My daughter is turning 9 on December 11, I always try to keep her birthday separate from the holidays.  I usually don't set up for Christmas until after her party. This year I decided to do something different we are making her birthday a Christmas birthday party.  So the invitations we made on the computer it has a stocking on it with toys hanging out of it with a little card on it that says come to my then on the stocking it says birthday party.  Inside it just has all the info you would need time, place, etc. At the actual party the decorations are all of my regular Christmas stuff, and a happy birthday banner.  The plates and cups will be a Christmas theme. The cake will be a Christmas tree. For fun we will let the kids trim the tree, I'm also gone to go to the craft store and buy things so they can make and decorate stockings and Christmas ornaments to take home with them and the stockings will be there grab bag I'm gone to buy things for them to take home in there stockings just regular party favors. We will also make holiday cookies and the kids will decorate them.