diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1fec1cf..55db3f25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,9 +60,35 @@ To run, from the command line type:
 hug -f happy_birthday.py
 ```
 
-You can access the example in your browser at: `localhost:8000/happy_birthday?name=hug&age=1`. Then check out the documentation for your API at `localhost:8000/documentation`
+You can access the example in your browser at:
+`localhost:8000/happy_birthday?name=hug&age=1`. Then check out the
+documentation for your API at `localhost:8000/documentation`
 
+Parameters can also be encoded in the URL (check
+out [`happy_birthday.py`](examples/happy_birthday.py) for the whole
+example).
 
+```py
+@hug.get('/greet/{event}')
+def greet(event: str):
+    """Greets appropriately (from http://blog.ketchum.com/how-to-write-10-common-holiday-greetings/)  """
+    greetings = "Happy"
+    if event == "Christmas":
+        greetings = "Merry"
+    if event == "Kwanzaa":
+        greetings = "Joyous"
+    if event == "wishes":
+        greetings = "Warm"
+
+    return "{greetings} {event}!".format(**locals())
+```
+
+Which, once you are running the server as above, you can use this way:
+
+```
+curl http://localhost:8000/greet/wishes
+"Warm wishes!"
+```
 
 Versioning with hug
 ===================
@@ -153,7 +179,8 @@ def math(number_1:int, number_2:int): #The :int after both arguments is the Type
     return number_1 + number_2
 ```
 
-Type annotations also feed into hug's automatic documentation generation to let users of your API know what data to supply.
+Type annotations also feed into `hug`'s automatic documentation
+generation to let users of your API know what data to supply. 
 
 
 **Directives** functions that get executed with the request / response data based on being requested as an argument in your api_function.
diff --git a/examples/happy_birthday.py b/examples/happy_birthday.py
index e1afc22c..c91a872e 100644
--- a/examples/happy_birthday.py
+++ b/examples/happy_birthday.py
@@ -6,3 +6,16 @@
 def happy_birthday(name, age: hug.types.number):
     """Says happy birthday to a user"""
     return "Happy {age} Birthday {name}!".format(**locals())
+
+@hug.get('/greet/{event}')
+def greet(event: str):
+    """Greets appropriately (from http://blog.ketchum.com/how-to-write-10-common-holiday-greetings/)  """
+    greetings = "Happy"
+    if event == "Christmas":
+        greetings = "Merry"
+    if event == "Kwanzaa":
+        greetings = "Joyous"
+    if event == "wishes":
+        greetings = "Warm"
+
+    return "{greetings} {event}!".format(**locals())
diff --git a/examples/test_happy_birthday.py b/examples/test_happy_birthday.py
index 44ded23c..ce3a165c 100644
--- a/examples/test_happy_birthday.py
+++ b/examples/test_happy_birthday.py
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ def tests_happy_birthday():
     response = hug.test.get(happy_birthday, 'happy_birthday', {'name': 'Timothy', 'age': 25})
     assert response.status == HTTP_200
     assert response.data is not None
+
+def tests_season_greetings():
+    response = hug.test.get(happy_birthday, 'greet/Christmas')
+    assert response.status == HTTP_200
+    assert response.data is not None
+    assert str(response.data) == "Merry Christmas!"
+    response = hug.test.get(happy_birthday, 'greet/holidays')
+    assert str(response.data) == "Happy holidays!"