What If My Son Is Born on Christmas?

I have 3 living family members born on Christmas.
Dec 25th

Really, it just makes sense, now that Im a parent. You rush around like crazy, then the day of finally get to SIT ... And bam! No relaxing for you!

Is it challenging? Sho'nuff.

So are a lot of other birthdays (midsummer birthdays are impossible for elementary school, 9/11 birthdays, twins birthdays, divorce birthdays, etc.).

Is it BAD?
Nope.
Not unless the parents make it a bad thing.

DS was born on 12/25. He gets so much stuff and attention because everyone bends over backwards to keep him from feeling ripped off. We do a half birthday 'friends' swim party in June every year.

If he is born around Christmas then he will probably be fussed over at the hospital and get a Christmas stocking or Santa hat to wear. You could schedule a party early in the month and a family celebration that week away from Christmas Day. My friend was born 12/24 and she used to celebrate a half birthday--she always had her birthday party on June 24 and usually had a pool party (which would not have been possible in December).

I hate to sound snotty...but my twins...born in october...were not due til december 26th.

The LEAST of my worries was a christmas conflict.

Count your blessings that you are as far along as you are...and CELEBRATE the day that you have a healthy baby with no struggles.

That is my view, and I stand by it.

happy holidays

I can not think of a better gift than a Christmas baby. Count your blessings.

Then he is a Christmas baby!

My daughter was born on Christmas and she rakes it in every year.

You make sure that he has a good birthday. My stepson's birthday is Christmas. We made sure he had a friend party early in Dec, and all his birthday presents are in birthday paper for his birthday. I don't think we ever gave him a joint birthday/Christmas gift.

I learned well from my mom - hers is Jan 3. I give her the gift on Christmas when we see her, but it's in birthday paper and she is supposed to wait.

We are going to a party this weekend for a little guy who's bday is the 23rd. They do an early friend party each year then do a family celebration on his actual birthday. My daughter has a friend who sometimes chooses a summer birthday party date, since hers is close to Christmas too. Another friend's bday is Dec. 13th and their family holds off on putting up Christmas decorations until his birthday is over. Lots of options, you just have to find the right fit for you. Congrats!

I was born on Dec 25th. Yes, I got gypped as a kid.

Some years we celebrated my half birthday, some years we didn't. It was hard not feeling looked over as a kid. I think as long as you are sure to make ONE day for them a special day. Whether it's the day of their birth, or June 25th, all will be fine.

My birthday is Dec 26.
Gifts are often combined and always wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper.
People are partied out from Christmas parties or gearing up for New Year's parties or traveling on vacation - no one wants to go to a birthday party.
It's not fair.
I really should celebrate it some other time like a month later.

Don't worry. I have a friend whose daughter has a birthday 12/24 and they always have a non-Christmas party for her. Granted, it is usually before everyone gets out of school but she scores on the gifts because EVERYTHING is on sale.

Happy delivery to you!

I think Dec people get the most attention. So many people bend over backwards for them. Well, actually if their mother plans stuff for them.

My daughter has a couple of friends' b-day parties in two weekends and we are going to both.

It was pretty funny when my aunt was saying dec b-day people are forgotten. She always had parties for her daughter (over age 40 now and still a party). Anyway, she was complaining about it and and had no idea that that day was my birthday...Different month. I'm an adult and do not need the attention, but goes to show you. I have all family members with Dec b-days burnt in my head.

Most kids do not have a party on their actual b-day unless it falls on the weekend.

The truth be told, January is the worst. People are over the party. My friend is the day after new year and always a bummer. In college most were too hung over to want to party.

Parents also complain about Summer b-days because it is hard to get in touch. Oh, Parents also complain about beginning of the school year b-day because new kids are in the room and there is a dilemma as to who to invite.

My youngest daughter's birthday is a week and a half after Christmas. Because of this, we take special care to celebrate it and when we're buying Christmas gifts, we have the added bonus of special sales on her birthday gifts too. She's going to be 3 so it's not a big deal right now. My husband's birthday is a month after Christmas. I know that as a teenager (and adult) he kind of likes it being so close to Christmas because he can ask for and usually gets a "large" combo gift that he probably wouldn't have gotten otherwise. So there are advantages to it too. I think that as long as you recognize it separately from Christmas, you'll be fine.

