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Birthday Parties on Easter Sunday & May Bank holiday

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jemimapta · 18/04/2019 20:11

My daughter has invites for birthday parties on easter sunday and the may bank holiday, hubby and I were both surprised and couldnt remember our older children being invited to parties on dates like these?

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Contraceptionismyfriend · 18/04/2019 20:20

We've got one for this Sunday as well!

Talulahbeige · 18/04/2019 20:22

My daughter had her party on Easter Sunday a couple of years ago, most people came, they all got Easter eggs as a party bag.
Everyone was happy

Scottishgirl85 · 18/04/2019 20:23

We've got one on Sunday, 11-1 right over lunchtime! Perhaps we're all going to the same one!

OrdinarySnowflake · 18/04/2019 20:26

Easter Sunday seems more surprising, generally seen as a family day, not quite like getting an invite on Christmas day, but similar to getting one on boxing day...

Other bank holidays don't seem as odd, but I'd assume a low turn out as lots of people are away over the weekend.

(Dc2s birthday is at the start of June so often falls on the weekend at the end of the may half term, I usually go for a party the weekend after as more friends are around)

Leeds2 · 18/04/2019 20:27

My DD had her 6th birthday party on Mother's Day - I just hadn't realised when I booked the date (or I wouldn't have done it)! Everyone came, although there were one or two pointed remarks!

Would've thought most people would know it was Easter Sunday though, and avoid that date accordingly. May bank holiday probably wouldn't occur to me as a date to avoid.

CakeNinja · 18/04/2019 20:34

Oh god this really annoys me! I tend to refuse them because we have family plans.
Last one ds had was on mother’s day. He didn’t go.
I found Sunday parties a pita generally though, particularly when my girls were little and it seemed there was a Sunday party every bloody week. I understand why people have them then, I’m not stupid and don’t expect every other family to work the same as ours, but Sunday is the only day dp doesn’t work so we try and make the most of Sunday’s, trip to the beach, visit family, train to London, whatever, just a chilling out day.
If we haven’t had plans I have accepted Sunday invites but they tend to be slap bang in the middle of the day too. All round just annoying - but I do get it!!

GuineaPiglet345 · 18/04/2019 20:40

We’ve got an invite to a party on Easter Sunday too, I’m looking forward to it. I don’t see Easter as a big family event, for me it’s always been chocolate egg for breakfast then getting on with whatever we’d normally be doing on a Sunday.

bridgetreilly · 18/04/2019 20:43

It's perfectly fine to say no, you're busy.

SellFridges · 18/04/2019 20:46

I had DS’s party on Mother’s Day. Didn’t even notice when I booked it. I think two kids out of twenty couldn’t make it, which is fairly average for any weekend.

livingthegoodlife · 18/04/2019 20:50

I would definitely decline Easter Sunday. Might allow a bank holiday if we didn't have plans but these are rare family occasions so family takes priority.

ShannonRockallMalin · 18/04/2019 20:55

DS2's birthday is at the very beginning of May so we always had his parties on the Saturday of the Bank Holiday weekend, but not on the Monday as I know people generally have family days then. However, it didn't seem fair to him to not have a party on or near his birthday just because it's a BH. We never had an issue with lots of people being unable to come, so presumably most people are OK with that.

Now he's older he's chuffed that he'll always get a long weekend for his birthday!

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