Christmas eve baby!

[CamilleCamisole]

We have a Christmas Eve baby in our family (my dd). When I say baby, she is 6yo!

We are doing a party for her with school friends and also doing a birthday treat for just her and me and one of her godparents. These are in the week before Christmas and her bday.

As you can imagine, she ends up opening all her presents for the year (from friends and family, plus the big man in red) all around the same week!

We don't go mad at Christmas. Both our dcs get 3 things from FC, then some practical stuff from us. This year it is umbrellas, jeans, tshirt and jumper to wear on Christmas Day, socks and books.

Not sure what the best way to organise giving presents this year. Do we save all the Christmas presents for Christmas Day, or should we stagger them a bit? My gut instinct is to stagger it and do the practical presents from us on Christmas eve and then do just FC presents on Christmas.

Maybe it doesn't really matter and I'm overthinking! But just think there will be some birthday fuss leading up to Christmas Eve, then presents from us in the morning. Maybe presents for both dcs in the evening might switch us to Christmas mode...or is that mean and encroaching on dd's birthday a bit?

My DD is a 23rd December baby. She's older than your DD and we have been able to try a few different ideas. The following work best for us:

1. A birthday party/activity with her friends at the beginning of December. This ensures that most of her friends are available as lots of family commitments have not yet kicked in.

1. Birthday breakfast on the day itself. Birthday presents and cards. Birthday decorations up (as well as Xmas decorations).

1. We have a meal with extended family and then we all go to the Panto. Birthday wishes from the panto cast.

1. We do not do combined birthday and Xmas presents. We do not encourage family members to combine. It is better to do to smaller, separate presents.

DD loves having her birthday so close to Christmas as she knows that she will never have to go to school on her birthday. DH and I are also able to be with her all day, rather then be working ourselves.

I wouldn't do Xmas eve boxes anyway but think they are a particularly crap idea if you have a Xmas eve baby

I'd do advent boxes rather than Christmas Eve boxes. I've never understood why people give their kids things like Christmas pyjamas on Christmas Eve, which they wear once and then it's no longer Christmas. Might as well wear them in the run up.

I'd keep birthday stuff to her to birthday and Christmas to Christmas day.

Advent boxes is a lovely idea! My DC are too old for the Christmas eve box or evil elf nonsense to have ever been an issue, but I could easily have got behind the notion of an Advent box.

Yes I give the dds an advent calendar, a selection box and a pair of Xmas pj's on November 30th.

In the nicest way possible giving some Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve when it’s her birthday seems bonkers and certainly no less overwhelming.

If it were me I would do party gifts open on day of the party.
Birthday gifts open on birthday morning.
Stocking and Santa presents on Christmas morning then family Christmas gifts (including from you guys) after Christmas lunch/dinner.

We never combined Christmas and birthday presents however if DS2 wanted Lego, for example, he’d usually get quite a bit for his birthday and another lot for Christmas. He loved that, though, because he got it all over 2 days instead of having to wait 6 months or so.

As both our kids have December birthdays we did tend to get them something for the garden in the Summer because a trampoline or slide set doesn’t go down too well in the depths of the Winter.

Why complicated? She was born the 24th. So give birthday present on the 24th.
Santa comes 25th. Give santa presents on the 25th. :)

I have a Xmas eve baby. 24th is all about him till evening when presents go round the tree etc. They get most presents for their birthday and Xmas is really 1 main present from us and stocking fillers as I have 4 dc and would be totally broke otherwise. Especially as I also have a dc with a new year birthday...my kids timing sucks!!

Ds is 21st December. From around 5 6 to 9 we celebrated with school friends in June then he asked tomgo back to his birthday and has stuck w thst
Now age 20 he says he likes it as everyone is in a festive mood

You give your daughters birthday presents to her on her Birthday! and you do all Christmas presents on Christnas DAY!

Whats difficult?

My birthday is Christmas Eve.

When people used to give Xmas presents on my birthday, it used to make me feel like I didn't matter. Like everyone else's special day was theirs but mine was everyone's Xmas prep day and my birthday was always shunted to one side.

Even now, I still feel annoyed by it when people do it.