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My birthday is January 5th. All my life I've got those dual presents. The only consideration/item I've gotten is the Xmas tree stays up until my birthday. Since my dad's birthday is Jan. 3rd, I've always suspected that the extra 2 days for the tree are so I get stuck with taking the tree down....because it is still up for me
Plus I never got much of a party becace Xmas and New Years are so close.
I fixed that issue by claiming New Years is my party. Christmas is a religious holiday so I decided I didn't want to give people an excuse to blame me for them not getting presents (they'd say why give presents to people on MY birthday. I mean I'm a great guy but I'm not John Lennon or one of the Beatles or Jesus Christ. Claiming I'm that popular would have repercussions).
The bonus I usually get is my ex-#2 comes over but I don't want her to know I think it's a bonus because she'll just use it as leverage. She is still trying to get me to give her the cuckoo clock we got when she came over to Germany after L finished giving a class in Dresden (it hasn't worked in years but it's the principle of the thing). Besides, I'm going out with a friend of hers tonight.