Were you born on or around Christmas day?

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So a totally light hearted question.

Dh and I are about to start ttc number 2. Obviously it may not happen right away but if it did happen in the next few months then there is a chance dc2 would be born around Christmas.

Doesn't really worry me but wondered how other people feel about being born around Christmas. Does it overshadow your birthday? Is it actually nicer having a festive birthday? How do parents make sure their dc still feel special on a Christmas birthday?

Again, I don't actually mind. I will feel so lucky if we are able to have another no matter when it arrives. But I'm bored so thought I'd ask

DS was born on Christmas day. 3.5 weeks early and after two mc's. One can't chose when babies are conceived and born.

He is 26 now and we all feel it is a very special birthday. We always celebrate on Xmas Day and our nearest and dearest have always respected it.

Xmas Day: tea and biscuits; mass; champagne and smoked salmon sarnies and presents; late lunch at 3.30/4pm (no desert); tea, champagne, birthday cake and cards/presents 6pm. It takes a bit of organising but is a very very special day.

He always had his birthday party on the first Saturday after going back to school - always fab.

His third name is for one of the three wise men

My daughter is a boxing day birthday and she loves it. To be honest - it took the pressure off us for Christmas, because we always wanted to make birthdays a big deal. So we bought less for the kids at Christmas, and we still had things she wanted/needed to give her on her birthday. I tried celebrating her half birthday for a while but it didn't really catch on or work for us. I think just have fun with the conceiving, and don't worry about the possible due date. Besides..... even the best laid plans can change - a February baby could be early etc.

My DS m's birthday is 3 days after Christmas. We've made it a tradition to go to Center Parcs with friends for a few days for his birthday. He loves it. It makes his birthday totally separate from Christmas.

My birthday is 10 days after Christmas, never really celebrated it as everyone is skint after Christmas and new year.
Ds was born Christmas day, he is a young adult now and when he was growing up I alway made sure he had a birthday party 2 weeks before Christmas day to make sure he never missed out.
Right from the start I made sure we separated his birthday gifts from his Xmas gifts and thankfully so did family and friends.
He says having his birthday Xmas day is rubbish.

Yes and I hate it, i was adamant my children would be born no where near Christmas. And they aren't.

Christmas Day here. I did get a bit peeved at primary school when I never got the birthday song, but my family always made an effort with seperate presents and a birthday tea on Christmas Eve. As an adult it's come in handy when I have asked for an expensive present that can cover both Christmas and Birthday and my friends say it's actually easier to remember the date. It's part of who I am and I wouldn't change it.

My birthday is in December and I always said I would never have a December baby. The school Christmas party was always on my birthday so it never really got celebrated. I ended up having my son on Christmas eve 2019. For his first birthday last year we did cake and presents for him (mainly for my three year old to be involved as my son didn't have a clue)in the morning. Then by the evening we started getting ready for Christmas. I know as he gets older it's just going to be harder.

We are ttc our third and I worked out that if we are successful next month we will have another Christmas eve baby

Have a Christmas baby. She was 6 weeks early. Not the best time to have a birthday. When she was younger we had a birthday room and a Christmas room set up. She would love a mid year birthday tbh.

Yep, just before Christmas. Joint presents, too many other things going on to have a party, rather than being an add on to something else. To make it worse, I'm a twin, so sometimes got joint presents between the two of us that were joint Christmas /birthday. So, one present for four occasions!

DS1 is 1st Dec. Not too bad when he was younger but now he's at secondary and his friends buy their own presents rather than parents he tends to get 10-15 advent calendars -which is funny and tragic in equal measure.

I was born 19th December and I love it...

everyone is so fizzed up for Christmas and generally there's a buzz of excitement everywhere. My birthday always looks beautiful too with Christmas trees and lights everywhere.
It's not too near to Christmas though, so it still feels separate and 'birthday-ish'

I wouldn't want it another time of year. 😊

Some great and very differing opinions on Christmas birthdays here!
Thanks all, obviously we can't really plan these things 😆 nice to know it's not automatically terrible to have a Christmas birthday though

Me and OH are both in the week before Xmas, and both hate it. I might start the tradition of a joint un-birthday as mentioned above though, we might actually be able to get a few of our pals together in June!

Myself and one of my DCs have birthdays within a couple of weeks of Christmas (afterwards). It's shit. Our presents are often blatantly regifted unwanted Christmas presents or smelly gift sets bought in the Boots mega sale. Usually wrapped in leftover Christmas wrapping paper too. No one wants to go out to celebrate our birthdays because they're all partied out / broke / detoxing / doing dry January / on a diet.
I would say this would be less of an issue if born before Christmas but your birthday would still be overshadowed by festive celebrations.

