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Christmas Birthdays

  • 11-12-2009 2:16am
    #1
    Misty Chaos
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    Anyone here who will be celebrating their birthday around or on Christmas Day or know anyone who is? What it like? Do you / they get more presents or what? How does it feel?

    Like I mentioned elsewhere, my sister's Birthday is Christmas Day. So, I guess it keeps a little bit of the magic of Christmas Day there for me because we'll be cutting birthday cake the same day. She gets spoiled rotten from us and relatives as well in general. She is also the only person I buy presents for these days but I generally spend more or get her two things.


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  • #2
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    My grandmother's birthday was on Christmas Day, and even when we were quite young we always made a point of buying her both a birthday and a Christmas present. Same for my father who has his birthday next week. Bit unfair if you only gave one present imo, it's not their fault when their birthday comes around.


  • #3
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Don't have anyone close that celebrates a birthday around Christmas, although a good friend has a Jan 7th birthday, not bad considering.

    Would hate my birthday to be in the days around Christmas, New Year would be ok, never really thought of the siblings of Christmas kids, but now that you bring it up, it's really suckie.


  • #4
    JoeyJJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭JoeyJJ


    My daughter was born last Christmas eve, she is going to have it hard down the line. We'll make a big deal of her on xmas eve always.


  • #5
    Orlaithc9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Orlaithc9


    My daughter was born last St Stephens Day...pretty suckie for her two.
    Considering she will be only 1 this year we arent going over board but have gotten her something for Christmas and her birthday...we will make much more effort in years to come..possibly have a party a week before or a week after etc


  • #6
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    My birthday is today - 2 weeks before Christmas. I love it because it's close enough to Christmas that I have two celebrations for December, but far enough away so that it's not overshadowed and I still get two sets of presents! :D
    My Mam's birthday is the 16th, next Wednesday, which is also a good day to have it. Any closer to Christmas would be kinda bad imo as it would just get overshadowed.


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  • #7
    star-pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,429 ✭✭✭✭star-pants


    Lots of birthdays this time of year!
    I have a godson and two friends at the end of November.
    My sister, best friends baby, and that best friend in the first two weeks of December.
    My dad and my brother are the 22nd, other best friend on the 23rd, my mother on the 24th, and two birthdays in the first few days of Jan.

    Always mental this time of year.
    I make a point to get two separate presents, especially for younger ones because it's not fair that they get one 'lump' present when it's two different celebrations.

    but yeah tis always odd because theyr'e so close to Christmas.


  • #8
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    KnifeWRENCH wrote: »
    My birthday is today



    happy_birthday_presents.gif
    :D


  • #9
    patfol
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭patfol


    My daughter's birthday is in December. We get her a seperate birthday present but I do feel that Christmas overshadows the whole event. Actually my biggest problem with the birthday/xmas combo is the amount of presents that we accumulate. We've hardly found a place to store all the birthday presents when xmas comes along and we've got more presents to sort out.
    Given current financial situation, is anyone ever tempted to send out party invitations with a note attached saying "No presents please". Don't want to sound like the scrooge of birthdays but at the same time it's putting an awful financial pressure on parents and half the time the kids don't even have any meas on the presents they get. I suggested doing something like this to my daughter and she nearly lost her life. But seriously, between the price of the party. the expected party bags at the end of party, and the presents needed to attend party, I reckon our kids are spending relatively more of our disposable income than we are!


  • #10
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I've always thought that having them so close would suck. My neighbour has his birthday on the 21st, but he was always spoiled rotten, so he was never short for presents!


  • #11
    oh well
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭oh well


    my daughter's birthday is 21st - she usually does fine for presents but hates it when people wrap birthday pressie in christmas paper so she keeps out the christmas paper during the year and wraps their presents in it. Christmas wrapping in June - people always comment "eh, weird :confused: " but don't understand when she says but you wrapped mine in christmas paper last year :D


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  • #12
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    My birthday is Christmas Day and tbh, I hate it being that day. Can't even go for a pint with my mates cos no where is serving.


  • #13
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    feylya wrote: »
    My birthday is Christmas Day and tbh, I hate it being that day. Can't even go for a pint with my mates cos no where is serving.
    Jesus, is it really you?!


  • #14
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Si.

    Edit: Oh, you mean Jesus Christ. Ah, no, fraid not.


  • #15
    XxXciaraxXx
    Registered Users Posts: 696 ✭✭✭XxXciaraxXx


    My birthday is christmas eve and I love it!


  • #16
    phlegms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭phlegms


    Mines the 17th, as such it usually gets pretty much forgotten about. Suits me down to the ground actually, I never really bought into the whole Birthday celebration thing.


  • #17
    num one
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭num one


    Mine is Christmas eve and I luv it altho the hangover Christmas day sucks


  • #18
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    OH's birthday is 28 December. I always have to have Christmas and birthday presents bought before Christmas and also Christmas and birthday cards.
    When she was younger, she used to be given presents and was told that they were for Christmas and birthday. She always hated this so I've always had to keep both seperate.


