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IntenseMagic

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My youngest granddaughter is 2 today! We're going to celebrate after while. Her birthday snuck up on me because I'm in the mad rush of getting Christmas ready for the last week of school before break. My oldest granddaughter has a birthday 2 weeks after Christmas, and that always sneaks up on me as well. My ex-husband birthday is the 23rd, and growing up his parents would always just tell him to pick a gift out from under the tree to open for his birthday. That always made me a little sad, so I would try to make his birthday separate and special while we were married. At least the little ones' birthdays are far enough away from Christmas that it doesn't get too lost in the crazy, but close enough that I'm still a little :spin.

Do you have birthdays or other celebrations that fall during the holidays?
 
My dad's birthday was Dec 1st. He wasn't one who wanted a lot of celebration so we would just go out for a family dinner to celebrate. Probably because coming from a family of 14 kids, they didn't do celebrations for birthdays. I would be surprised if he even got a card.

I do have a cousin that has a daughter born on the 26th. Same cousin's brother has a birthday on the 27th. They have always had a separate celebration for the 2 of them after Christmas. Not sure what they will do this year as the brother lives in Missouri (and will be 82 this year). I still remember the year the cousin's daughter was born. She was at Christmas at our house the day before and very uncomfortable all day because she was so big. I can still "see her" sitting in a certain chair. Even the cousin didn't think the baby would come the next day.
 
My youngest granddaughter was born on Thanksgiving Day, 15 years ago. We always feel like she gets slighted just a tiny bit because like you said, Jan, it always sneaks up on us because of the Thanksgiving preparations. We always have a separate party for her - not on Thanksgiving. Her bd doesn't always fall right on the holiday, but it's so close.

Happy birthday to your little granddaughter.
 
Our household has lots of birthdays that are on, or closely straddle, holidays. My birthday is on 12/25, my oldest son's birthday occasionally falls on Easter, my youngest son's birthday occasionally falls on Mother's day and my husband's birthday straddles the 4th of July. All my life I've been asked whether I like my birthday. I grew up as an only child, and didn't really have that much to compare it with. My mom was always really good about making sure I had distinctly different gifts, but having a party to celebrate your birthday is always hard because there are so many festivities happening in December. I usually celebrate in January when all of the hoopla has died down :)

Happy birthday to your granddaughter!!
 
No family birthdays in Dec but I agree with you, separating into two different celebrations is the thing to do.
 
My daughter was due Christmas Day but held off until December 31-our little tax deduction that year! We always celebrated her birthday on New Year’s Eve. Parents of her friends loved us when they could go out and celebrate the evening while we hosted a houseful of girls at slumber parties.
 
No winter holiday birthdays in our families for several generations! I guess March/April weren't terribly 'romantic' months! Closest is my adopted daughter's Oct 24 which we tended to celebrate as part of Halloween. It sort of made the birthday a bigger deal than normal so it worked out well for her.
 
No, but growing up I had a friend whose birthday was Dec. 25. They'd have Christmas in the morning, then in the evening they'd have a birthday party for him, cake and all. He'd also have a "half birthday" party in June just before school got out for the summer so all his friends could attend. I really liked that idea!
 
No, no family birthdays in December but my best friends one is December 5th. The closest the family ones are are 13 days apart (my grandma on June 27th and I’m July 10th)
 
My nephew's birthday is Halloween...doesn't get better than that! I am a Christmas Eve baby.
 
My eldest daughter is due with her 1st tomorrow. Looks like she’s going to be a bit late. This little one will be the first to have a December birthday in our family. Except for my sister in law whose birthday is Christmas Day. She doesn’t like Christmas because of that as her parents never made her birthday special in any way,
 
My daughter was born in late December. She was born on the 6th night of Hanukkah, and because the dates change every year sometimes her birthday falls on Hanukkah again. We always make sure there are separate presents and special birthday activities. Her birthday is also very close to Christmas. For now she's still content to celebrate with family on that day and postpone her friend party until mid-January, but I worry about how she'll feel when she's in her 20's and none of her friends are ever available to spend her birthday with her. DH's birthday is in early January, but that's far enough from the holidays that it's never been a problem (aside from me needing to come up with multiple gift ideas so close together!)

My extended family has a lot of birthdays and anniversaries close together. Both of my siblings have anniversaries within 3 days of my oldest son's birthday. My birthday is 5 days before my middle son's, and my niece's is a week later. My parents' anniversary is 2 days before my daughter's birthday. And those are just the really close ones--there are a lot more if we branch out to things that are 2 weeks apart. In the extended family we do a lot of joint celebrations with the major focus on the kids who are celebrating.
 
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My son was supposed to be born on Christmas Day. I didn't want that, so I told him (yes, picture me talking to my son/abdomen!) he'd better be coming early. So, December 7th arrived, and he did too! :giggle When he was younger, we did not decorate until after his birthday. I wanted the distinction. Now, at 16, we can decorate whenever, lol!

My birthday is July 3rd... and I LOVE it. Fireworks are my favorite, and I joke that everyone celebrates and has fun for my birthday! Yay! Win Win for everyone!
 
my grandson is born on December, 1 ... in Belgium we have Sinterklaas on December 6.
My son is born on January 4
 
3 of the 4 grandparents have birthdays in October and then I have 2 nephews with December birthdays, one is even on Christmas Day! So, we have two parties that day. We opened Christmas presents in the morning and then in the afternoon we have cake and he opens his 2nd batch of presents.
 
My youngest was born Dec 30th - it was a pain when she was little because all her friends were with grandparents on her birthday. We usually had a family thing on that day and celebrated with friends in January. I usually did buy her a small gift on her half-birthday also because who wants to go a whole year between gifts? But don’t wait to buy toys the week after Christmas because every good toy is gone from the shelves or the great toy store is closed that week. I learned that the hard way her first birthday. Thankfully she doesn’t remember that.
 
We've got 4 birthdays on Christmas week in our family. Dec. 19, 20, 24 & 26th! In this order, my Father in law, myself, my Brother in law, and my husband. We usually have a family party on January 17th, my mother in law's birthday!
 
My younger daughter was born on New Year's Eve. We would let her decide when she was younger if the Christmas tree would remain up or be taken down for her birthday.
 
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