Blogmas Day 17: December Birthdays Tips

Hey everyone! It's a special day around here! It's my husband's birthday! Yep, he just keeps getting older than me. He struggles with his birthday, and not just because his birthday is in December, but some other events. He doesn't like his birthday is in December, though. Well, not until I came along.

“I mean, what is an un-birthday present?"
A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course."
Alice considered a little. "I like birthday presents best," she said at last.
You don't know what you're talking about!" cried Humpty Dumpty. "How many days are there in a year?"
Three hundred and sixty-five," said Alice.
And how many birthdays have you?"
One.― Lewis Carroll

The struggle is real to have a birthday in December. I even cringed as a child when I would go to a birthday party in December and someone would say "This is for Christmas and your birthday." Even as a kid I felt that December birthdays were underrated than everyone's else birthdays. So, I have some dos and don'ts.

Do:

• Have a theme besides Christmas! Unless they really want a birthday themed with Christmas! Seriously. Sure, it might be easy for you to decorate.
• Have it somewhere that's not all about Christmas. We actually like to have birthday celebrations in our house in the dining room, and it works well for us in December because that's a room that isn't decorated to the brim in Christmas stuff.
• Decorate a tree for the birthday. We have several trees in our house, so we pick one and decorate it in a rainbow of streamers and balloons. Birthday presents under the tree.
• Do an outing or special event instead of a birthday party. Chances of a birthday party being attended in December is very unlikely.

Don't:

• If the birthday is actually on Christmas Day, don't celebrate Christmas all day. Take the second part of the day to celebrate that person's birthday. And have the birthday party after Christmas.
• Do not use the phrase FOR ANY REASON "This is for your birthday and Christmas." Keep the gifts separate. Budget if you must!
• Make the person feel bad for trying to make their birthday feel special. If they want to feel special let them. If they want to celebrate a half birthday instead of their real birthday let them, and buy them a present then.

Just remember, we all need a special day to remember our birth and that we are still alive. Remember, "every year without a headstone is a milestone." - Golden Girls