5 Struggles Of Having A Thanksgiving Birthday
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5 Struggles Of Having A Thanksgiving Birthday

You have to share your day with the pilgrims.

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5 Struggles Of Having A Thanksgiving Birthday

Parents are always happy when their child is born near a holiday. If you were born on or near Valentine's day, they'll tell you it's because you're so loved. If you were born near the 4th of July, they'll tell you that the fireworks show they put on every year is specifically for you. For Thanksgiving, they'll say it was to give them something to give thanks for and for Christmas, they'll say you were the best gift of all. For the kid, things aren't always so peachy. If you were born near a holiday, then you will totally relate to these struggles of having a holiday birthday.

1. You Can Never Schedule A Birthday Party

Holidays are a very busy time for every family. The good part about having a holiday family is that you'll see all your relatives. They may just be showing up because it's a holiday but you can pretend it's all for you. You friends, on the other hand, will be just as busy as your family and they will be spending that time with their own relatives out of town. Scheduling a party for yourself is just not in the books unless you want to do it several weeks before or after.

2. Your Birthday Was Always During School Break

During grade school, all your friends got to bring cupcakes to class so that people would sing happy birthday and give them cards, they would get a free lunch from the cafeteria and special treatment all around. In college, everyone gets to go out to parties to celebrate their birthdays and have dinner with their friends. If you have a holiday birthday, it probably falls within a break and you aren't anywhere near your friends during those times and you don't get that day of special treatment.

3. You Have To Beg For A Birthday Cake

If one more person brings a pumpkin pie with birthday candles to a Thanksgiving dinner and calls it my birthday cake, I might throw the pie at the wall. I don't want those cupcakes with the holiday themed plastic rings from the grocery store either. I want plain old chocolate birthday cake with my name on it, not overshadowed by a pie!

4. Everything Is Closed On Your Birthday


It had always been my dream to get a tattoo on my 16th birthday. Unfortunately for me, the year I turned 16, my birthday fell exactly on Thanksgiving. Unlike Valentine's day, Thanksgiving is one of those holidays where practically nothing in the whole U.S. is open because it is a national holiday, so I had to wait to get my tattoo until 2 days later. And forget about having a Sweet 16 party.

5. You Still Have To Help Cook

Just because it's your birthday doesn't mean you can sit around and enjoy the day your way. Thanksgiving is still happening and your mom still needs an extra pair of hands to help cook. You want to pout and ask to be pampered because it's your birthday, but you know that family and pilgrims come higher than you in order of importance.



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