December Birthdays

I am watching this one. I too am a December baby and have ALWAYS said I hate how everyone sends me one gift and says it is for both Christmas and my BDay. Even my girlfriend did this to me last year and it was one candle for both occassions after I bought her expensive stuff for her bday and a seperate gift for her for XMas!! Lame.

I'm watching until it is closer but I'm a December baby too! Great idea!! :)

I was asked for a raincheck on my b-day outing as there were too many 'holiday parties' that week & maybe in January? I didnt offer another invite since by b-day was obviously inconvenient....even having a b-day a week before Christmas sucks, lol. (12/17) I'm in!

My birthday is December 31st, and I haven't celebrated it with anyone other than my family in years. I don't even usually get birthday presents because everyone is too busy with New Years to remember. I am totally in.

My bday is December 16th:).

@nickcrazy now someone knows how I feel, I too am a Dec 31st baby. Everyone is always too busy to remember, indeed. I'll be watching this for now, sounds interesting but I suffer from newbie status, unluckily.

Can I join for my hubby whose birthday is in December?

Swan, I think that would be ok.

Mesha, put it on the watchlist and maybe you won't be a newbie by October

Papergoddess, that is so rude!! But you know, I don't even plan anything for my b-day b/c I know that the day of and the days surrounding it are "taken". Harumph!

I am in love with you for making this swap! My birthday is 12/27 and I too got the one lump gift, the "I forgot to give you this for Christmas...Happy Birthday" gift, and the birthday gift wrapped in Christmas paper. UGH!!! Lucky for me my hubby has made up for this, but his family thinks I should celebrate my "half birthday" in June. But my son and sis-in-law have June birthdays so I would just get lumped in there as well. sigh Looking forward to spoiling another December baby LOL

oh gosh I have this happen to me too...lucky for me my birthday's on the 2nd, so it's far enough (in my mom's opinion) to celebrate it separately from Christmas as a family.... but anybody and everybody else always goes "what's wrong with combining your birthday with Christmas?" and @bevyjo 111, I don't really like the Christmas wrapping paper for birthday presents too =P

I'm so happy to find other people who know what this is like! My birthday is December 30th and it sucks. Only someone who's birthday is NOT near a holiday could say "what's wrong with a Christmas/birthday gift?" They are the ones you hope their birthday is near Easter so you can hand them a chocolate bunny and say happy easter oh and by the way happy birthday. So all the people who have never had a real birthday party can now join together LOL. Wonder what it would have been like to have a pool party for my birthday?

LOL to everyone's comments! My SIL is pregnant and her due date is Dec 25th, my birthday! And I swear, @lostdawill her main lament was that they won't be able to have a "bouncy house" or a pool party ever for the kid's birthday! We live in the Chicago land area, so winters are harsh. She was actually really sad about it!

Never mind having a bouncy castle or pool party - just having a regular birthday party with people other than immediate family would have been nice lol but once you are into the Christmas season you can forget about a party that isn't either a christmas party or a new years party. About ten years ago, I threw myself a birthday party in the middle of the summer - a barbeque birthday lol - my friends who are comedians decided this was my FIRST birthday and got me a cake with a big one on it and everyone had barney party hats etc.

I always wished I could be in school on my birthday. I also believed that the tree was my birthday tree and wondered why my friends did not have pretty trees for their birthdays. i was a little sad for them

My birthday is the 24th I think I'm one of the few who always had a separate Christmas and birthday. My mom did a great job in making sure I was able to enjoy both all on their own. (My mom rocks that way. lol)

Hey Irene! My mom suffers/ed from the same thing I do. Her birthday is December 24th, just like you! Her b-day is/was totally forgotten!

watching for now, but I will be joining this. I too, am a December baby. the 20th. I agree with the one gift for both birthday and Christmas but the worst is when it's something like and album (ok, dating myself ), what side A or 1 for your birthday and B or 2 for Christmas. LOL my other pet peeve is wrap my present in birthday paper, not Christmas paper. if you have to use xmas paper turn it inside out. LOL

Count me in too. With a Dec 23 birthday I can ditto all the things you guys are saying, except for @Irene ;) My oldest brother's birthday is Dec 24, so sometimes we didn't even get our own separate cakes. :(

Im a dec baby too but my birthday is on the 2 and thats when the bills come in and they always tell me next time or i cant get you what you

I've been waiting for this swap! My b-day is December 26.

i love this! my birthday is december 14, im also expecting my first baby boy on december 14th :]

I wasn't born until January 6 but I still get a lot of combined presents, especially since I've been living abroad. And my boyfriend's birthday is Dec 14 and I'm pregnant, due on Dec 25th! I'm hoping not to give birth until next year though...but then again the Spanish celebrate xmas (or the 3 kings' day) on Jan 6 so I think the baby boy will be in a no win situation. Will put this on my watch list for now.

Watching in San Diego... I was born on December 22 and my best snub was by the grandparents who gave me the pajama tops for Birthday and the bottoms to the set for Christmas when I was 7. Really? They were even wrapped in two boxes with the same Christmas paper! Wha?!? Great swap idea!

Okay, so everyone in my family gets screwed.... 13yo- 9/8, me- 9/21, hubby- 9/26.... we always get "group" gifts. My poor baby, 6 year old daughter, was born 12/29. Man, I fight with my stupid family all the time. What a bunch of jerks. I would LOVE to join this swap and make someone feel special for their birthday, if someone would do the same for my baby!!