  • #19
    dimple_smile
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭dimple_smile


    Mine is on 21st, i remember being jealous of kids having their birthdays in summer when i was younger but I like it now. It makes the whole month of december extra special cus i've double celebrations coming up. Never had a proper proper birthday party tho. I always get overly excited coming up to christmas, im such a christmas baby. I have to say tho my familys been very good and never tried to mix my b-day and christmas into one, they always had a special birthday celebration for me. :):rolleyes:


  • #20
    Nicknax
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Nicknax


    My Birthday is the 25th, I get 2 sets of pressies. Only thing is, I could only have parties the week before Christmas.


  • #21
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Nicknax wrote: »
    My Birthday is the 25th, I get 2 sets of pressies. Only thing is, I could only have parties the week before Christmas.

    Jesus, that sucks !!!!!


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  • #22
    Meemars
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭Meemars


    My birthday is New Year's Eve, I used to love it when I was younger, to me it seemed special to have a birthday on a day that was also something else.
    Through my teens I used to get really excited about it, because I figured that everyone is always out and celebrating, and in your teens, everyone you know ends up in the same place so it was one big party. That worked well for a while.
    The older I get the more I realise that no, the world is NOT spontaneously celebrating my birthday, and I'm now pretty tired having to remind people that the reason they are partying at all is because of ME, ME, ME!!!!!!
    Millennium Eve in Times Square was a good one though, I have to admit! :) apologies to OH for abandoning him

    OH's birthday is also in December, 2 nieces in December too, one on Stephenseseseseses day. All she gets is boring aunts and uncles calling around on her birthday, laden with emergency petrol-station presents, repeating all the same family stuff that happened the day before. Poor mite.


  • #23
    AssaultedPeanut
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    *sigh*
    My birthday is Christmas Day, I shall be 26 next Friday. Whoop-dee-friggin-doo.

    I get presents for my birthday from my family, but because there's so many of us (7 kids + parents) we do kris kindle for the Christmas presents.

    I don't expect friends to get me 2 presents because money's always tight this time of year. All in all Christmas sucks monkey balls


  • #24
    Rogue-Trooper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭Rogue-Trooper


    My kids birthdays are New Years Eve and New Years Day - there's 7 years and one day between them (ye couldn't plan that if you tried!). They get spoiled by everybody on Christmas Day and then get spoiled all over again a week later! Christmas therefore is DOUBLY expensive for me!:eek:


  • #25
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    dementedsoul wrote: »
    *sigh*
    My birthday is Christmas Day, I shall be 26 next Friday. Whoop-dee-friggin-doo.

    I hear that! 25/12/83 was a good day!


  • #26
    olaola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭olaola


    MEMEMEMEE!!

    I'm Christmas day - also known as Orlamas day :)
    It's my father in law's bday on Christmas eve.

    It does keep Christmas special - I'm 32 this year (eep!) and I'm still as excited about it as ever, and I drag everyone with me!


  • #27
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    Orlamas makes a little more sense now ;)


  • #28
    AssaultedPeanut
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    olaola wrote: »
    I'm Christmas day - also known as Orlamas day :)

    I always get "Happy Birthmas" in cards and on present tags from friends
    :D


  • #29
    Jackobyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭Jackobyte


    What happens in april for so many christmas babies?


  • #30
    star-pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,429 ✭✭✭✭star-pants


    Paddy's day would have some December ish babies.
    Bad weather/powercuts/big sports things/so forth play a big part too.


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  • #31
    aisling.laura
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭aisling.laura


    KnifeWRENCH wrote: »
    My birthday is today - 2 weeks before Christmas. I love it because it's close enough to Christmas that I have two celebrations for December, but far enough away so that it's not overshadowed and I still get two sets of presents! :D
    My Mam's birthday is the 16th, next Wednesday, which is also a good day to have it. Any closer to Christmas would be kinda bad imo as it would just get overshadowed.

    My Mam's birthday is the 16th too!

    I also have a friends whose birthday is on Christmas day. She'd always have her party the week beforehand and get her birthday presents that day, instead of on Christmas day. Seemed to work for her because then she got to have two separate days of celebration instead of just one.
    And i'd say her siblings also preferred that because it means their Christmas isn't overshadowed by a birthday or vice versa.


  • #32
    missmatty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭missmatty


    Mine was the 17th, sometimes it's good and sometimes it's crap :o Mum is 29th and brother New Year's Eve so we have a lot of pressies to buy in December.


  • #33
    Star Lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    feylya wrote: »
    My birthday is Christmas Day and tbh, I hate it being that day. Can't even go for a pint with my mates cos no where is serving.
    Nicknax wrote: »
    My Birthday is the 25th, I get 2 sets of pressies. Only thing is, I could only have parties the week before Christmas.
    dementedsoul wrote: »
    *sigh*
    My birthday is Christmas Day, I shall be 26 next Friday. Whoop-dee-friggin-doo.

    I get presents for my birthday from my family, but because there's so many of us (7 kids + parents) we do kris kindle for the Christmas presents.

    I don't expect friends to get me 2 presents because money's always tight this time of year. All in all Christmas sucks monkey balls
    olaola wrote: »
    MEMEMEMEE!!

