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Many will be able to relate to this, holding a birthday party in January can be tricky: people are away on holiday and the timing of sending out the invitations can clash with Christmas.
Do you hold a party in February, have a family only party or ask find out when friends are free in January?


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  • Loved reading the answers to this question as I was actually wondering that myself for when my boy starts school.
    Hoping it doesn’t get too complicated and the people he wants to be there are able to come.
    Hoping your child gets a good turn out and has all of the people they want there.


  • January is hard! I’d wait until school is back so everyone is around, however if its for a child it’s important to do a party in the actual day


  • My daughters birthday is Jan 25th. She had her 21st earlier this year. I sent out save the date in November. This was the only year that a planned that early, usually Id give 2 maybe 3 weeks notice.


  • my sons bday is jan 8. we usually hold it on weekend as we both work weekdays. if you have handed out the invites early December, parents have fair warning. If many people go away, its always fun to have a small family get together with a lot of games. or skip a year of parties and let the kid choose a zoo or adventure the immediate family can go on..kids choice


  • I’d say anytime after the first week in January. I feel generally that’s wheh people are back from holidays & it’s well before the start of the rush of preparing for backe to school.


  • Just do it on a weekend that suits you, you can’t please everyone


  • Send out invitations earlier or by phone with gifs that you can download that are animated by phone so they’re bound to get it


  • You can send out invitations in early December – ie well ahead of time. Or else do it just after school goes vack.


  • A bit of all the above. We delay the birthday party with friends until February when everyone’s back from holidays. We have a family birthday on his actual birthday in January though with a little cake and a present for him. We don’t give him another present for his birthday party though.


  • If the party is for a chil I would definitely have it the last week before school holidays start as 1 all there friends will be there. 2 the following year they might have new kids in there class so they don’t really know them and 3. Both my granddaughters birthdays are in January so at there parties this year my 10 year old granddaughter only 1 friend out of 10 invited turned up it was sad and my 7 year old granddaughter 5 turned up. So next year it will be in December before school holidays start.


  • I know lots of people who have birthdays in January and generally there’s no problem. They hold their birthdays on the actual day or the weekend before or after, and still get a good crowd.


  • As a school teacher we often see families hand out their January invites before school finishes and the parties are often after the 10th Jan when most people have returned from holidays.


  • Oh what a dilemma! I’ve never had to deal with it. I gave a friend who’s twins were born in Christmas Eve, they have their birthday celebrations on the first Saturday in December to avoid clashes with Christmas


  • Depends on the age of the child – for younger kids, I’d have it a couple of weeks late when school is back. For older kids, it may be easier to suss out the availability of friends.


  • My sons birthday is the 12th and mine is the 16th of Jan. I sent out invitations for my LO’s party early November so everyone had a decent amount of notice and could plan with or around if necessary


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