# Christmas Birthdays:  Great or Ripoff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158 "2001-01-28T20:33:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158/21 "2001-01-31T02:24:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by struuter \*  
> **One of my kids was born on Christmas day. I so wanted it to be differently, but there you are.**

I think that your daughter will dig it as years go by. It’s something that makes her unique. I also think that having a party in June is a great idea. Makes her less likely to feel that she’s missing out.

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**Author:** ![Elkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Elkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elkman)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158/22 "2001-01-31T05:16:17Z")

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Hey, Tommy

Got the nickname Elkman from a cartoon strip called “Hollenhead” by Sabin Streeter. In my younger (shudder) days, I dressed like the Elkman (sans antlers), I listened to The Doors, and ate codfish, just like the Elkman. I also tended to be a freeloader, just like the Elkman. Friend of mine saw the resemblance, bought me the book, and I’ve been Elkman ever since. Great cartoon; it was in the Yale newspaper.

To keep some semblance of thread continuity, I talked to my daughter tonight (she’s 8), and her birthday is 12/31/1992. She loves having her birthday on New Years Eve because people have mostly forgotten about Xmas, and she can pretend the fireworks are just for her.

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**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158/23 "2001-02-01T01:51:27Z")

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12/28/71 here…It reeked. Esspecially since I often got the xmas+bday present. Then, when my brothers and sisters bdays swung around, they got a lot of stuff, which I missed out on.

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**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-birthdays-great-or-ripoff/52158/24 "2001-02-01T13:09:22Z")

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I was born on December 24th.

As a kid, I didn’t mind so much because we’d always celebrate it a month early.

Now as an adult, I’m beginning to dislike it. Life has become so busy that my birthday has become overlooked.

I have sympathy in my plight however, my wife’s birthday is Dec 26th.

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> _Originally posted by MissMisery_  
> \*\*Some Greek folklore suggests that people with Christmas birthdays are doomed to become vampires. \*\*

At least I’ll get a cool wardrobe.

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