    I'm Christmas day - also known as Orlamas day :)
    It's my father in law's bday on Christmas eve.

    It does keep Christmas special - I'm 32 this year (eep!) and I'm still as excited about it as ever, and I drag everyone with me!

    Hello birthday buddies! :D

    (Even the grinchy ones, like Feylya!)

    My birthday is the 25th, and this year it's my 30th...

    I've always enjoyed it, as my parents always made a clear distinction between the two, the evening of Christmas day was when we celebrated my birthday, the morning was Santa/Christmas/Jeebus celebrations. I've also never minded getting either two presents or one, as those closest to me always got me two, and others got me one, but I always understood, as moneys tight! :)

    I feel worse for people with birthdays of Christmas Eve/St. Stephens day (like my youngest brother!), as they don't have their birthdays on the actual day, but still suffer for it!


  • #34
    carolinespring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭carolinespring


    My birthday is today and I love it. It is also my 5th wedding anniversary and I get totally spoiled. Its feels so special and is now a day I can share with my husband.

    I always got 2 sets of presents and it was never rolled into one. My parents always made a big fuss and as a kid I was told I was extra special as I was the best christmas present they ever got!!

    My mums birthday is the 8 dec and my brother the 9th so we are a christmas family.


  • #35
    olaola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭olaola


    DamoElDiablo wrote: »
    Hello birthday buddies! :D

    (Even the grinchy ones, like Feylya!)

    My birthday is the 25th, and this year it's my 30th...

    I've always enjoyed it, as my parents always made a clear distinction between the two, the evening of Christmas day was when we celebrated my birthday, the morning was Santa/Christmas/Jeebus celebrations. I've also never minded getting either two presents or one, as those closest to me always got me two, and others got me one, but I always understood, as moneys tight! :)

    I feel worse for people with birthdays of Christmas Eve/St. Stephens day (like my youngest brother!), as they don't have their birthdays on the actual day, but still suffer for it!

    Yeah I think it's better to have it on the day, instead of falling either side - they seem to get a raw deal.


  • #36
    Star Lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    olaola wrote: »
    Yeah I think it's better to have it on the day, instead of falling either side - they seem to get a raw deal.

    Happy Orlamas/Damomas! :D


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  • #37
    olaola
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    DamoElDiablo wrote: »
    Happy Orlamas/Damomas! :D

    I'm getting slightly uncontrollably excited!


  • #38
    keenan110
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭keenan110


    My birthday is two days before Christmas day and its great! Everyone asks do people not just get you one present but that doesn't happen, they always give two! Its great, also makes Christmas time really exciting!


  • #39
    blackbetty69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 485 ✭✭blackbetty69


    my bday is on the 6th.............. of february :(


  • #40
    Nicknax
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Nicknax


    Happy Birthday to all who celebrate today


  • #41
    Le King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭Le King


    Mine is the 30th December. I don't mind it to be honest. Roll in the presents around the end of the month.

    One of my friends is 20 today, along with his twin brother. The parents must be screwed for money around December and his sisters is the 27th or 28th. Hard times.


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  • #42
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to all you 25thers. Orla, I'm looking at you!


  • #43
    olaola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭olaola


    D4RK ONION wrote: »
    Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to all you 25thers. Orla, I'm looking at you!

    Hope ye all had a fantastic birthday! Orlamas was fab :) and I love this week of doing N.O.T.H.I.N.G between Christmas & NYE. Luxurious nothingness. Except eating selection boxes.


  • #44
    Star Lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Some of us are back in work. :(


  • #45
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    I'm back in work tomorrow and NYE. Have a horrible feeling I'll have to count and balance 3 ATMs on NYE. Boourns! Happy Birthday to all with festive birthdays! My fiance's sister has her birthday on the 25th, and her BF proposed on Christmas morning too, so it was probably her best birthday/christmas ever! :D


  • #46
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    It's like Randal was watching this thread :)

    december_25th.png


  • #47
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Mine is Stephen's Day. My name is Carol Stephanie - how original. My parents used to have my birthday parties on the 26th when I was young, which was nice because they made the effort to make the day special and I'm sure the local parents were delighted to get rid of their kids for the afternoon. Got a lot of 'this is your christmas and birthday' presents over the years wrapped in christmas paper. Not so bothered about it now, just go out with whoever is around on the night as it's a time where people are spending time with family etc.


  • #48
    nicegirl
    Registered Users Posts: 560 ✭✭✭nicegirl


    Apparently, according to my parents I was due on Christmas Day, or Stephen's Day, I was born in the new year. I don't really like when my birthday is though, but sure what can ya do! :P


  • #49
    AssaultedPeanut
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    Happy birthday to all my fellow Christmas day birthday buds. 30 today.

    I posted in this thread 4 years ago about turning 26 :rolleyes:


  • #50
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Happy birthday, Peanut!


  • #51
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    AssaultedPeanut wrote: »
    Happy birthday to all my fellow Christmas day birthday buds. 30 today.

    I posted in this thread 4 years ago about turning 26 :rolleyes:

    Same. Spending my 30th in Vegas. Much awesome


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