Christmas is coming, and even if you haven’t started your Christmas shopping, you are probably starting to think about making a list of friends and family you will give gifts to. But while you are out enjoying the holiday hustle and bustle, don’t forget those who celebrate thier birthdays during this time.
We happen to have several December and January birthdays in our family. And even though our family treasures these people, they tend to get overlooked in all of the Christmas and New Years activity. My nephew’s birthday is two days after Christmas, so our family tries to get together for a couple of days over the holiday. Then we spend one day celebrating Christmas, and another celebrating his special day.
My daughter’s birthday is two weeks after Christmas, and she often receives her birthday presents at Christmas. After all, it saves on shopping time, shipping costs, and they often get to see her in person. For several years, she opened those birthday gifts at Christmas so the giver could share in her joy. But when her birthday rolled around, and most of the gifts were already old news, she was really disappointed. So, we started making a rule that no birthday presents were to be opened until her actual birthday to help make that day the special day it was intended to be.
So if you are blessed to have family members with winter birthdays, go ahead and bring that gift to the holiday celebration, but make a point to make the birthday a special day too!