If you have not figured it out by my previous post, I have a child due on December 20th. I am absolutely excited! It is our first child and we have waited quite a while for this upcoming moment that will last a lifetime. The only downside to having a child in December is that there birthday may be down played by Christmas.
My birthday is December 30th. I was due on Christmas eve. I never really felt shorted on either occasion until I started getting older. It wasn't that I was really being shorted, there was just not a lot of separation between my birthday and Christmas celebration. I think that it is important for a young child to know that his/her birthday is a special day for them. I personally never really thought of my birthday as anything special after about the age of 16 or so. I did enjoy my 21st.
I was able to use the "combine it" excuse to receive more expensive gifts and throw out some bigger gift ideas that most people did not have the luxury of doing. That was cool, but the point is that your birthday really is a special day because it is the day that you took your first breath. You were given the gift of life and it should be celebrated. I hope that my child always knows that Christmas is not his birthday and his birthday is not Christmas. It is possible that it could be the same day of the year, but we will make sure to have separate celebrations so that he knows how special he is to us.
Merry Christmas and may God bless you and my Christmas Baby.
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