big gifts for december birthdays
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Anonymous
How so? |
Anonymous
| One of my DCs has a 12/23 birthday. Just curious, for those who do the "half birthday" thing -- how do you handle the actual birthday? |
Anonymous
We haven’t actually done this, but our plan is that on Dec 27 (my kid’s birthday) we’ll let my kid choose dinner and all eat together and wish him a happy birthday and have a cake, and then on his 1/2 birthday do presents and a kid party if he wants one, and choose dinner again but probably some kind of silly “1/2” cake. With my other kids who were born far from Christmas, we always do a special 1/2 birthday dinner (basically we let my kids Pick the meal) on their 1/2 birthday. |
Anonymous
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I have a friend who was born on Dec. 24 and her mother decorated one room in birthday decorations--nothing remotely related to Christmas-- and she always got the requisite number of birthday presents as her brother whose birthday is in summer.
Never, ever, give combo Birthday-Christmas presents! |
Anonymous
| Yes. My son’s BD is mid-November. He just got soccer goals, a ball and cones. We’ll get him an indoor toy for Christmas. He gets bikes and scooters from his older brother who has a summer BD, so we haven’t dealt with seasonality for those things. |
Anonymous
My November kid gets a “real” present in the $20-40 range for his BD and 1 fewer presents at his real BD than we would normally buy. Our July BD kid gets some token $5 / Target Dollar Spot gift for his half BD. Both kids get a cupcake or donut with a candle and pick the dinner menu their half-BD. |
Anonymous
| My daughter has a January birthday. For things like bikes and other outdoor things we give it on the last day of the school year. |