The old-fashioned birthday card is losing steam, and newer ways to wish your friend a Happy birthday are replacing them. Sometimes, simple well-wishes on Facebook or a birthday email are enough but oftentimes we want a more creative way to wish our friends a New York Happy Birthday. There are lots of options for simple but interesting ways to recognize a friend's birthday.  https://marathilekh.com/heart-touching-birthday-wishes-in-marathi/

You can quickly and easily send an online greeting card with funny animations, music, and a cute message. Online greeting cards are available at a variety of websites, including evite.com, 123greetings.com, bluemountain.com, and egreetings.com. If your sense of humor is more snarky you should check out someecards.com for more tongue in cheek humor. On all of the e-cards websites you can sort through greeting cards based on the recipient or the type of card (for example, funny cards or top picks) and the site will allow you to customize the card with a personal message and then email the card to your friend.

Another more creative way to deliver a message is through writing on baked goods. In New York, Mrs. Fields offers delicious cookies of various sizes with custom messages written in icing. Who wouldn't want a giant chocolate chip cookie topped with icing? Or, NYC Cookies by Design will deliver a custom bouquet of cookies with a message to your friend. Their cookies come in a variety of sizes and styles, so you can get flip flop cookies for your friend who loves the beach, guitar cookies for someone more musical, or car cookies someone who likes the racetrack. Cookies by Design also offer large cookies, similar to those offered by Mrs. Fields. And if cookies aren't your first choice baked good, you could always opt for buying a cake with a happy Birthday message written on top. Famous New York bakeries like Veniro's in the East Village or Magnolia Bakery in the West Village offer great birthday cakes or pies.

Another option is to order a champagne bottle online with a custom-printed message on the label. This way, your friend gets both a nice bottle of champagne, and your personal message! For the artistically gifted, you could print out your own label to stick on the champagne bottle. This idea could also work with a great bottle of wine instead of champagne.

If you only have time to quickly stop by a store, you could send your friend a "Happy Birthday" balloon either by itself, with a card, or with a gift. It's also a popular NYC tradition to embarrass a friend at work with a big helium balloon waiting at their desk the morning of their birthday.

The possibilities for wishing someone a Happy Birthday are endless. A traditional card is becoming a thing of the past; there are many more original ways to share your birthday wishes. A friend's birthday is a chance to be creative and show your friend that you thought of them on their special day!