A birthday card

You have to feel a little sorry for people with birthdays around Christmas. Their birthdays are often forgotten, and when remembered they are told their one Christmas gift is for their birthday too.

Lisa is one such person. I thought I would use this constant annoyance as the start of her birthday card.

Since this all revolves around dates, it seemed reasonable to start with a calendar. A mock-serious scroll at the start of the month asks for our understanding. A giant Christmas tree literally and figuratively casts its shadow over the month. Lisa, in mock-super hero fashion (“The Lavender Crusader”?), pushes a branch out of the way of “her day” and strides out of the frame, aggressively reminding us not to forget her birthday.