my birthday is exactly a week before Christmas so I've had a 27 year life time of hearing "here is your birthday/christmas gift!"
It saddens me.

the 17th, and I have no qualms making comments about getting mixed presents. If you care enough about me to give me a gift, don't dick me by combining it. Christmas paper, birthday card is just tacky. I'd honestly rather not get a gift at all instead of have it combined. (This may sound very, very selfish, but to me it's more the thought, and less the present. I'd rather get two cards made out of construction paper than share an expensive christmas/birthday gift. The shared gift makes me feel like I don't warrant my own day, like everyone else does)

Same here Whenever someone wants to get me a gift but is stumbling over the fact that I'm Jewish but that Hanukkah isn't really about presents, I just tell them no worries, it can be for my birthday.