Birthday e-cards are fun to send and fun to receive.
Most are free or low-cost, and you don't need to pay postage.
As a result, birthday e-cards have become a very popular means of wishing well to family and friends.
Foreign birthday e-cards can add to the fun - or can wish happy birthday to a friend who is either in a foreign land, or who speaks a foreign language.
We have friends in Japan, so naturally wanted to find Japanese birthday e-cards.
No problem.
A few minutes of search online turned up several sites offering foreign birthday e-cards in Japanese and other languages.
Foreign birthday e-cards may be English, and still be foreign.
We have friends in New Zealand, too, and were delighted to find a source of "Kiwi" birthday e-cards online.
Foreign Birthday E-Card Sources Foreign birthday e-cards are readily available, and worth the search.
We did part of the work to get you started.
We could not include every possible source of foreign birthday e-cards, nor could we include every language, but these examples should help.
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Blue Mountain: This popular site offers many foreign birthday e-cards.
Spanish birthday e-cards are the most numerous, and easily seen.
For other nationalities or language, simply type the word into the Blue Mountain search engine.
We found Japanese birthday e-cards with Japanese music! There were even more Chinese e-cards.
2.
New Zealand: Although birthday e-cards from any English language site work for New Zealand friends and family, those that are distinctly New Zealand will be appreciated.
KiwiCards has several great birthday e-cards.
New Zealand's tourist site has post cards that make good birthday e-cards.
So does the New Zealand Nature Company.
3.
Eriksen Translations: This website offers 9 different foreign birthday e-cards.
You choose the language you want, and then edit your birthday e-card.
The cards are not fancy, but they meet the need.
4.
Kaartenhuis: Here is a wonderful place to find Dutch birthday e-cards.
They have many cards from which to choose.
5.
Edit Image: has dozens of clever, animated foreign e-cards with art and music distinct to a dozen different countries.
These quickly become birthday e-cards when you personalize them.
They can keep you interested longer than intended, and are sure to please.
6.
Say it with E-cards: Hebrew birthday e-cards are featured here, as well as Judaic birthday e-cards in English.
7.
Go Dubai: Here you can find foreign birthday e-cards for Middle Eastern groups.
You can continue your search by using words such as "German," "e-card," and "service" in a single search.
You will also find foreign birthday e-cards on many English e-card websites.
Simply visit the site, locate its search engine, and type in the name of the nation or language you want.
DIY Foreign Birthday E-cards Foreign birthday e-cards can be made quickly by you.
Visit a nation's tourism website, and look for free e-postcards.
Write your birthday message on one of these beautiful postcards, and it becomes a birthday e-card.
Many other sites post free e-cards as a service for their customers.
Character-in-Action, for example, has beautiful "character" cards, some featuring a single character trait, others without words.
Add your message in the foreign language for a unique birthday e-card.
If you are on great terms with your computer, and can make animated graphics, you might even want to experiment with creating foreign birthday e-cards from scratch.
Tip Things like foreign birthday e-cards are not always easy to find, but with determination and patience, you should find exactly what you need.