I’d like to share a personal response to this recent article, “It’s Time to Stop Sending Greeting Cards”. The title alone to me is like the sound of nails on a chalkboard. Yes, it is that time again. We are in the thick of the holiday season frenzy and in addition to gift shopping, it’s … Read more
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, lasts for 8 days and is a celebration of light over dark. This year, Hanukkah starts December 6 and ends December 14. The symbols of Hanukkah include menorahs, dreidels, and foil-covered chocolate coins. Hanukkah is commemorated by lighting the candles of a menorah, a 9-armed candelabra. Each … Read more
Thanksgiving Day, celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November, is a day of family and friends gathering together for good cheer and fellowship. It is estimated by Waze that 46.3 million Americans will be driving more than 50 miles this Thanksgiving, and Airlines for America predicts that 25.3 million people will travel … Read more
Black Friday starts, for many stores, at midnight Thanksgiving evening. Considered the start of the official holiday shopping season (although we all have at least one irritating friend who starts shopping in August!), Black Friday was begun in 2006. It is estimated that in 2014, 133 million people were stalking deals on Black Friday, spending … Read more
Facebook is asking some of its users to create a new kind of birthday greeting, one with more of a personal touch. Rather than the generic repetition of brief text messages from hundreds of Facebook friends, this new option lets users create a video up to 20 seconds in length. This is only available for … Read more
Every month, Greeting Card Universe hosts a Design Challenge for our artist community. Cards can be designed for any category so long as they incorporate a specified theme. Winners are selected by a panel of judges. The theme for September was: Costumes! The winners for September 2015 are: First Place: Barbara Schreiber Second Place: Julia … Read more
How would you like to receive a birthday card from the Queen of England? Did you know that each year, Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth sends some 50,000 greeting cards celebrating citizens’ special birthdays and anniversaries. This royal tradition began in 1917, and Queen Elizabeth has sent cards since her coronation in 1953. In 2015, … Read more
Head lice is every parent’s nightmare. