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[quote=Anonymous]My DD's birthday is 3 days after Christmas. We do not take down the decorations. She actually has a "birthday tree," which is one of those tiny maybe 3 ft tall trees that she gets to decorate all to her own taste. At the moment it is covered in what feels like 10 lbs of tinsel and colored lights, but it is hers to do what she likes with. All her birthday gifts go under that tree. We started it because relatives would ship her Christmas and birthday presents in the same box so we ended up with all these wrapped birthday gifts in a pile on a shelf for 2+ weeks.  She also seems to love (she's 6) so far that the house is all gussied up at her birthday.

Then we treat it like any other birthday, cake, she picks the place to go out to eat (or a favorite meal at home if she wants) and we usually host (if she's having one that year) her party the first weekend school is back in session to ensure that people are back in town.

I have found it hard to come up with enough suggestions to cover both events for all the friends and relatives who ask what to get her, but we make a point of not buying toys and such throughout the year and I try to think ahead to where she might be developmentally in 6 months so that we have things that will last through the year.

I think you can run into the hand-me-down thing with siblings regardless of the age difference and if your kids are close in age, they will each need their own bike, scooter, etc. anyway. [/quote]

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