diff --git a/app/controllers/birthdays_controller.rb b/app/controllers/birthdays_controller.rb
index ada8769..4408dcc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/birthdays_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/birthdays_controller.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ class BirthdaysController < ApplicationController
   # crontab:
   # 30 3 * * * wget --post-data '' http://contact-o-rama.de/birthdays/do_mailing
   def do_mailing
-    birthdays = get_birthdays_next_7d
-    logger.debug "birthdays.nil? = " + birthdays.nil?.to_s + "......"
+    birthdays_2d = get_birthdays_next_2d
+    birthdays_7d = get_birthdays_next_7d
+    logger.debug "birthdays_2d.nil? = " + birthdays_2d.nil?.to_s + "......"
     unless birthdays.nil?
-      birthdays_by_email = group_birthdays_by_email(birthdays)
+      birthdays_by_email = group_birthdays_by_email(birthdays_7d)
       birthdays_by_email.each do |email, bdays|
         UserMailer.next_weeks_birthday_notification(email, bdays).deliver
       end
diff --git a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
index bbb640c..f0dec74 100644
--- a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
     mail(:to => email, :subject => "Contact-o-Rama: Geburtstage in den nächsten 7 Tagen.")
   end
 
+  def upcoming_birthdays_notification(email, birthdays_2days, birthdays_7days)
+    @birthday_contacts_2days = birthdays_2days
+    @birthday_contacts_2days = birthdays_7days
+    mail(:to => email, :subject => "Contact-o-Rama: anstehende Geburtstage")
+  end
+
   # obsolete
   # def next_weeks_birthday_notification(birthdays)
   #   logger.debug "----------------< we don't send no email, yet >----------------------"
diff --git a/app/views/user_mailer/upcoming_birthdays_notification.html.erb b/app/views/user_mailer/upcoming_birthdays_notification.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e0c8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/user_mailer/upcoming_birthdays_notification.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<% unless (@birthday_contacts_2days.blank? && @birthday_contacts_7days.blank?) %>
+  <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="25">
+    <tr>
+      <th bgcolor="#ed8200" width="100%">
+	<span style="color: #fff">Contact</span><span style="color: #fddfbf">-o-Rama:</span> <span style="color: #fff">anstehende Geburtstage</span>     
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+<% end %>
+    
+<% unless @birthday_contacts_2days.blank? %>
+  <h2>Ãœbermorgen, <%= (Date.today + 2).to_s %>:
+    <ul>
+      <% @birthday_contacts_2days.each do |c| %>
+        <li><%= c.firstname %> <%= c.lastname %></li>
+      <% end %>
+    </ul>
+<% end %>
+
+<% unless @birthday_contacts_7days.blank? %>
+  <h2>In einer Woche, also am <%= (Date.today + 7).to_s %>:
+    <ul>
+      <% @birthday_contacts_7days.each do |c| %>
+        <li><%= c.firstname %> <%= c.lastname %></li>
+      <% end %>
+    </ul>
+<% end %>
+
+<% unless @birthday_contacts_2days.blank? && @birthday_contacts_7days.blank? %>
+    <hr>
+    <p>Passende Kontaktdaten gibt's vielleicht bei <a href="http://ocontact-o-rama.de">Contact-o-Rama</a>.</p>
+  </table>
+<% end %>