Greg Crane is a close family friend of my family. I have known him since we were drooling babies crawling around the same crib together. His mother and my parents grew up together so our history goes way WAY back.
We've been facebooking with each other for the past week because Greg's wife Amber has been expecting their second child. Greg has been seeing my facebook postings over the last week referencing GiftDay's current push to create a giant "Calendar of Biographies" for the GiftDay website.
So you're asking... What exactly is a "Calendar of Biographies"? We're glad you asked...
For every day from January 1 through December 31, GiftDay.com is assigning 365 famous people and their birthdays to each one. Paul Revere was born January 1 (1735). Isaac Asimov was born January 2 (1920), J. R. R. Tolkien was born January 3 (1892) and so on (until December 31 when Henri Matisse was born in 1869). The next step is on our website where GiftDay will recommend a biography of the notable and link to it at Amazon. Biographies, as strange as it sounds, actually make great gifts for newborns. Hear us out...
The gift makes a good gift; however, if you write a clever and personalized message on the inside flap of the book, the biography makes a GREAT gift. The message to the baby should tell him or her that the book can be appreciated by the baby when he or she is old enough to read and understand it.
We recommend hardcover books as biography books (rather than paperback) because the hardcover editions are more substantial; plus, they look great on bookshelves. (Kindle edition books and e-books are good gifts but they are not substantial and they are not GREAT gifts.) Books would tend not to be tossed out or donated to a library because (a) they have a certain sanctity (b) it would have been a gift (c) the book ties into baby's birthday and (d) the baby's parents have to respect that the gift giver has gone through time and expense and given a very memorable and meaningful GREAT gift!
Greg facebooked me yesterday morning when he thought Amber might be having a baby January 7. I told him to let Amber know GiftDay felt that she could go ahead and PUSH HARD. January 7, after all, would make a wonderful birthday because it would be shared with French hero Joan of Arc (born January 7, 1412) - and Joan's got a great biography we've picked out at Amazon!
January 7 passed however without a little Crane drooling baby so Greg facebooked me again today to let me know that he thought the baby might be born on the 8th (today) or the 9th (tomorrow).
I consulted our "Calendar of Biographies"...
PUSH, I facebooked back in capital letters - January 8 is Elvis' birthday! (That's good!) But January 9 is Nixon's birthday. (That's not so good!) Who wants to read about Nixon when they could be reading about Elvis?
I don't know if Greg took me seriously but all I know is that he facebooked me today to let me know that Lucien Wilde Crane was born January 8 at 2:18 PST. (7 lb, 10 oz, healthy with all fingers and toes). Thanks god!
We at GiftDay will now be able to officially recommend to a good friend of Greg's a GREAT baby gift for Lucien Wilde Crane - an Elvis biography of course and available here: www.giftday.com/elvisbioforlucien
If you buy the book at Amazon (available for $29.95), make sure to get it first before you give it to the Cranes as a gift... You'll want to write that note on the inside cover. Something like...
Dear Lucien,
We look forward to watching you grow old enough so that you can one day enjoy this biography about Elvis. He was an amazing and talented man with lots of charisma and charm.
Because you share the same birthday with him (exactly 75 years apart - to the day!) we're sure you'll share a lot of the same wonderful attributes (and hopefully none of the bad ones!)
Love,
[Your Name Here]
Congratulations Greg and Amber. We love you guys!
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