christmas birthdays

A question about : christmas birthdays

Does anyone else out there have a christmas birthday? if so how do you feel about it?

i hated it when i was little but love it now as we always go out for our family meal to a local pub and i end up getting extra wine! (a good money saving tip potentially!)

also out of interest, how do you parents cope if your child has a bday on or near xmas? my sons is on the 4th december so not too close, but still means money can be a bit tight at the start of the xmas shopping!

Best answers:

• I'm Christmas day :-)
  Never go to work on my birthday, don't have to do Christmas washing up :-)
  Works for me !
• As a Christmas Baby I have always felt cheated .My birthday felt like it was just a quick event then onto the main attraction [Christmas]
  Although I never have to work my birthday I also have never in 48 yrs managed to get a lie in either!!!
• Both my sons have birthdays just after new year. We have 3 major events... All within one payday. Problem is, the kids have got everything they want at Xmas.
• My DS birthday is Christmas eve and we always give him separate presents never ever joint ones. We have always tried to make it special for him by going somewhere on Christmas eve and having a party the week before. For the past 2 years we have been to see the hobbit 1 and 2 and this year is my DS 18th birthday so again we will be going to see hobbit 3, in 3D with comfy seats and sweets and popcorn. He will probably be celebrating with his mates after that lol. I don't think he likes having his birthday so close to Christmas but there is nothing we can do about that, and we have tried to make it as special as we could of.
• My DS's birthday is on 13 December.
  He quite likes it because he says he gets all the Christmas decorations etc. to help make his birthday feel more special, and people with a non December birthday do not get them.
  I too (as do my family) make sure that he gets separate presents for each occassion, and we do something special to celebrate that fact that it is his birthday.
• my mums birthday is Christmas day, and I always feel bad for her as it kind of gets forgotten...although she is the kind of mum who is happy if everyone else is happy!
  but its her 60th next year and would like to plan something special but it being Christmas its quite difficult to get friends and family to come to an event!
• I'm lucky to have a June birthday, so nicely half way between Christmas's, but one of my friends has a mid-December birthday. She tends to opt for having her birthday meal out a few weeks early, as trying to get a table booking for a group, without paying more than normal, and without a Christmas menu in December is almost impossible.
  It's also difficult trying to buy birthday cards in December as most of the cards on sale are Christmas ones, but then it's the same if you have your birthday near valentines day, mothers day, fathers day etc.
• My boyfriend and my brother both have birthdays on the 20th December, My step brother is the 18ths of December and my sister is the 2nd of January!
  I always try to do something nice for my boyfriend for his birthday, since it is so close to christmas - i dont think he minds too much as he gets one lot of presents for his birthday and then another for christmas! Me on the other hand, hate having to think of different things to buy him!
• My Birthday is 22nd Dec, OH always takes me out on 22nd Nov so we avoid the Xmas works do,s and death by turkey dinner in December.
  My Mums is christmas eve, and we,ve always made sure we each buy 'proper' birthday presents not the generic 'combined' prezzie
  Worst bit was no one wanted to go to a birthday party just before christmas as a kid.
• First girlfriend's birthday was 29 February. Good job there wasn't an internet back then or I could be in trouble for posting what I bought for her on her sixth birthday.
• My birthday is 4 Jan and when I was younger I would receive Christmas cards with Happy Birthday also written in them so I used to retaliate by sending those people a birthday card also saying have a Happy Christmas.
• my parents birthdays are both in the week before Christmas, and my dad is really hard to buy for - hence he always gets a voucher for his birthday!! this is not as bad as it sounds, he always gets a voucher to put towards something for his model railway layout and i would not know where to start buying something for that as well as something he is not expecting. one year i made a batten berg cake, he loves mr kiplings version (most infuriating recipe ever - the next year it was coffee cake). this year i have found a photo of him lighting the fire of a real steam engine at the steam railway he volunteers for as a fireman, after contacting the website i saw the picture on and explaining - i have the photographers permission to print the picture and frame it for his birthday. Dad does not do internet and will have never have seen the photo - i intend to get it framed to put up in his train room.
  last year for my mums birthday - i found a teapot in a charity shop (Victorian jack field ware that she collects for Ј3.50) it looked a bit ropey and i was intending to put it in her stocking - once cleaned it became apparent that most of the decoration was just hiding under the grime. i used it as a container for a voucher for a massage at her local salon.
  so both my parents get vouchers for their birthdays - but i try my best to find something they are really surprised with.
  Better than a generic bottle of wine or box of chocolates with a voucher.
• My partner's birthday is on the 19th December.
  I also get him a completely separate set of presents, wrapped in birthday paper [obviously], and I plan ahead. In fact, I think I've already got most of his presents for both his birthday and for Christmas too, as I shop little and often throughout the year when I see things people might like or spot things at great prices.
  I try to spoil him on his birthday, make it a day without any real mention of Christmas coming up, so hopefully he doesn't feel it is too overpowered by the Christmas celebrations that follow.
  In a way, it would be better if it were just a few days closer to the Christmas - from a selfish point of view. Working in a school, I am normally still in when it is his birthday, dealing with the rush of activity that comes before Christmas [eg, nativities etc]. Just a couple of days later would give me the chance to spoil him all day long instead lol.
• Dd2 was due Xmas eve but arrived jan. Standing joke that she ruined my christmas that year as I could not drink!! Lol!
  I make an effort to make sure Xmas decorations are down so she knows we are celebrating her bday. Presents wise it can work both ways that she can have joint ones if more expensive but to be honest this year for Xmas other than my old phone she wants nothing else. I hate buying things for sake of it so might ask for a token pressie and put cash in bank rather than just fritter it.
• My birthday is the 20th Dec. I have had a chip on my shoulder about this for 59 years now! As a young child I remember great birthdays and parties but as a teen it felt as if it was always either the last day of term, or the last weekend before Christmas, so it was either spent travelling or shopping for presents for others. As an adult it became almost impossible to ever have a party as that was the weekend everyone went away to see their in-laws before Christmas. I also know it's a burden for my children as they are strapped for cash at this time of year. My ex had a Christmas birthday too and not only did we get joint presents but also we often got just 1 present to cover all 4 occasions! I am ashamed of myself for moaning but it's great to get it off my chest. One of my grandchildren has a Boxing Day birthday, so I will always feel affinity with him and make an extra big effort.
• Husband has a New Year birthday which has any of the same issues as a Xmas birthday.
  We don't really do Xmas (and certainly never on the 25th December) and make a bigger fuss of birthdays. Every 5 years (on significant birthdays and mid-decade ones) we have a half birthday party for him.
• One of my friends daughters is a Christmas Day baby. We celebrate on the closest weekend to the 25th of june
• I am a Christmas baby, but have never had any problems with getting a separate present as my mother didn't allow it. She would say if my Birthday was in June then people would have to buy me a gift in June and she bought everyone else'e children a Birthday present so there was no excuse for them to buy me a Birthday present.
  I now have a great nephew who is also a Christmas baby and the rule applies to him also.
  No joint present.