gives normal christmas gifts like always, just on the birthday itself...give a special party or dinner with family just for the child, 1 or 2 special gifts for that child. No talk of x-mas , just the day is for that child. As the child gets older,she will want a special friend over for the night or something.

2007-07-30 10:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by spoiledsarah25 3 · 1 0

My brother's B-day is on Dec. 14th, mine is in January. What my parents always did was get us some nice presents that didn't cost over 20 bucks total. We didn't know the difference and I'm sure yours won't either. It's truly the thought that counts with kids. They don't care if you spend twenty bucks or two hundred they just know they're getting presents and cake. I know that these days kids want the expensive toys and stuff but they'll get over it. Nobody remembers what they got for their fifth birthday. Hell I don't even remember what I got last year and I'm 21.

2007-07-30 12:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 2 · 1 0

PLEASE make an effort to give nice gifts on their birthdays and in Christmas..

I was born in early January and I only had two birthday's parties in my childhood and always got bad presents or small/cheap things as if it were my fault everybody had spent so much in Xmas.

Now I don't care but it was a big deal when I was a child.

Save money now as if you were buying the present today, don't wait until it's December to buy everything.

2007-07-30 12:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

My brothers birthday is on DEC.23. All she would do was ask him early on what he wanted Santa to bring him and get him that for Christmas and then get him other stuff for his birthday. He was always more interested on the Christmas aspect of it rather than it being his birthday. My son is nine and he lets us know nice and early what he wants so that we save up for it. This year the Nintendo WII.

2007-07-30 12:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by helpful one 2 · 0 0

My brother's birthday is December 29... usually, my mothers and fathers might merely purchase him some thing large... like, final 300 and sixty 5 days, whilst he became 21, he went to Las Vegas as a Christmas/birthday present. For Christmas, I gave him passes for between the events on New Years and for his birthday I gave him a basket of his favourite goodies. of course you ought to attend till you notice what your daughter gets for her birthday before you even start up making a Christmas checklist. usually, as there are others in my family contributors and circle of acquaintances whose birthdays fall on the fringe of Christmas, is you're making a catalogue. the two a catalogue of issues you experience she desires/might like/might love. after which you're making the checklist of shops. usually if I quite have a catalogue and am doing the two Christmas and birthday procuring, i visit pass to the reported shop and locate different issues interior that distinctive sort. merely attempt to experience the matters to a similar thought. It additionally helps to save money that way... for the main section. a minimum of, it would make experience if i might desire to basically spell it out ideal.

2016-10-01 01:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by hughart 4 · 0 0

I think a child should not be penalized because their birthday is close to xmas.... you should spend the same amount as you would if your child's birthday was in July - just put the money aside earlier in the year and save it so you have it to spend come December. Hope this helps!!

2007-07-30 11:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mom 6 · 3 0

Set aside the money you will spend for their birthdays in July.

Have their birthday parties the weekend before their birthdays so that they don't run into the Christmas holiday.

Control yourself in March.

2007-07-30 10:52:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

My son's birthday is the end of Nov. I take advantage of Toys R Us sales they have in Nov and buy all his presents at once. It seems to work well

2007-07-30 10:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by njyecats 6 · 0 0

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