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Birthday Goddess Card
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Birthday Goddess Card
Have you ever wondered how our birthday traditions came to be? The cake, the candles, the hats? It turns out that they are an ancient ritual in honour of a long-forgotten deity – the Birthday Goddess. Her actual name has been lost to time, but we can call her Natalie, and it seems she was a lovely goddess, or at least as lovely as someone with six arms can be. As legend has it, Natalie had the power to grant immortality. All one had to do was honour her once a year on the day of one’s birth with a sacrifice by fire: a birthday cake. Details of the ritual are fuzzy, but it involved preparing one’s very favourite baked good or confection and then setting it ablaze whilst singing a celebratory song. Sounds simple enough, yes? Well, actually, no. Try as they might to console themselves with cocktails and gifts, apparently the loss of the cake was too much to bear, and the celebrant would often make mad attempts to extinguish the blaze and save it. In fact, it’s thought that hot cake might have been the reason ice cream entered into the birthday equation. Eventually candles proved more conducive to having an edible cake afterwards, and party hats were provided in the event that one’s own hat went up in flames while blowing out the candles. At some point, Natalie threw all six hands up in disgust and departed for a dimension with better prospects for burnt butter cream. And because we humans will always try to have our cake and eat it too, we remain mere mortals. [Story is printed on the back of the card.  For this card without the story, please visit: http://www.redbubble.com/people/winonacookie/works/11436732-birthday-goddess?ref=recent-owner] This piece and its story are copyright 2104 Ramona Szczerba. All Rights Reserved. Please do not reproduce without my express written permission. Thanks!
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By  B.4 February 2024 • Verified Purchase
Folded Greeting Card, Size: Standard, 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm, Paper: Signature Matte, Envelopes: White
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I so love Winona’s designs and keep coming back for more. So individualistic. Really good quality printing and a good sized card
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By  H.15 April 2024 • Verified Purchase
Folded Greeting Card, Size: Standard, 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm, Paper: Signature Matte, Envelopes: White
This card is great fun and good quality. I loved the humour inside and on the back. There is the opportunity to change the orientation of this card from landscape to portrait, which I did. It is relatively straightforward to amend the typeface to fit the new orientation. It was well packaged with no plastic. The printing on this card is excellent.
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By  C.27 October 2020 • Verified Purchase
Folded Greeting Card, Size: Standard, 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm, Paper: Signature Matte, Envelopes: White
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Design is brilliant - there is a male version and a female version of this cartoon and I bought both!  You can personalize all the type on this card.  I love these cartoon cards from Le Grand Art.  I will be coming back to buy more. So pleased with the quality.  Great colour and good quality cardstock.
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