Blog Greeting Card Universe Holiday Cards Seasonal Favorites Uncommon Cards

Archive for January, 2016


Groundhog Day – February 2

The wish for a shorter winter lives strong in the hearts of many people, some years more than others. Cold, wind, snow, shoveling, wet mittens, winter boots … at one point or another, most of us call “Uncle”. Common sense or not, we pin our hopes on Groundhog Day. No matter where we live, by February 2, most of us are hoping against hope that Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow, thereby shortening our winter by six weeks. Groundhog Day happens at the midway point between winter solstice and spring equinox and may have originally been based on the Christian celebration of Candlemas Day, as a traditional old English Click to Read more…

Mindy

National Compliment Day

  A compliment, small or large, is always welcome. As long as it’s sincerely given, a compliment can turn a bad day around or make a good day even better. Started by Debbie Hoffman and Kathy Chamberlain in 1998, both of New Hampshire, National Compliment Day is a way to share with the people in your life how much you appreciate them. From your sister, who always drops everything at a moment’s notice to babysit, to the bagger at the grocery store who always has a smile for you, there are people in your everyday life who make it better. And perhaps we don’t always show them how much their Click to Read more…

Mindy

Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day

Many of us start the new year with good intentions of changing bad habits or adding good ones. From stopping smoking, starting a new diet or exercise program, being more organized, the first blush of the new year brings resolutions to improve our lives. And then … Two weeks in, a piece or two of chocolate cake has somehow snuck onto your plate; you’ve hit the snooze button more than once instead of getting up to go walking; and you’re following smokers around the street, trying to inhale their second-hand smoke. The most common date to give up on your resolutions is January 17. To mark that date, there is Click to Read more…

Mindy

`
© Copyright 2000-2014 Greeting Card Universe Privacy Policy