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Posted: 11.19.2002
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Why hasn't anyone invented a holiday like the birthday -- where you only get presents and you don't have to buy them? I guess I should just be thankful I was cursed with a Thanksgiving birthday and not a Christmas one...



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My mom complains about it, but I'm glad labor took as long as it did... the 27th of December is bad (terrible, awful, etc), but the 26th would have been even worse... :)

¤ ¤ credit: Jason | 11.19.02 at 07:10 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

My husbands bday is 11-24, my sil is 11-22 and my fil is 11-26. My nephew is 12-28.

I go out of my way to make those special days more than Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thankful my day is in March.

¤ ¤ credit: donna | 11.19.02 at 08:46 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

So, how bad is it really? We're about to celebrate our daughters first birthday on the 27th -- I was hoping that the Thanksgiving Convergence Factor would not be that big a deal (at least relative to the Xmas or your large december gift-giving holiday of choice Convergence Factor).

You are now starting to worry me! Will my daughter carry a grudge against us for the rest of her life for choosing to do that thing on or about February 27th? (And, you know that someday -- many years in the future I hope! -- she'll start thinking about it and doing the math...) (Admit it -- you all did!) (Not that you ever really want to admit in your mind that your parents ever did that sort of thing...) (Allright, I'll shut up now before I can't remove this foot from my moutbtyhghth

¤ ¤ credit: Michael | 11.19.02 at 10:44 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

It doesn't suck from a presents standpoint (like all the Christmas kids that get screwed out of presents with the "combined gift"), but the timing sucks pretty badly depending on when Thanksgiving falls on the calendar in any given year.

From grade school thru college it was impossible to have a party because everyone was out of town at grandma's and everything was closed down. I talked with another blogger that has my birthday and they turned 16 on Thanksgiving Day, and said it was hell waiting for everything to open up again the next week to get their driver's license. And of course, no one wants any cake when they're stuffed on turkey and pu'nkin pie.

I guess it's cool from a parents standpoint because you always have all of your relatives around for your child's birthday. But as a kid, I just wanted a party with my friends at the skating rink like everyone else got, and the skating rink was closed and no one was around.

The one bonus is if Thanksgiving falls the day after your birthday. Then when the stores open up again on Friday, you've got all that cash for the sales! ;-)

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 11.19.02 at 10:55 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

My birthday is at the end of June so my parents often moved my birthday so it didn't conflict with the July 4th vacation week. Then, my nephew got married on my golden birthday which stole any attention I may have gotten that I waited 28 years for. Sucks!

¤ ¤ credit: Lauri | 11.20.02 at 12:46 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

My mom is a Dec. 27th baby and she hated it growing up because you really do get the combined gift thing. I've never done that to her, because I know it sucks. My dad on the other hand has an end of June birthday and always gets stuck with father's day and birthday activities. I don't feel so sorry for him since he hasn't always been a father, but I usually try to get separate gifts anyway.

¤ ¤ credit: Stacy | 11.21.02 at 11:58 AM | link--this ¤ ¤




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