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Andy Shore Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.

December 17, 2010 < 1 minute

I’m willing to bet that most people would jump at the opportunity to be an Emperor of an entire country. Me? I’d take just having a whole country celebrate my birthday. The Emperor of Japan gets both.

We barely give anybody that honor in the United States. Instead of celebrating Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays individually, they got downsized to President’s Day. I couldn’t even tell you when Obama’s birthday is. We celebrate Martin Luther King Day, but it’s only around his birthday and not on the actual day. In Japan, the holiday changes dates based on when the Emperor’s actual birthday is. That’s power.

This year, Japan will celebrate Emperor Akihito’s birthday on December 23. On this day, the Imperial Palace, which is generally closed to the public, opens its gates to well-wishers. The Emperor and other members of the Imperial family will come out on a balcony to acknowledge all the birthday wishes. This is only one of two days in the entire year that the general public is allowed inside the Imperial Palace.

Not everyone can make the trip to the Imperial Palace, but Japanese people will be celebrating world wide. Share in their celebration by customizing one of our many holiday email templates for Emperor Akihito’s December birthday. It’s the little things that remind us of home. Wouldn’t you like to give that to your subscribers, even if just for one day?

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by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.