DH's birthday is on 28th and so is his nephew.

DH says that it used to worry him because although his family turned it into a special day for him when he was younger it meant that he could never have a birthday party with his friends because they were never around.

Last year was the first time I have experienced both Christmas and Birthday with his nephew and it was so over the top. In an effort to compensate for having Christmas and Birthday so close together there were about a million presents and the poor little guy didn't know where to turn. It was just extraordinary the amount of stuff that he got.

I told Dh that night that from now on he isn't getting more than a card from us for the next few years and we will give him something special some other time because we are far too generous but I can't be bothered curbing that so at least he will know who it is from and be able to focus on whatever it is for at least a moment.