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Half-Birthdays
http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/post/12241798498/half-birthdays-are-the-new-black
I cant imagine people celebrating a half-birthday. I was born in the winter but I just wouldnt have the nerve to invite people to my house in the summer and have a half-birthday with gifts and cake. Maybe I am missing something. Please explain.
Re: Half-Birthdays
I think it's crazy and self centered.
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I think that's dumb and annoying, but I really don't care what other people do. If they want to celebrate a half birthday then go for it.
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My Dad's birthday is the day after Christmas, and when he was growing up an old maiden aunt "switched" birthdays with him -- their birthdays were 6 months apart -- so that he could have a true birthday celebration, not just Christmas leftovers.
I can see that kind of thing for kids, especially as people are apt to combine Christmas and birthday presents for December babies.
And I made a note of my BFF's daughter's half birthday, but only because it happens to be my DH's actual birthday. I am weird and notice things like that.
But I would never throw a half-birthday party and then an actual birthday party. That's just self-centered and gift-grabby.
I just skimmed the blog so I was thinking they were having a half birthday party AND an actual birthday party.
I can understand that having your birthday around Chrismtas is not fun. But the people from the blog were complaining about all winter birthdays not just the ones that fall close to Christmas.
If you want to celebrate your half-birthday then good for you. But I think it is gift-grabby to invite people. Just have a pool party in the summer if you want a party in the summer. Plus, close family memembers and friends will feel obligated to buy two gifts even if you tell them not to.
Gah! I'm totally against them in any form.
If your kid is born around Christmas, oh well. He will learn that life isn't all about his birthday at an earlier age. Not a bad thing. Summer birthdays aren't always that great - if you go to a private school away from home, you're less likely to have a lot of friends in your neighborhood and so may not end up with a big celebration anyway. Or people are away for the summer, etc. Again, it's life.
I know someone who is 30 and goes on and on about her half birthday. She counts down to it in her gmail status. She gets offended if people don't come to her birthday party - like it's a wedding (not that you should get offended at that, but at least that's not a yearly event). She also thinks she gets a birthday week. I am sure that her parents generally spoiled the shiit out of her and that is part of it, but I'd bet that the bigger part of the problem is that they set a precedent by making way too big a deal out of her birthdays specifically.
You are born on one day and get one day. Also, being born is nothing to brag too much about. EVERY single person you know did it, too.
FWIW, DH's birthday is around thanksgiving and I still sometimes get him one present for that and Christmas. If I'm going to spend 2 grand on something, sorry, but it's not going to happen twice. Of course we'll still do something special and celebrate both, but it's the celebration that counts. Not the presents. I don't know why this is such a bad thing to teach kids such that people feel the need to re-arrange things.
I agree.
My birthday is in January. Having it in winter never bothered me. I always felt bad for the summer birthday kids because there was no school on their birthdays so they couldn't bring cupcakes to school, have their class sing happy birthday or anything like that, and it was harder for them to have parties because so many people were out of town during the summer. But as long as you're only having one birthday celebration per year I don't suppose it matters THAT much when it is.
My cousin, who is now 15, was born in February and didn't like having a winter birthday because he wanted to have outdoor birthday parties. When he was about 5 or 6 he decided he was "changing" his birthday to September. I thought that was kind of silly but his parents went along with it and celebrated his bday in September instead! He actually still celebrates in September I think. But now he realizes it's kind of a weird thing to do and that you cannot actually change your birthday. And we all make fun of him for celebrating a fake birthday
Eh, I feel bad for kids who are born in December and get dual gifts. It seems unfair when other kids, their siblings, whatever, get birthday gifts and christmas gifts but kids born near or on christmas don't generally get 2 sets of gifts. I can see how that would bother kids.
I also see, with ds's birthday in February, how a spring or summer birthday is better for parties, we have a hard time coming up with ideas for his parties when I would love to have an outdoor one but can't guarantee the weather will be warm enough, even here in the South.
I don't care when people celebrate their birthdays, as long as they do it once a year, not twice.
In grade school we used to get to bring in treats on our birthdays, but mine was in the summer, and those with summer birthdays got to bring treats in on their half birthdays. But mine always fell in the Christmas holiday. So I was always assigned to bring in treats on some random holiday like Christopher Columbus Day or Arbor Day.
I had never thought about throwing a birthday kind of half-birthday party for a kid born in the winter. I wouldn't be opposed to it, but it would be an "instead of" option and not an "in addition to" one.