By the way, if a December baby wants to PM me with your address, I'll send a card for your birthday, in honor of my daughter who always gets screwed. :(

Wow, MissU, we're twins! I'm a Christmas baby too. And yes, I feel your pain. Also: Don't you get weary when you have to give your birthday over the phone or at a Dr.'s office etc. and their response is "oooh, a Christmas baby!". Do they think they're the first to notice it?

FOR MY PARTNER: MissU asked me to write a comment to be sure my partner knows that you will be sending items for my 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. :0 When partners are assigned, PM me and I will give more specific ideas. Thanks so much!

OMG what fun! I am tearing up with laughter here! I am Dec 27th when everyone is too broke and exhausted to bother! I too, hate the combo xmas/bday gifts or worse, the re-gifted present they got for Christmas and didn't want!! This will be great! I too will happily spoil a sad December soul that needs some attention!! :o)

@ccap !! OMG! I know, right?! At this point, I always expect a remark about it and am blown away at the few times it hasn't happened!!! LOLing so hard right now!

Mine is Christmas Eve... I always LOVED having a Christmas birthday. But I still love the idea of this swap!!!

I just hated the name. How many other Holly's are here??

I mean I hated my Christmas name, not the swap name!! ;)

I am a Decemeber baby too and I love it. :)

My hubby is december 23rd so I may join for him if you would all be okay with that? We need to have another one of these for those of us shafted by other holidays.... as in my daughter who gets thrown aside by the relatives for THANKSGIVING every year or me that gets it for EASTER!!! At least you all are shafted for a gift giving holiday. The year my birthday fell on Easter Sunday we went to church and I was told (at 6 years old) that my gift was the fact that it was the anniversary of the resurrection on the savior.... ok, when you are 6 that is a LAME reason not to get Barbie!!!! LOL

As we are getting closer to the date, I do have one question - are the presents we are sending birthday presents or one birthday, one christmas? just curious....lol

One birthday, one christmas. TWO presents. They should be wrapped appropriately. Birthday wrap and x-mas wrap. Or at least different papers. Please make it obvious that there are two separate presents for two separate occasions.
I mean, a gift is a gift, but these are for two different occasions that just happen to fall at the same time.

Doviana - please sign up for your hubby!! Add a section for him on your profile or just post here.

Thanks everyone who has signed up so far!! Deadline is soon approaching!!!

This is for DH - his info is in my profile. His bday is 12/18/69 (a love child that gets grumpy very easily) lol! He gets shafted for sure. He's not religious (a recovering Catholic that went to school with the Brothers and then the Nuns - I've seen it with my friends from Ireland!). Thrift finds are great with him, I know holidaze can get crazy expensive. But, not with clothes - and he could use a kool new T.

Also, I will NOT let him send the gifts to my partner! ;) But, he definitely deserves a something special in the mail. Thanks!

my b-day is the 2nd.. I always get a sweater for my birthday so i never look forward to it. My friends will wait till christmas to get me a gift.. :( so i really am thinking about this swap..

OMG.. :( my baby is going to be a december baby too.. they plan to get her out 1-2 weeks early her due date was suppose to be jan.5.10

I love that we can all commiserate together! Forgot to mention in my previous lament that we couldnt plan parties as a kid because you never knew what the weather would be like... ?!??! sigh... I now just pick a random summer date to have a b-day party. Oh, & my mom has a b-day July 11-- so now I use the excuse of 'you never know about the weather-- we could have a tornado or it might be 90+ degrees & too humid to do anything" Bwwhahhahahhhaaa!!!! I postpone my own b-day celebration til jan then treat myself to a clearance bin binge as my gift to myself:)

OMG! This is too much. I'm 12/27, my older brother is 12/29. So we got a combination cake on the 28th, with one present each, and immediate family only! The biggest party I ever got as a child was my 16th. My parents dropped me and three of my girlfriends off at Six Flags Magic Mountain (amusement park) for the day. For my 30th (which really depressed me), a friend and I were going to go to Disneyland, but she stayed out too late the night before, so I went by myself. It was the second best birthday I ever had! (My best birthday was my 42nd, just me and my husband .... and I'll stop there!)

Unfortunately, I won't be joining this, as I'm a newbie, and also have other commitments on my time right now. But if you do this one next year, count me in!

I'm 3rd Dec and I used to get shafted sometimes but my family are pretty good. Sure I get half my b'day presents on Xmas Day but at least the wrapping paper's different. When it's handed to me, they sometimes pipe up proudly that it's a BIRTHDAY present. I think I'll pre-print certificates this year. "Congratulations for deigning to remember that I have a birthday too, kinda like the way I've never failed to remember yours for the past few decades!" And I'll stamp it and sign it. No, really! I'm ever so grateful. ;) And yes, you poor late-Dec babies who must get regifted crap all the time. (January babies too.) This swap rocks. WE know what it's like!

i recently had problems with being late on a few swaps and some chose to rate with a 1 while telling me to mail whenever i could, don't worry, etc. etc. i did the best i could do by following through and sending the swaps when i could. (i'm more than happy to explain it all privately as I'm told i cannot do it publically) anyway, please allow me to stay a part of the swap as i'm already working on some things and getting ready to mail. hopefully when the people who rated me with 1's get their packages next week, they will consider re-rating. i'm not counting on it, but maybe they will do the right thing. i did my best, did the right thing and mailed the rest out today. so i can't do any better than that on what is past. i just hope you will understand.

my birthdays december 14th.. i dont know anyone with my birthday :[ but now my son is also due the 14th (i think hes coming early) but it be nice to have a birthday buddy! ha and i would never forget this birthday!