Honestly, if he's born anytime in December (which, obviously, he will be), his birthday is going to be a little tough every year. Scheduling parties will be hard because people are busy with holiday parties. Try to secure a date well in advance OR consider waiting until January for a party.

Whether he gets two presents or one kind of depends on your relationship with the gift givers. A friend, aunt or uncle, cousin, etc will likely only give one. Grandparents and those closest to you will be more likely to give two. Other times though, the grandparents will give one extra big gift and count it for both.

Consider celebrating his half birthday some years. It doesn't have to be as big as a real birthday, but it would be nice to have a time to get him a couple of presents. Trust me - sometimes you will realize in February that he needs a new bike and you won't want to wait all the way to December (assuming you want it to be a special gift). So having something to celebrate mid-year can be very helpful.

No matter what, he is going to be a very special baby! Congrats. :)

Congratulations on the new baby!!!!!
My birthday is 12-24. My mother always made a BIG negitive issue about my birthday being her big inconvenience to her. I still have guilt becaiuse my birthday is 12-24.
When someone says they could not purchase 2 gifts but got a "extra special" gift for both tell them they can buy the birthday gift in June and hold it for 6 months.

My son's birthday is December 23rd, and the one thing he somewhat missed out on was birthday parties with friends. Even if you plan a party a few weeks before or after Christmas, people are very busy prior to the holidays and "partied-out" after. But my son has been very accepting of this (or if not, he never complains). We always have a big family bash for him on the 23rd, including aunts, uncles and grandparents from out of town. And he usually finds a few friends to invite.

Both sides of the family have been very good about making sure he has both birthday and Christmas gifts.

I know you have a lot of responses so far, but I figured I would add in my 2 cents. My daughter was born Christmas Eve. We make sure we have a separate celebration that day just for her. We always have a birthday lunch for her before all the Christmas Eve stuff gets underway. Last year for her 10th birthday we gave her the option of one big present for both or 2 smaller gifts. She chose 1 big gift. (she still got a few other small ones, but just 1 main gift)
Another family in town has chosen to celebrate a little differently for their Christmas Eve baby (ok, she's almost 16- not so much a baby any more) They let her have a big Halloween party every year instead of a birthday party. It works for them. You just have to figure out what works for your family. Ok, 2 cents given. Good luck and congrats!!

My husband's birthday is Dec. 27th, I know he has some not so great memories of his birthday being overshadowed by Christmas but I think it's something easy to avoid. Since we started dating, we always do something special for his birthday, and I do my best to get him a birthday present or surprise just as if his birthday was in the summer. My mom always makes him a cake and gives him gift on June 27th (His half birthday). Just don't use Christmas wrapping paper for her birthday presents, it'll be fine!

not if their parents don't set it up that way.
congrats on the yule baby!
:) khairete
S.

My birthday is December 21 and as a kid it was always separate. It was hard to plan any party around the holiday but we did manage a couple.
I think it is how you handle it.
Many blessings and congrats

My niece is on New Years Eve. You do what you can to make it special.

I think as the parent, it will be as you decide. Early congrats on your baby!

My mom's birthday is December 26. We have a birthday cake, presents wrapped in birthday wrapping and no combo gifts. Those are the rules! =)

We have several family members with birthdays in December. We celebrate them just like any other time.

I think it is only a problem if you let it. It is two separate celebrations.

My sister was born two days before Christmas, and we would always have a half birthday in June. She loved it then, but now since we are older we celebrate it on the weekend of her birthday.

If you're sensitive to that issue, he won't be "ripped off." You just have to take concrete steps to avoid it. Give him a birthday party in the first week of January, the first weekend the kids are back in school. Things are really easy to schedule then, and he'll get all kinds of fancy-dancy presents on account of the sales. Tell him he was the best Christmas present you ever had. He'll be fine as long as you remember to make it so. And you will.

My friend that has a December baby has a small party just for his birthday on his birthday or if he chooses another day. Then they have a formal birthday party for him once school is back in session in January. December is just too busy for parents to set aside time for parties.

My brother's birthday is the 23rd and mine is the 29th. Our families always made sure that our birthday was separate from Christmas. We insist that Christmas presents are in Christmas paper and birthday presents are in birthday paper. :)

I know some people do half birthday celebrations and celebrate the birthday in the summer instead. I've always hated that.

My son was due on December 21, so I was very concerned about everything you said! He was actually born on the 13th. I think he actually makes out better on gifts because people feel bad about him getting stiffed! Reverse psychology I guess?

