Receiving happy birthday cards has always been an afterthought for me. I would pick up a happy birthday greeting card as I stopped by the drug store on the way to a friend's birthday party, I would put my signature on it and maybe a little note, and tape it to the top of the gift that I had already purchased. It never came to my mind that a happy birthday card could be anything but a cheesy, simplistic greeting. It is really nothing more than a procedure - something to show that you care for your buddy enough to give them your best wishes along with your gift. I did not know there was so many kind of of birthday gift cards existing, and the creativity that goes into some of them.
That all changed when I fist received a happy birthday e-card from one of my friends. If you do not know what a birthday e-card is, it is basically a greeting card that you can transmit over the Web to another Internet user on his birthday. This particular one was actually an animated happy birthday cards. It came with a whole flash animation, complete with a story. On the whole, it was a character dreaming about all the stuff that he wanted to get for his birthday.
However, all he got at the end was happy birthday cards. I believe that the gift that the character was receiving was actually supposed to be the happy birthday card that I was receiving at the time. I thought it was cute and funny, but most of all, it made me become conscious I could be more creative with my own birthday greetings. Since then, I have tried all kinds of things with happy birthday cards!
Of course, you do not have to send happy birthday cards over the Web to find a card that does funny and cute things. You can actually buy singing happy birthday cards in stores. Well, they don't really sing but they do play a tune on an annoyingly high-pitched FM chip. They are funny, quirky and cute. A person usually appreciate these happy birthday cards for about five minutes, after which they get extremely annoying. You can also make your own happy birthday cards. I suppose that back in the days, this was how all the people did it. Nowadays, however, it is somewhat of a lost art. I greatly suggest that you try it though. To be able to make something pretty for someone that you love is very rewarding.
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