As everyone is starting to get all festive and Christmassy. Can I put out a plea on behalf of all of us poor souls, who have birthdays close to Christmas. Our dear friend Trace has her birthday on Christmas eve, and she has never had a birthday party, not even for the big numbers ending in zero.
We always get the "Oh, I didn't get you birthday present, I just got you something for your birthday an Christmas combined."
Our birthdays are just considered as inconvenient, and an unnecessary expense at this already expensive time of year.
We never get birthday parties as they tend to get swallowed up by Christmas events, and we seldom get birthday presents. Most years I spend my birthday gigging with the Pirates.
My birthday falls on December 18th. So we have a rule in our house that Christmas doesn't start until Dec 19th. Anything prior to that is classified as Billymas. Any trees that go up before the 19th are not Christmas trees, they are in fact Billymas trees. All festivities are counted as celebrating the great feast of Billymas, And the 12 days of Billymas start on December 6th.
I feel it is only fair that I take this stand, as I am a real physical corporeal being who graces this planet with his physical presence, which is more than Jesus ever does. He has never shown up at any birthday party I've ever thrown for him. It's just rude and ungrateful behaviour on his part, if you ask me. 😁
I'm sorry you feel a certain discomfort. In Poland, we don't celebrate birthdays, but name days. Since name days repeat several times a year, you can postpone your celebration to a more convenient date.
I’m in full sympathy…our oldest was born Dec. 18 and then 4 years later we had the 2nd son on Dec. 19. (Great planning on our part). Through their childhood we never did any Christmas decorating until after the 19th. It was definitely a challenge dealing with birthday gifts, parties, cakes, etc. all the week before Christmas and then shifting focus to Christmas. Wishing you a festive and fabulous Billymas!
