So for this week, I’ve talked to five individuals who have holiday birthdays to find out what their thoughts and experiences have been. Not having a holiday birthday myself, I can’t really know if they get ignored or, in contrast, totally hyped up to make up for the overshadowing of the holidays. Well, at least that’s what I THINK having a birthday around the holidays is like. People can be too busy to squeeze in another commitment of hosting or attending a birthday party and gifts often get lumped together with Christmas which can leave the birthday person feeling a bit shafted (and yeah I know gifts aren’t everything but it’s still super unfair.) Sure, immediate family and important friends will usually remember a holiday birthday but typically the sense of celebration that surrounds an average birthday never quite seems to be there for those born during this time of the year.
