December birthdays

kimmyjane84 · Dec 7th, 2009, 12:16 PM

I'm trying to keep my son's birthday (15 Dec) and Xmas separate from each other. We've told family and close friends this and we've even decided that we're not putting our Xmas decorations up until 16 Dec at the EARLIEST... But a couple of friends have now said they're getting him JOINT presents for B'Day & Xmas

What are your thoughts on this??

nessajane · Dec 7th, 2009, 13:11 PM

I was going to tell family to only get him 1 present as i thought 2 presents would cost too much for some but my mum said it was a bad idea as they will expect to do it every year and it wouldnt be fair on tyler when he could understand x

**polo_princess** · Dec 7th, 2009, 14:46 PM

Id prefer to keep them seperate and most of my family will do so without me even having to tell them, but i wouldnt mind if people did get her a joint present, we wont be though

Aidan's Mummy · Dec 7th, 2009, 14:51 PM

I'm keeping aidans seperate. All I did was buy the presents and then split them so he has 5 for his b day and 5 for bday. I'm not putting the decorations up until after his bday either

His birthday is excalty 2 weeks beofr xmas but I want him to have his own day because Its not his fault he was born so close to it

But no I wouldnt mind anyone giving him a joint one. It just deoends what they can afford
xx

dali · Dec 7th, 2009, 15:06 PM

my birthday is on xmas day ...
my parents made it very clear that joint xmas ./ birthday presents were not acceptable ( from family atleast ) i dont mind people buying me a joint pressie ( dont mind if they dont buy one atall) but as a kid i think it is important to know that you do still have a birthday even if it is sometimes hidden behind jingle bells and santa .

well of course my birthday collides with xmas anyway and kinnd of becomes a joint thing most of the time , but i dont mind really... i still get lots of pressies , hehe

tbh i dont even know why they would think to buy him joint pressies anyway , thats just rude ! lol

but then i suppose you cant really tell your friends " no i want two pressies for him" but maybe you could subtley hint that you want his birthday to be completely seperate .. they might get the hint ?

Wellington · Dec 7th, 2009, 15:08 PM

We keep our birthdays seperate. Mine is the 13th and hubbys is the 15th. In our house, Christmas doesn't happen until the 16th at least either!!

It does make it tricky for things to get and then there is a long time to wait inbetween time... but a few joint things won't hurt - especcially if they are more expensive and couldn't be afforded otherwise.

I actively avoided a December baby purely becuase of it's parents birthdays... imagine the whole family being December born! Nightmare!

kellyharrison · Dec 8th, 2009, 06:38 AM

My LO's birthday is on 21st December and all my mums from my group (we were preggas together so all have dec babies) are all in the same boat.

We are continuing with xmas decorations etc because its so close, but the weekend before we are having a birthday party (more a play date) but it wont be christmassy themed!! All the gifts will be seperate, we will envisage her getting just birthday from her pals and we've asked family to get her just xmas pressies - stops ppl from buying two pressies.

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Dec 7th, 2009, 12:16 PM	#1
kimmyjane84 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Somerset Posts: 254	December birthdays I'm trying to keep my son's birthday (15 Dec) and Xmas separate from each other. We've told family and close friends this and we've even decided that we're not putting our Xmas decorations up until 16 Dec at the EARLIEST... But a couple of friends have now said they're getting him JOINT presents for B'Day & Xmas What are your thoughts on this??

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Dec 7th, 2009, 13:11 PM	#2
nessajane Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7,586	I was going to tell family to only get him 1 present as i thought 2 presents would cost too much for some but my mum said it was a bad idea as they will expect to do it every year and it wouldnt be fair on tyler when he could understand x

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Dec 7th, 2009, 14:46 PM	#3
polo_princess Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 45,510	Id prefer to keep them seperate and most of my family will do so without me even having to tell them, but i wouldnt mind if people did get her a joint present, we wont be though

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Dec 7th, 2009, 14:51 PM	#4
Aidan's Mummy Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hull Posts: 11,002	I'm keeping aidans seperate. All I did was buy the presents and then split them so he has 5 for his b day and 5 for bday. I'm not putting the decorations up until after his bday either His birthday is excalty 2 weeks beofr xmas but I want him to have his own day because Its not his fault he was born so close to it But no I wouldnt mind anyone giving him a joint one. It just deoends what they can afford xx

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Dec 7th, 2009, 15:06 PM	#5
dali Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: east sussex Posts: 1,575	my birthday is on xmas day ... my parents made it very clear that joint xmas ./ birthday presents were not acceptable ( from family atleast ) i dont mind people buying me a joint pressie ( dont mind if they dont buy one atall) but as a kid i think it is important to know that you do still have a birthday even if it is sometimes hidden behind jingle bells and santa . well of course my birthday collides with xmas anyway and kinnd of becomes a joint thing most of the time , but i dont mind really... i still get lots of pressies , hehe tbh i dont even know why they would think to buy him joint pressies anyway , thats just rude ! lol but then i suppose you cant really tell your friends " no i want two pressies for him" but maybe you could subtley hint that you want his birthday to be completely seperate .. they might get the hint ?

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Dec 7th, 2009, 15:08 PM	#6
Wellington Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 357	We keep our birthdays seperate. Mine is the 13th and hubbys is the 15th. In our house, Christmas doesn't happen until the 16th at least either!! It does make it tricky for things to get and then there is a long time to wait inbetween time... but a few joint things won't hurt - especcially if they are more expensive and couldn't be afforded otherwise. I actively avoided a December baby purely becuase of it's parents birthdays... imagine the whole family being December born! Nightmare!

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Dec 8th, 2009, 06:38 AM	#7
kellyharrison Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 147	My LO's birthday is on 21st December and all my mums from my group (we were preggas together so all have dec babies) are all in the same boat. We are continuing with xmas decorations etc because its so close, but the weekend before we are having a birthday party (more a play date) but it wont be christmassy themed!! All the gifts will be seperate, we will envisage her getting just birthday from her pals and we've asked family to get her just xmas pressies - stops ppl from buying two pressies.

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