It's shit. My late DM's b/day actually was Xmas Day which was awful. I'm a few days after which is not much better. NB if you do know anyone born around Xmas/New Year, we do NOT like "combined Xmas and b/day presents.

I was born Christmas day. I often get an "oh yeah, happy birthday! "In the afternoon from everyone except dh and dc who go out of their way to acknowledge my birthday.

As a child, it was shit. Who goes to a birthday party during the Christmas holidays?! Now I'm an adult, it doesn't bother me but I remember feeling so sad as a child that I didn't have my own special day and even if my mum agreed to do my birthday a couple of days early, there was no excited countdown to my birthday. It was always a countdown to Christmas

DH is has an Xmas Eve birthday and he HATES it.

As a child no one could ever come to his birthday party, and family would always be busy. He'd get birthday presents wrapped in Xmas wrapping paper but inside out so it was just plain white or no present at all as he'd have an Xmas one. One year he got a tenner off a family member.l, wrapped in half, one was in his bday card and one half was in a cars in Xmas day 🙄. He hates the whole thing as Xmas just takes over.

And now when I try and make an effort if we go for a meal everywhere chucks a huge tip in 'because it's Xmas' and that's if you can get in anywhere and loads of places you can only order from their Xmas menu. He never wants a bday cake because there's always Xmas food around. He's got to the point where he'd rather not bother.

My youngest had a Christmas Day due date (was born a few days before) and I was really worried about it. The rest of us have summer birthdays, and I'm glad to avoid that because summer kids have the hardest time at school. Autumn and winter is the best time to have a birthday education wise.

We do a little unbirthday in June, where we get a few inexpensive gifts and have party food for dinner (don't invite anyone, just us at home). Also what we've found is our December child actually gets way more people turn up to his birthday party which surprised us, I guess noone is away on holiday like with our others in the summer. We've also find he also gets very generous party gifts, no joint present in sight. I think it's because everyone has a house full of toys a week before christmas! This can also be a bad thing though.

His birthday also falls in school holiday like our other kids so none of mine have a school time birthday which is nice.

Also Christmas is a time when friends and family who live in other countries or towns tend to be visiting so his birthday is less likely to be forgotten.

I really thought everyone with a Christmas birthday would be forgotten or get joint gifts etc and this actually seems to be the opposite.

I always thought if I had Xmas babies I'd throw them a proper birthday party on June 25th, a half birthday so they got the same feelz as non Xmas birthday people.

Its crap as a child as you get ripped off with gifts ...combined Xmas / birthday nonsense

It's crap as a young adult as friends always skint and saving money for NYE so no one ever wants to go out

So yup it's pretty crap

We have DD due and born a week before Christmas. We honestly didn't even do the maths when we TTC 😂
Like quite a few other posters, it's really what you/family make of it. It's nice that the house already feels 'special' and we always do birthday decorations also. We (I!) send party invites well in advance and find that parents are more than happy to drop off and get two hours of Christmas shopping done! But yes, you need to be more organised and plan finances well (and have a big clear out of toys every November!)
It's all about your perspective though- if you haven't started TTC yet then another month may not feel like a big deal for a reason like this, but if you've been trying unsuccessfully for a while, missing a month feels huge and not worth it.

My dh is 26th, and though we don't celebrate Xmas as such, it's still faff, as I like to go over to see my family during the Xmas holls. They live quite far from us. It has meant I've missed quite a few of his birthday over the years, I tend to do something nice for him prior to the holidays starting, he loves it but would rather I was just there on his actual birthday. There have been times when he's gone with me, so he wasn't all on his own.

Ds2 a Xmas eve baby, he loves it and we have always made sure it was his day , joint presents only starting happening when he realised he could get bigger ticket things that way and entirely his choice. When he was little joint presents were banned and woe betide anyone using Xmas paper instead of birthday.

Dd2 is new years day, thats not so great as everyone is pretty much over any festivities. We try to make it special but its hard by that point!

Also the cost is a major issue, Xmas is expensive enough without adding 2 birthdays in to the mix!!

My birthday is in December and tbh I think sex should be banned in March through to about mid-April so no more lives are ruined 😄

I’m yet to meet anyone who likes having a birthday near Christmas.

I know people born on December 16, 26, 27, 29 and they all think it’s crap. As a child your birthday is overshadowed by Christmas and as an adult most friends can’t afford to go out for your birthday because of Christmas.

I would avoid December and January! Also have several friends with a January birthday and they also think that’s a crap month because no one ever has any money in January or wants to go out.