My d-day is jan 4 and it never botherd me. I think moving her b-day is strange but hay if it makes her happy go for it. Weither you celebrate on jan 6 or june 6 its still only once a year and a year apart!

My confession ...

I don't have a holiday birthday but I did (do) share my birthday with my grandmother. As awful as it seems now, there were many times as a child that I wished my grandmother would die just so I could have my own birthday. Grandma lived to the ripe ol' age of 95.

Why my parents never celebrated my birthday separately, I have no idea. I never had a child's birthday part. The day was always overshadow with what grandma wanted on that day - her favorite meal, the colors she wanted on the cake. My birthday was just another reminder of where I fell in the family heirarchy - but that's a post for another thread and quite possibly another support forum.

The little one's best friend's family celebrates half birthdays in addition to their main birthday. Because of their influence, we have started to do the same. The little one's main birthday IS the big-deal birthday but she does also get a small rememberance and a small gift for her half birthday. The little one doesn't have a holiday birthday but she does get somewhat cheated. Her birthday falls right around the beginning of the school year - often on Labor Day weekend, too. We've had some difficulty planning a child's party for her birthday because sometimes her friends aren't even in town. Her birthday ends up getting shifted to another weekend which means we get the expense of celebrating twice. We have even celebrated her birthday three times - making it more of a birthday-MONTH instead of just a birthDAY.

The half-birthday concept is nice for kids who get giped when their birthday falls too close to other events. I know it works for many families and as far as I can see the concept is getting to be more popular.

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