mid birthday year party

flibbertyjibbet - what a clever idea... esp re not having everyone feel like they have to bring presents. im pretty sure we didnt all give each other presents when we were kids (??) cards yes, presents...i dont think so. the whole present thing with families i barely know - giving and receiving - is a bit, i dunno, uneasy really. (well, if its a decent pres its a bit OTT when you hardly know them and you dont want them thinking youre showing off or asking for reciprocation, and if its just a cruddy thing, well, whats the point?)
might try your approach.

two big candles and one little one - do everything else the same.

Make it clear on the invite that it is a half birthday party and either no presents or that it is his only celebration this year.

Good luck - will be fab!

DS1's birthday is 18 Dec. 1st birthday family turned up but all his little friends were busy doing family or xmas stuff so he was a bit like billy no mates.
For his 2nd birthday we had family round on the day and he got pressies from his friends etc for his birthday. Then on I think it was the last sunday in April I organised a 'non-birth-day' (thats what the invites said), organised an outdoor activity day at the local park/woodland place with basic food on after for the kids at the cafe. Most invitees turned up, I had a great time organising it, they all had a great time running round outdoors (which you can't do late afternoon in December!) and the parents all loved me cos at the bottom of the invites I put 'no presents please its not his birthday'. Everyone thought it was a great idea and I will do it again next year. So it wasn't 6 months after his birthday, just a little while after so that we could get a nice day to do outdoor stuff. If I was doing an indoor activity I might do it say end January.

My youngest has a friend who was born Christmas Day, and his family decided to celebrate his birthday on 25th June instead.

Works well for them.

I think it's great idea

DD asked us to do this - but I forgot (bad mum)

She is 21st Nov & hates it as it's so cold - so no fun parties

Have a cake

he was born Jan 2?
I would prob hold his party on the next weekend, kids don't knkow about bank holidays and up until my oldest was school age, most of her parties were during the week anyways.