My ex-fil's birthday was Dec 24th. He always got a combined Christmas/birthday gift growing up and always felt cheated - like his birthday wasn't special enough to merit its own celebration.
My niece was born Dec 26th and my nephew's birthday is near Halloween. In order to keep their celebrations from getting lost in the holiday shuffle, my sister gives them each a small gift and we do cake and ice cream on their birthday, then during the summer, she throws a big un-birthday party for them with all the friends and family.

My sisters birthday is on December 30th and it's never been an issue

They get ripped off for parties if they are born anytime in the month of Dec. As for amount of gifts, you have total control over that while they are little so its up to you. Mine turns 6 and I have yet to have a friend party for her in Dec. If you think about it, the first weekend in Dec. is still Thanksgiving weekend, and the last weekend is usually christmas. At best you have two weeks in the middle to plan parities, but those dates are often taken with office parties and church parties. I just decide this year that I will not try for another Dec. party. Its just impossible. We will do January parties or half birthday parties. Such is life. There are worse things that can happen to a person.

That sucks. My husbands birthday was yesterday and sucks. He's right after Thanksgiving and when the holidays are getting busy. I had to have his party on 11/15 because it was the only free weekend there was. My cousin was born on Christmas Day and she hates it. If I hadn't conceived in January for both my pregnancies, I already had plans for hubs to wear a condom Feb-April so I didn't get a holiday baby. My son came 2 weeks early but he was due end of Oct and I freaked out he would be a Halloween baby. lol

My husband and son are right before Christmas, my brother is right after Christmas. If you go into cousins I have 4 in the days right around Christmas. My Grandmother had her birthday right after. There's a few more in the family with right around Christmas birthdays too. We're used to it ;)
My son was due on Christmas Day according to the sonograms but came a few days earlier. That year the plans were no matter what Christmas was at our house and I was doing none of the cooking/prep. If he came before then we'd all have it at our house with the new baby. If he came on that day then we'd have a baby that day and celebrate Christmas a little later, still at my house and still not doing anything myself. If he came after Christmas then we'd have it at my house and I'd do nothing (sense a theme there LOL)
Treat it like any other birthdays. Give them their special day. Wrap presents in non-Christmas wrapping. Parties are a little harder to plan with friends and family traveling, so pick a better time. The date on the calendar isn't what's important, celebrating is. My son never feels ripped off in any way. He still gets all the attention deserving his birthday and then all that for Christmas separate. Don't worry about it. There are more than enough people with Christmas Day or around Christmas birthdays. It all works out.

They only are short changed if you allow it to happen. My 2nd daughter was born on 12/24. There was always a family birthday party the weekend before when my daughter was little and when she got school age we'd have her birthday party with her friends in January. No combined presents and no presents wrapped in Christmas paper.

My 2nd grandson's birthday is 12/27 and my daughter does the same thing with his birthday.

My son was born on Jan 5th. The first few years it didn't really matter as the family always gives savings bonds for birthdays. But as he got older it started to matter to him. So we started having his party the 2nd week in january rather than mixed with christmas. The family was all fine with it. and it put a stop to the "joint birthday / christmas gifts" and he got to have a special day of his own.

My dad was born on the 22nd and he only ever received one gift for Christmas and birthday combined. My brother and sister were born on the 11th, and while my parents made a point of giving them separate birthday and Christmas gifts they still always got short-changed by grandparents and extended family.

Honestly there is not much difference between being born on the 25th and the 19th. I was born on the 15th, I get it. My son was born on the 12. We have to make sure to make it special, and that feels its special. Sometimes that mean moving the date of his celebration, like this year we did it on Nov. 30. Sometimes it is about making that day all about the kid and moving the other stuff to the side. You will find ways to be sure his day stays his day.

My daughter will be 19 on December 27.

We've never had an issue. We see Christmas and her birthday as separate holidays. If you separate it... Others will as well.

I've always had a separate area set aside each year with gifts she receives for birthday and it's a separate day with all birthday wrap and celebration.

We've had many successful parties on her birthday! We've never done the 1/2 bday route. It's amazing at how many parents love the opportunity to drop children off just after Christmas for a party, etc!!

One if our daughters best friends had a bday on 12/24 and a cousin on 12/22. All girls have had very fulfilling birthdays and Christmas'

You can set the tone from day 1.

Congratulations !!