if given a choice, would you pick christmas day to be your bday, too?

Philippines
December 4, 2006 8:59pm CST
i won't! know why? for one thing, almost everyone else is celebrating and there's the possibility that no one can come to my party. second, i get to have only 1 gift for both occasions. lol.
6 responses
@mags31ca (203)
• Canada
7 Dec 06
My birthday is December 20th. I get "this is your birthday present and your Christmas present" all the time. I want everyone who has ever done this to me to remember it when their birthday's come around in the summer!!! lol
• Philippines
8 Dec 06
ha, ha. okay i'm wishing with you that the everyone you talked about will be able to read this.
• El Salvador
5 Dec 06
I wouldn't! Christmas is about the entire family. I think if your birthday was Christmas Day, then its kind of like getting cheated out of having your special day, because the day will be special for everyone else, but for a different reason. And you would probably still only get Christmas Gifts, people would say its for your birthday and Christmas, but you'd only get one gift. Not that gifts are the most important part, its still nice to get gifts for your birthday, and have it separate from Christmas.
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
love your idea on this one. thanks for sharing!
• United States
5 Dec 06
no i dont think i would because for most people it has already gone from being a religious celebration to a commercialized one. I wouldnt want my bday to be that way
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
right! it's supposed to be a solemn one, with prayers and gift-giving to the less-priveleged. but people now are overdoing it.... all in the wrong way.
• Singapore
5 Dec 06
santa - santa
it will be an honour to share the same birthday as Jesus! i dont mind having my birthday on Christmas, it will be so meaningful!
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
i admire you. in this day and age, all people think about is what they can get from others. may your kind multiply. thanks for the input.
@dirtyc (20)
5 Dec 06
Definitely not. Everyone I knew grewing up who had a B-day within a month of Christmas said it stunk that it was like only getting "1 round of gifts" for "2 rounds worth of gift-receiving holidays".
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
lol! i feel the same way. quite selfish of me, don't you think?
@Horizons (53)
• United States
5 Dec 06
See, this is why I "chose" August for my birthday, As a Kid, I could be assured of two full rounds of gift-giving. A December birthday is every child's worst nightmare! Seriously though, it is a very special day to share for your birthday. It is also always a very festive time of year, not just another day to most people. And, of course, as adults we're not concerned about getting enough gifts.
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
quite right! the gifts are more important to kids that's why, we, parents have to plan ahead to conceive so that we don't give birth in december. if only for our kid's sakes.