{"id":321,"date":"2008-04-17T13:54:33","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T17:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/birthday-cards-can-be-the-best-birthday-present\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:17:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:17:38","slug":"birthday-cards-can-be-the-best-birthday-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/birthday-cards-can-be-the-best-birthday-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Cards Can Be the Best Birthday Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may sound weird to you, but I\u2019m not a person who likes to receive actual birthday presents. Birthday presents cards<\/a><\/strong>, however, are quite another matter. I guess I\u2019d better explain.<\/p>\n

As a child, and most definitely as a teen, I knew exactly what I wanted (and what I just had to have) for all gifting occasions, especially for my \u201cfocus-only-on-me\u201d birthdays. I didn\u2019t need any prompting to produce my list, with detailed descriptions. As an adult, I realized that my children\u2019s homemade gifts and homemade birthday cards were more loved than the finest jewels. I also found that I\u2019d rather select my own clothes than to go through the agony of surreptitious return or the embarrassed wearing of things that looked hideous on me, in an effort to not hurt someone\u2019s feelings. The more birthdays I\u2019ve had, the more I realize that I don\u2019t need anymore knick-knacks or trinkets in my life. Also, if I come across something that I do really want in my life, I\u2019ll gladly buy it for myself.<\/p>\n

None of this means that I want my birthday to be forgotten. Quite to the contrary, I want my birthday to be remembered and acknowledged by lots and lots of people. I start watching for my personal birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> several days in advance. The first birthday card to arrive always makes me feel like I\u2019ve won a lottery prize. I tend to reread each of the birthday cards multiple times. I line up the birthday cards at home on my fireplace mantel and I line up the greeting cards at work atop my cubicle; the more birthday cards, the merrier.<\/p>\n

When I get birthday presents cards (that is, birthday cards that picture one or more beautifully wrapped gift packages), it\u2019s like getting the delight of opening that tempting package without disturbing the fancy wrapping (like \u201chaving your cake and eating it, too!\u201d). To me, the best birthday presents are birthday cards<\/a><\/strong>, and plenty of them, because the greeting cards represent the very richest of presents \u2013 the warmth and goodwill of family, friends and business associates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It may sound weird to you, but I\u2019m not a person who likes to receive actual birthday presents.…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1292,1297,31],"tags":[38,75,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-occasions-and-celebrations","7":"category-birthday-inspiration","8":"category-business-birthday-cards","9":"tag-birthday-cards","10":"tag-personal-birthday-cards","11":"tag-birthday-presents","12":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"\nBirthday Cards Can Be the Best Birthday Present - 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