December Birthday means you get a combind gift??

hi!!! I was born 12/27 too!!!! it's good for me, because I really enjoy to be born in the middle of the holidays... anyway, I always get two present, one for xmas and one for birthday... especially my parents give me two or more big presents... so my other relatives do. Instead my friends generally give me only one present, but i don't care about it... merry christmas, happy birthday and. . . happy mylotting!

my son was born 12/20. we ALWAYS make his birthday and christmas separate. one has nothing to do with the other. since his birthday is so close to christmas i always have his party on the weekend before so it usually winds up being the 13th or 14th of the month. this way it is not so close to christmas that everyone has other plans and cannot make it to his party. it works out well. he gets separate gifts and a separate celebration. everyone deserves for their birthday to be special even if they are born ON christmas.

I knew someone who had a birthday on December 10th and he hated it with a passion because his other three brothers had birthdays that were away from Christmas and they'd get two gifts every year while he got only one from their relatives. They'd always tell him this is your birthday and Christmas present combined. That is NOT fair to any child because they didn't ask to be conceived on the day they were no more than to be born around or near Christmas. Now my oldest brother's birthday is January 5th and our parents always celebrated it totally separate from Christmas which is the RIGHT thing to do.

Yes, it always has meant that for me. I have never had a birthday party. My birthday is December 20, and everyone is always too busy preparing for Christmas to remember it for the most part let alone have time to come to a party, etc. I usually don't get birthday presents and when I do (or did in the past) they were always wrapped up in Christmas wrap. To top it off, people usually skip the cake etc. for me because they are so sick of sweets, etc. because everyone has fudge, cookies, etc. laying around. My youngest daughter's birthday is December 27th. I make a point of wrapping her presents in birthday wrap and I do put up birthday decorations for her. I do still have the tree up though and the Christmas decorations but there are also birthday decorations. Have a great day, Merry Christmas, and happy myLotting!!!

The 22nd for me. People always asked if it was bad to have my birthday then and I replied it was the only time I had ever had it so I really didn't have a comparison to make. The way I figured, a lot of out more distant relatives were almost obligated to give me a birthday present because we always got together on Christmas. I know they wouldn't have made a special trip just for my birthday and out of guilt I probably picked up a few extra presents or at least cards and money along the way.

My sister's birthday is Dec. 26 and she has always been adamant about getting separate gifts for the two occasions. Somehow, she's one of those types who can get away with that kind of demand. People just think she's funny (and a little scary, lol).

My daughter was born on December 31st and yes people try and combine her presents. The best way I find to deal with it, is on their birthday, I say, oh your Christmas present was your birthday present also. The 11 year old who was born in July, did not take that well. But my question is whether you were born in December of July, does she not deserve a day of her own? So that she can be special and the center of attention? I think the answer is yes, she deserves a day of her very own.

We also have a little one with her birthday on 12/27. She is our granddaughter but we have raised her since being born, she will be 2 this upcoming birthday. We celebrate it seperatley and she gets a few gifts then too, after all it is her birthday and all the other kids still get their birthdays celebrated on their special day!

we have a friend whose birthday is on the 24th and she used to get birthday presents in the morning and christmas presents at night! my mom's birthday is on january 8th and when she was little, she didnt get extra presents either because her birthday was so close, so we do make sure she gets something nice for hers.

Happy Birthday to your son doulaworks! My mom's birthday was yesterday. We use to have a birthday party for her on her birthday no matter what day it fell on. The only thing that would upset her is if someone would wrap her birthday present with Christmas paper, and some did. Now we celebrate her birthday in January because her husbands birthday is in January too.

for me the material gifts is not important to me what matters to me is that they greet me and they didnt forget that its my birthday. well my advice to u is u comibined the gifts for christmas and for his birthday theres nothing wrong with that as long as u treat him very special.

My son was actually due to be born on December 26, but he came three weeks early on December 7, and father's birthday is December 21. I always got a birthday gift separate from his christmas gifts. I think the Janurary gift giving is a good idea too. Actually, today is my cousins birthday. Happy birthday and Merry Christmas to all December birthday holders.

Well I know a person wich has birthdays almost in all the year. She is very active, should be very interesting, but also demanding at the same time. :S

I think it's important to seperate a child's birthday from a holiday. I think you are right in making it a big deal for his birhtday, even though the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year has just passed. I don't know about celebrating in June, I think that makes a birthday lose it's entire meaning! Keep up the good work... celebrating ON the birthday is important for not only kids, but also adults... so it's good that you are practicing that!!!

It happens to me all the time. My birthday is on the first week of January so I usually receive a single Christmas and Birthday gift. We still celebrate my birthday on the actual date.

We have just celebrated my sons birthday on the 21st he was eight. I have always made sure that he gets separate birthday and Christmas presents as i think it is unfair for him to get combined Christmas/birthday present, as he sees his four brothers and sister getting their birthday presents during the year. I could never celebrate his birthday earlier in the year as it would not feel right and also he knows when his birthday is and likes to celebrate it on the actual day.

Yeah. I have a friend that celebrates their kids birthday in January. I think it would be good to split them up. I would hate to have a Christmas birthday.