Would Dec 21 be a good birthday?

[Cats Critters]

Having a late December birthday (the 28th) I would make sure the birthday doesn't get lost/mixed in with Christmas, don't do combined gifts, don't use Christmas wrapping paper, and ask when older if they would like to celebrate another month and if not, make sure the celebration doesn't have anything to do with Christmas unless they ask for it to.

 

[65browneyes]

Gotta chime in here. December 21 sounds like a wonderful day to have a birthday. Mine's the 23rd.

I haven't read all the posts here, but my recommendation, as many have said is to be sure she has a BIRTHday. I can't tell you how many times I heard, 'go choose something from under the tree'. It was as if my having the audacity to actually have a birthday in the middle of the Christmas season was just such an inconvenience.

As someone else said, seems like a trivial thing, but all I ever wanted was for my BIRTHday gift to actually be a BIRTHday gift, with BIRTHday paper. Not Christmas paper because then it was a Christmas gift, and actually felt more like 'hush money' than a gift.

Now, it's pretty cool, though because I get the BIRTHday paper and everything. DH isn't so keen on it, though. He's not much of a shopper! LOL

Congratulations to you and your's!

 

[redhen]

I would do it ON Christmas Day.. Then you can always have her b-day party ON christmas..

 

[Livinzoo]

I just realized that Dec 21 is 4 weeks and 2 days away. OMG baby Rhiannon could be here that soon!!

I will find out on Dec 7 if she will be arriving via c-section. But according to this last midwife I saw, she would be very surprised if the placenta moved enough to even think about a normal birth. So it looks like a section is ahead for me.

She is officially due Dec 28. So Dec 21 is exactly a week prior.

I really like the idea of using her half birthday as a day to celebrate with friends.

My brothers birthday is actually Dec 21 and one of his sons is the 23. I'm a fall equinox baby.

Red- I don't think the drs would want to be there doing a planned c-section on Christmas.

 

[chixie]

my 44 b day I'd dec.23

 

[Camelot Farms]

It is my ex-husbands birthday....nuff said

 

[ebwy2]

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born on midwinter, celebrate half birthday on midsummer! sounds good to me

 

[chickabator]

my great neice was born on christmas day!! she will be 2 this year. so she really doesnt understand but the family does christmas and her birthday are seperated.

 

[Pelican49]

Well... it's not like you really have a choice.

My son's b'day is December 26th and he always hated it as a kid. He said some friends never had money for b'day gifts because of Christmas. Others gave him things they got for Christmas that they didn't want. Chances were, he didn't want it either. Maybe before Christmas is better than after. I always tell him it's his own fault for being in such a darn hurry. He wasn't due until January 19th.

My sister's b'day is also December 19th. We always kept my son's b'day separate from Christmas.

ETA: Yikes. My son will be 40 this year!