Traditions

[azurelunatic]

My family had some pretty good ones that I think I'll emulate.

The unbirthday present was one of them.

When there's a birthday, and there's a non-birthday kid in the family of the birthday person, the tradition is to have a very small gift for the non-birthday kids, so they don't feel painfully left out, while having an obviously special gift for the birthday kid.

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[merlyn-magick.livejournal.com]

One of my father's ex-girlfriends gave me a present on my sister's birthday. For the life of me, I can't remember the gift, but I do remember what the card said "Congratulations on the day you became a brother. Make sure to tell her how proud you and lucky you are to be given the gift of kin." That was 16 years ago, if it tells you how much of an impression it made on me.

To this day, I still feel good on her birthday.

Awesome tradition!!