Christmas seems to star earlier each year. But not in my home .
My first child was born on 17th November.
He is the only one in our family of four that doesn’t have a birthday in the middle of the year. I used to feel a bit sorry for him having all the fun at one end of the year and a long wait until next time. But, then I realised this meant all the new idea and products are in the stores or him to choose his gifts from. Always best to look at the positives.
Our tradition starts with not mentioning Christmas before his birthday ( fingers crossed he doesn’t read this blog post lol) No gifts can be bought and no decorations organised. It was then decided that our Christmas organisation would start on the 1st December . This way my son can have his cards up on display and gives time for any party celebrations.
2 sleeps until we celebrate my son’s birthday ( he’ll be 24 years old) and 16 sleeps until we start Christmas organisation . Looking forward to sharing both here .
What Christmas traditions are yours?
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November 15, 2013 at 10:21 pm
Hope your son has a very happy birthday! Like you we too start decorating the house and putting up the Christmas tree on the 1st of December, I can’t wait!! Only 40 sleeps to go till Christmas.
November 15, 2013 at 10:37 pm
I’m so excited too! I love the magic of Christmas and the prettiness 🙂
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November 16, 2013 at 4:35 pm
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November 16, 2013 at 4:39 pm
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November 16, 2013 at 12:44 am
I LOVE Christmas but it winds me up a bit that everything starts so early. My neighbours have already decorated the outside of their house. What The!! We’re only halfway through November!! I like to stick with tradition and kick off the countdown in DECEMBER. Keep things magical and worth the wait. That’s why it’s special 🙂
November 16, 2013 at 7:09 am
I agree , if you start to early it loses the specialness. I’m not sure specialness is a real word but I make up a lot of new ones haha. i will always be a start in December girl. Growing up that’s when we did it too ( and there were no birthday to cause it then).
November 16, 2013 at 9:31 am
We too have November and Dec Birthdays – which is fine except the gift thing – you have to come up with 2 gifts in quick succession…ugh!
November 16, 2013 at 10:37 am
Yes I found that became harder as he grew older and toys no longer cut it. With the middle birthdays u can balance out the clothes and accessories by season for gifts
November 16, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Happy birthday to your son. Our oldest granddaughter had her birthday this week, also. It is their tradition to get out the Christmas tree and start decorating it the the day following it.
November 16, 2013 at 4:32 pm
It must be hard for those with birthdays even closer to Christmas.
November 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm
The Tween’s birthday is the 27th. I also have Granddaughter #1 on the 23rd and her Mummy (the firstborn) on December 8th. Then I have my mother on December 19th. lol
Got to love this time of year.
November 16, 2013 at 9:57 pm
Now that really is a full on season of celebrations !! 🙂
November 17, 2013 at 6:04 pm
My son is November too and we have the same rule in our house. Christmas does not start until his birthday is over. Enjoy all your celebrations xxx
November 17, 2013 at 9:32 pm
Celebrations of the birthday have just closed for another year . Now the breather until we begin Christmas. Hope your son’s celebrations are wonderful