How do you do a December Birthday????
By momwatittude
@momwatittude (542)
United States
November 28, 2007 8:23am CST
It's almost that time of year again-time for well-loved songs such as "Let it Snow", "Jingle Bells", and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
And dont for get Happy Birthday. Plenty of children are born in the month of December and on christmas day. Amid the school parties, festive traditions, holiday travels, and family functions, Families with December birthdays have to find creative ways to celebrate them.
What creative way would you celebrate if you had a December Birthday?
or What kind of suggestions could you give to someone who does if you do not have a December Birthday?
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8 responses
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
28 Nov 07
Thanks for reminding me! My son and one of my daughters have birthdays in Dec. and I almost forgot! :(
When they were younger I always let them do whatever they wanted on their day so they wouldn't feel like their birthdays were being forgotten. To this day (and their both in their 30's) they remember that and tell me how happy that made them.
@momwatittude (542)
• United States
28 Nov 07
MY daughter has a birthday on the first she is now 22 and expecting this month her first child. So this will be extra special for her this year. she lives far away from us so not much we can plan for her.
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@stanzi2007 (602)
• United States
29 Nov 07
dear momwattitude...my birthday is in December, and when i was a teenager my parents would let me have my birthday dinner at the restaurant of my choice...which year after year i would pick the same chinese restaurant..lol...but, it made me feel special, and honored by my family...stanzi
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@momwatittude (542)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I like chinese food also. Whenever I feel down or just need a treat I always go to the same chinese restaurant
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@wickedstepma (940)
• United States
1 Dec 07
I have a December birthday myself. The 7th, to be exact. I thought a few times I would rather it be in the summer, but I like the fact that I never forgot when Pearl Harbor day was! And it was always special because I shared it with my Mom. She always tried to say that she gave the day to me and quit having birthdays at 32. After I got married and moved out, we would race to see who called the other first to sing 'Happy Birthday' on our day.
I think that the most important thing is to make the day special and separate from Christmas altogether. I know that my friend's husband (Dec 24th) says he feels cheated out of his birthday sometimes.
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@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
28 Nov 07
having someone dress up as Santa and give out the party favors would be a good idea. You can also bake cookies and have them decorate it like an ornament. My godchilds birthday is on the 8th and my aunt is on the 21st. We usually just go out to eat for their birthday's since it is so close to Christmas and everyone gets so busy around this time of year with trying to finish up Christmas shopping attending different Christmas parties doing different family traditions. We try to keep it simple. Nice topic
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@stanzi2007 (602)
• United States
29 Nov 07
dear mflower...that is such a cute december birthday party idea, and i really likethe baked cookie idea of decorating them like ornaments...stanzi
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
28 Nov 07
Birthdays around this time of the year are tough. This year my daughters birthday was on Thanksgiving. My husbands birthday is Dec 12th and my birthday is January 2nd. The worse thing a parent can do at this time is buy a gift and tell the child half of it is for your birthday and half is for Christmas. My parents actually did that to me one year.Also dont wrap the birthday presents in Christmas paper.I try to make thye day special by going out to eat or to a movie.
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@GloomCookieLex (6073)
• United States
1 Dec 07
The same thing happened to my fiance. His whole life his entire family treated him that way and to make matters worse, if he ever got upset about it he either got beaten or got the gift taken away altogether. That's a hard thing for a little boy. Especially when his brother's birthday was in May and his whole family always made a big deal out of it for him. Before he met me, my fiance had never gotten a birthday dinner, party or even special treatment. Now I ALWAYS make sure to make it special and differentiated from Christmas. So far, the best technique I've found is to get at least two gifts(I'm a big multiple-gift person) and whichever one is less interesting, fun or more functional, I give to him on Christmas and then give him the cooler thing for his birthday. This year I got the best gift ever, but I'll be out of town for his birthday and I feel SOOO bad. I don't know how to do it now.
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@Lifez2short (4962)
• United States
30 Nov 07
There are actully a lot of Dec. b-days in my extended family. And my son Angel and hubby Junior both have a b-day on Dec 23rd. We usally just get together on the 23rd and have cake and give him his gifts. And then lucky for them two days later they get more gifts.
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
28 Nov 07
My step daughter's birthday is Christmas Day. We usually pick her up on the way to his mom's and we open Christmas presents, have Christmas dinner, then after that is cleaned up, we do birthday presents and birthday cake for her. That way it is some what seperated. Before I moved to another state, my daughter's birthday was the day after mine, but we always kept them seperate, I did not want her to 'share' her birthday with me.
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@ladysman94 (131)
• United States
4 Feb 08
coming from a non creative perspective I feel as though it sounds like you all have it under control to give your loved ones a great birthday expierence.
