Birthday Party - The Second Coming

[wiseheart]

As you all know by now, LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But some of us still had most of the comments in our inbox and decided to reconstruct the original party as well as we can, because we had great fun and the discussions were wonderful.

However, to avoid the same mishap occurring to us, we've decided to open up a second entry for further comments while working on rebuilding the original. We still have two days left, and we won't allow LJ to crash our party!

The original entry had 1328 comments, on 6 pages. The reconstructed party has now 500+ (all reposted within one day and a few new ones added), having reached Page 7 already.

Let's see what else can we come up with. New guests are welcome to share the fun. :)

Comments

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Books are the best presents!
(your family sounds a lot like mine in many ways!)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

When we were little we used to get books for each other's birthdays as well: We each had a series of books that we got the next part of on all four of our birthdays and one on Christmas as well. Then there was a different series of books that we just got the next part of on our own birthdays (and possibly Christmas as well, I can quite remember now.) There was yet another series of books that we would get the next part of between the four of us only at Christmas, and then be told to sit on the sofa and read that to each other while Mum made the Christmas dinner. I still think a birthday when I don't get a new book to read is a let-down. My sister and I have worked out a system where we are responsible for making sure the other gets at least one book for Christmas and birthdays, after one sad year where I admittedly got books, but not ones to read all the way through, instead being of the reference-variety. The one year she had found a non-book present that she really wanted to give me for my birthday she warned me and so that I could make arrangements with Mum to provide the I-want-to-read-it-right-now book. :-)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Very good plans!