Dec 17 is our baby due date..

You are just going to have to make sure that the baby does not get cheated. My son was born 15 days after Christmas and He still gets presents for both. I have 2 siblings that got kinda gipped on their birthdays cause they were born 7 days and 5 days before Christmas.

I do not think a child as to be cheated close to a major holiday. I was born near to Christmas and I never really thought too much about it. It would be nice to have something to look forward to in the middle of the year when Christmas is just a distant memory. But, I think that's an entirely different matter.

Odds are that he probably will. He will always end up getting less for one of the holidays because so many people are spending so much for X-mas. When he is young, he will probably get 2 gifts, but when he is older - and likes more expensive things - most people will just get him one gift.

Make sure you celebrate the babies birthday separately. Those who say that people do not get cheated if their birthday is close to a holiday are wrong. I was born on the day after Christmas. Most of the presents I got I was told this is both your birthday and Christmas present. So after years of this I stopped giving presents to other family members and when they asked why I would respond that what they got for Christmas was also their birthday present. They got really mad at me and could not put the connection together. Since I got married, my wife has been very good at separating my birthday from Christmas. After years of not even caring that it was my birthday, I now enjoy it. So please make sure to make your child's birthday a special day.

No I think it is down to the parents to make sure they dont feel cheated make it known that it is not acceptable to only celebrate one occasion or the other that both must be celebrated even if they are only just sending a card.

I know a couple people thats birthdays are actually on christmas. There familys would celebrate it a week earlier or a week later then christmas to make it a seperate even. Also one of the families would give a birthday present each day and stretch it through the week so that on christmas they would have there b-day presents and christmas would be like the grand finally.

I guess that all depends on how YOU decide to handle the baby's birthday. Cheated of what? you will still celebrate that child's birth, right? I was December born, as was my grandmother and my aunt - we did not feel cheated.

I don't think so. Granted a lot of people will combine his gifts to be for Christmas and his birthday; I know this because my little brothers birthday is Dec. 15th, and the same happened to him, but neither his birthday nor Christmas is about the presents. As long as you celebrate them both, and he learns the true meaning of what it is to celebrate them, then he will not be cheated.

Bub will only be cheated if you choose to combine the 2 - perhaps you could do a smaller event (either one) one year & swap them around? So still celebrate his birthday on the day of course but make it a big deal 1 year & then make Xmas the big deal the following year. It doesn't mean forget his birthday or anything but it just means the events take in turns on which one is celebrated more 'extravigantly'. Either that or if you can afford it, make both of the days BIG events but i figure kids like Xmas better anyway with all the decorations, Santa & so on, so you could always give him some nice gifts on his Birthday but let him have the more extravigant, bigger gifts for Xmas. You never know though, he might come much earlier so you wont have to worry about this as much if that happens!

You'll want to do two seperate celebrations. Cheap or frugal relatives might give just one gift. Be sure to explain to them that two gifts are required. One for birthday and one for Christmas, just like they do with everyone else. Your child will appreciate all the special attention. My daughter's birthday is so close to Christmas that we do a birthday week. It has expanded to a birthday month, where she gets gifts daily. Usually it's a small beanie baby or coloring book. And then on her birthday she gets the big gift. Same for Christmas day. She gets a big gift then, too. December has become the most fun month in our house! Be well.

Wow, so it'll be a trifecta? Ers, just make sure the baby understands about the holiday, birthday situation. You could always break the gift amount in half and put it towards each day. Or you could do like other families and combine the holidays. Yes its cheap, but with growing costs all around, its understandable.

Yes and no. My mom's is Dec 21, my aunts is the 23rd and grandmothers was 24th. We always did something for them in addition to christmas, but it just always seems to be over shadowed. THey as adults didn't care, but as kids, I would think they would care! I heard one place that htey would put the birthday gifts under the christmas tree and that made the child happy to be able to have only gifts for them under the tree and they didnt' ahve to share with anyone else and they were the only ones to open gifts that day. I don't know how I'd handle it. My kids are May and June - 10 days apart and that is hard to do to! Especially back in school and trying to do birthday parties for them so close together!

congragulations for the on coming baby!!! well... i think you should just phrase it properly when you are explaining to your child... like maybe god oves you so much that he wants you to have almost the same birtday as he does!!! that will make the child feel special and will enjoy his birthday.. and maybe if you celebrate the child's birthday along with your husband's the may have a special bond?

You should see to it that your baby is not going to be cheated. But, that's one heck of a disadvantage. I have a cousin whose birthday is Dec 24 an she is very unlucky. She receives only one gift because they always say One gift for two occasions and I was like always teasing her for receiving one gift. I guess you have to do what you have to do. Make sure your baby would not be cheated! Goodluck! Many thanks!

A baby will not get cheated out of a birthday close to a major holiday if you make sure that the birthday is sep apart from the major holiday. My step-dad's birthday is Decembr 17th, and we always make sure to celebrate it totally separately from Christmas.

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. I don't think the baby will be cheated at all since it is so close to Christmas. I think there should still be a birthday party and gifts for the baby. People only have so much to spend anyway for these events. I would just make sure to set aside the money for that occasion before Christmas comes around.

No the baby is not getting cheated. Just treat the baby as if its her/his (srry dont kno the gender) birthday the first day and Christmas the next. Just think of it as two different events