It is a bit of a PITA with presents(only 2days between xmas and bday). Ive found some of the family(DF's side) only buy for xmas and skip on the bday present yet my other child gets a bday and xmas gift so thats abit unfair.
this is the only reason i think a lot of people have negativity about December babies - the laziness of OTHER people in making sure the birthday is celebrated seperately! it annoys me when i hear people saying "oh, we bought something a little bit bigger for both birthday and Christmas" - as a younger child, i find this appalling cos they DO remember that their siblings got treated special and i'm sure they'd rather have two smaller gifts... i also know of people who do the same with birthdays close to Easter (or for people who are mothers and have birthdays near mothers day!) - it does't take much to make a big deal of the individual on the day of their birthday!

i have a friend who has twins that are now at school - to make sure their birthday was celebrated, they used to have a party late november - kinda an end of year get together for their birthday before everyone got too busy. the twins always had a family thing ON their birthday, but their friends had a party with them late November or early December. their bro had his birthday in Sept, sis in November (early) so they made the big deal of it - it's not like the kids owuld forget how spesh their siblings birthdays were.

the whole "year til their birthday comes around" thing is such a crock - we ALL wait. yes, some of us get a middle year celebration - but we're not on school holidays (mostly), we're not having lots of extra time with family - pfft! i think people need to take a good long look at themselves - every baby is precious, they arrive when they arrive - and if people don't want to have THEIR baby in December - well, keep your knees together in April!