Us born close to Christmas or on Christmas day have it the worst!

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Lighthearted post really , but I really feel we get a rough deal. My birthday is on the 23rd December. Interested in hearing other stories or even those born on the 25th itself!
Or if you can think of any positives to this I would be very surprised.
Along side the ... I got you this for you birthday and Christmas presents , the cancelling of not making your birthday due to other Christmas events happening or just being too skint as it's Christmas there's more of a chance people forget you over this period. I dread mine every year.
Tell me I'm wrong?

My birthday is on officially the worse day of the year. Advantage, I’m usually off work. And I usually avoid the can’t socialise/ too skint and tired friends by going away. It’s a very efficient time of year to get away without using too much leave.

A good friend has a birthday on 25th December. When they got to about aged 20, they simply decided to "change" their birthday to 25th June. Of course all official documents etc. still state Dob as 25/12, but he just celebrates on 25th June. Seems to work for everyone!

DS is 26 December

It's really not Ideal

DH is 23rd December. I always try to make it a proper birthday day for him and not a Christmas one.

I think if people really want to they will make the effort.

My friends birthday is on Saturday, her gift is wrapped to be given on Saturday when we are going out for a birthday brunch and a mimosa or two.

My niece is the 27th, her gifts are wrapped and ready to take to her on the day when the family will gather for cake.

DD is 23rd. About to be 7. We've always kept birthday totally separate but I think that will get harder to police for other people as she gets older.

I've offered to swap with her as my birthday is as far away from Christmas as possible and I hate it. Hate any recognition of it at all so a Christmas birthday that gets completely overlooked by Christmas would be perfect for me.

Mine is Boxing Day. I've always liked it. Makes me feel special! Also I'm always so caught up in planning for Christmas that I forget I've got a birthday in there too so that's fun. Plus with it being just after Christmas it postpones the post-Christmas blues.

I don't like 'and happy birthday' written in a Christmas card from people who would send separate ones to anyone else, or birthday presents wrapped in Christmas paper - if you wouldn't give me a card or gift for my birthday if it was in July, then that's fine, you don't need to give me one! But if it was in July you obviously wouldn't be wrapping it in Christmas paper or writing in a Christmas card so please at least treat it like a separate event like you would if it was at any other time of year.

Both my children are born 21st and 23rd December and I LOVE IT. It makes the Christmas week all the more special and I hope they carry on the love for Christmas and magic when they are older 🎄

I get it! But I'm mid Jan. it's truly pants. At lest December birthdays people are cheery and looking forward to stuff.
Mid Jan means everyone is broke, all dieting/doing dry January/staying in.

You sound a really lovely person

A friend with triplets born 25th used to do their birthday party on 24th, usually 11 to 1.30 ish, it was very popular with the parents, a few hours of peace to make final preparations!

I’m sorry, but January 1st is definitely worse.

everyone is hungover, broke, fed up with celebrating, and as a child no-one wants to do a party on New Year’s Day!

This is true! My friends is January and everyone is on detox she always complains.

This is brilliant

Wow you beat me! That really is the worst!

My mum's birthday was Christmas Day! I don't recall her ever minding much. When I was a kid, if I got her a combined birthday and Christmas present, I'd wrap half in Christmas paper and half in birthday paper, always made her laugh.

She died in 2020, would have been 87 this Christmas Day.

DS is Christmas Eve, he doesn't mind it but hates travelling to relatives on his birthday so that's been a bit tricky for visiting

I'm getting that it also sucks to have a birthday in January too. I reckon December and January must be the worst months to have one! If I compare mine to my friends / family that have a birthday in the summer for example it's always made into a bigger deal and everyone is always up for it and they get more gifts for sure!

You should follow the Monarch's lead and have an official birthday in July.

(I'm being entirely serious!)

If your birthday is in December, you still get parties. In fact, you probably get more than normal people because people are in celebration/ party mood before Christmas. I can see presents might be a problem, but personally I think I remember people's December birthdays more because they are near Christmas.

Now January birthdays especially early January (from 2nd/3rd onwards) are really rubbish as everyone is skint and on a diet and is fed up of socialising by then...

Mine's in the second week of december and I still got screwed as a kid. 😂 A cheaper birthday gift than my sibling every year from our parents because Christmas was coming.
The one gift that counts as both from some relatives.
And Christmas decorations going up on my birthday was apparently meant to make me feel good. I don't know why.

As an early January birthday, I just get given all the crap that's in the sales. I don't mind getting things that were in the sale if they're good, but sometimes you can tell why something didn't sell at full price. And sometimes I get joint Christmas and birthday presents even though my birthday is over a week later

Meant to say summer! No idea when the official birthday of the King actually is...

I've had the happy birthday in Christmas cards many times... so irritating

Are you suggesting Jesus had it the worst?! Well maybe he did, being born in hay and given myrrh etc…