I told my family a few years ago that I was no longer exchanging presents for Christmas but that we could exchange for birthdays. I feel that is your own special day to celebrate & it's less stress on me Plus I would rather get together & have drinks, lunch, dinner or whatever & just enjoy each others company.
We enjoyed a lovely dinner at my dad's with really good food (my stepmom cooks old school) & had a great time! I'm stuffed like a Christmas turkey & I like it
You're only as young as you are right now. Make the best of it!
tailgaitingph wrote:I told my family a few years ago that I was no longer exchanging presents for Christmas but that we could exchange for birthdays. I feel that is your own special day to celebrate & it's less stress on me
Pretty easy to say when your birthday is Dec 25th!
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but sometimes they have really good ideas....
SPH
tailgaitingph wrote:I told my family a few years ago that I was no longer exchanging presents for Christmas but that we could exchange for birthdays. I feel that is your own special day to celebrate & it's less stress on me
Pretty easy to say when your birthday is Dec 25th!
Would love to share a bday with Jimmy! Mine's in Jan so it's close enough I guess.
I truly feel that once you're old enough to know there's no Santa Claus that exchanging presents should be over. Yes, I've been called a scrooge...and many other things
You're only as young as you are right now. Make the best of it!
My daughters' b'days are almost 6 months apart (06/04 and 12/05). When the youngest was little, we'd celebrate her "half birthday" the day before big sister's real birthday so that she didn't feel left out.... They're now 24 (and a half) and 30 and we're still noting half birthdays!
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but sometimes they have really good ideas....
SPH
Ahoy! So that 3 kids didn't feel left out on birthdays in our house, we got an unbirthday gift.It was something small and cheap, but always appreciated.
If I wasn't fishing in this all day rain,I'd be home doing something stupid.
I'm thinking there needs to be some sort of a hurdle involved in joining BN! Asshats! It was bad enough to have Russian interference in our national elections, but when they mess with BN enough is enough!
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I know the voices in my head aren't real, but sometimes they have really good ideas....
SPH
Plus I would rather get together & have drinks, lunch, dinner or whatever & just enjoy each others company.
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Asshats! It was bad enough to have Russian interference in our national elections, but when they mess with BN enough is enough!