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Now the question is, what do you get them? Gaming consoles are expensive, and so are cars. They probably already have a cake. And not everyone likes to read, so a book may not be the best option.
Really though, thinking of gifts is hard. Especially for those people who have everything. When you ask them what they need, you get the familiar, “I don’t know” or “just a card.” (But who wants to show up at a party with just a card?) What you really need to do is get creative and think outside the box.
There are plenty of unique and fun ideas out there, like a t-shirt with their face on it or socks with pictures of their dad. But what’s something that wouldn’t embarrass them when they’re seen in public? May we suggest a box or basket of fresh baked cookies for delivery?
Why Cookie Care Packages Make the Best Birthday Tradition
There’s no right way to celebrate a birthday. You might love your grocery store bakery cake slathered with shortening-based frosting, but Australians are rather partial to their own version for little kids: white bread, butter, and sprinkles.
And if you live in Singapore, forget the cake, summon the noodles—“Longevity Noodles” to be exact. The better you are at keeping them intact while eating them with chopsticks, the longer you can expect to live, according to legend. (No pressure.)
And if you are a German male and, heaven forbid, reach age 30 without getting hitched, you can expect to celebrate your birthday with the exciting tradition of, wait for it, sweeping the local church steps. What could be more fun on your birthday? But wait…it gets better. This birthday tradition is actually meant to shame you for having the audacity not to find a wife by this point in your life.
We know what you’re thinking if you’re a single 30-year-old American male. You’re thinking you’re really happy to be missing out on that ridiculous stair sweeping thing, but will YOU get a letter from the American president when you turn 100? Because German centenarians do! There, it all balances out in the end.
While each of these “birthdays-around-the-world” traditions have their allure, at Chocolate Shipped Cookies, we’re partial to the birthday cookie delivery tradition.
Why Our Birthday Cookie Care Packages Make the Best Gifts
- Well-loved. Few things are more universally loved than the humble cookie. Maybe it’s because they’re so heavily associated with childhood nostalgia, or maybe it’s because they’re so diverse with a flavor and texture to fit every palate, but it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t adore cookies.
- Sentimental.Most everybody has a memory that ties into a cookie. Maybe you remember eating Grandma’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies under her lilac tree or coming home from school to the welcoming smell of Mom’s snickerdoodles. Cookies can take us back to sweet and simple times.
- Personal.Some gifts are just so…generic. The gift card. The cuff links. The neck tie. But not a cookie gift box delivered to your front door! It’s warm and homey and triggers all kinds of happy emotions with each bite. You can customize your gift with a message on a card and even curate the gourmet cookie selection.If you live far away from your loved one, a cookie care package sends the message that if you were closer, you’d bake these yourself. Few things bridge the distance like a birthday cookie delivery.
- Easy.You love your friend, and you want to make their birthday special, but you only have so much time in your day. We’re here for you. Simply go to our “Buy Cookies Online” page and order your cookie box delivery. In just a few minutes, you’ll have set in motion a unique and memorable gift that your friend will love with each mouthwatering bite.
- Not offensive. Gift giving can be awkward, and we’ve all probably done it wrong (or been the recipient of a totally “wrong” gift): the parenting book from your mother-in-law, the gym membership from your girlfriend/boyfriend, or the vacuum from your spouse. Avoid the awkward—send cookies!
- For the person who has it all. Some people are virtually impossible to buy for because they don’t need or want a thing. These people are the perfect candidates for cookies. They may have every last book, tchotchke, kitchen device, or personal care item you can think of, but they probably don’t have a dozen (or two) moist, delicious, fresh-baked cookies sitting on their counter. You can change that!
- Repeat-able. If you give someone a tie every year, you probably won’t be creating any kind of dazzling tradition. Rather, you might be portraying yourself as somewhat unoriginal, but we have plenty of customers who send their loved ones a birthday cookie delivery every year, and get rave reviews. Friends and family await their annual cookie delivery and wonder exactly what flavor they’ll get this year. It’s a hit!Because you just can’t have enough cookies. Send frosted sugar cookies with birthday sprinkles this year, gourmet chocolate chip cookies the next year, and lemon meltaways after that. You can keep this going for years.
- Shareable.Receiving gifts is fun, but so is giving them. The birthday boy or girl may choose to take their cookie gift package to school or work and share the love. It’s a subtle way to say, “It’s my birthday today!” while becoming a fast favorite for satisfying everyone’s sweet tooth.
Birthdays: How’d They Get Started?
If you were a peasant in medieval times, a birthday would have been a foreign concept. It’s not that birthdays had been completely ignored up to this point in history. Egyptians celebrated them, but the birthdays they marked were usually those of the Gods.
Ancient Greeks and Romans celebrated them, too–or at least Greek and Roman aristocrats (no such luck for the common man). They put food, wine, and incense offerings atop the altar with friends looking on. Sure, it was an excuse to party but also a chance to say, “I can’t believe I’ve actually lived to age 26, beating the average Roman life expectancy by a year (true story!) and escaping the plague, bacterial disease, homicide, and general warfare!”
In good ol’ America, early settlers were a little too busy throwing tea into the Boston Harbor and fighting for independence to worry about birthdays. Once free from those pesky Brits, they might have had some time to light up a cake and hit each other over the head with birthday gifts, but the challenges kept on coming. There were the thorny disagreements with the Native Americans and the part where the bottom half of the country wanted to break free from the top half.
But by the late 1800s, middle class Americans were ready for an excuse to par-tay in the form of an annual birthday celebration. By 1912, they even set the occasion to music with the debut of the enduring “Happy Birthday” song.
While we may take the birthday tradition for granted now, it meant something pretty special back then. For one, it meant we knew what time it was. Thanks to the advent of accurate clocks and pocket watches, Americans were able to stop passing through life in a chronological blur. They knew exactly where they stood in the course of the Earth’s rotation.
And along with knowing the time, they started to become more conscious of dates and ages. The one-room schoolhouse was fading into oblivion, and age mattered for separating kids into different grades. As health care improved, doctors started establishing developmental milestones according to age, drawing even more consciousness to birth dates.
There was also the advent of kids becoming more than just economic assets–one more little body to work the fields or keep the house. They were esteemed for their emotional value and considered to be generally worthy of something as frivolous as a birthday party.
So if you’ve ever longed for the good ol’ days of serfdom in medieval Europe free from the complexities of rush hour traffic and Facebook trolling, just remember that you’d have to sacrifice your birthday bash and, perhaps worst of all, a birthday cookie delivery (gasp!).
Celebrate Birthdays in Style: Send Cookies
Celebrate the advent of birthdays, and embrace the best birthday tradition of all. Send your friends and families birthday treat deliveries in our many mouthwatering flavors. They’re beautifully packaged and engineered for freshness no matter where they’re being shipped. They’ll hit the doorstep tasting like they’re just out of the oven and make your loved one’s birthday unforgettable.
Oh, and don’t limit this winning birthday gift to others. Ship yourself a dozen on your own birthday. Do it for your ancient ancestors who never had a decent birthday bash themselves. They’re counting on you.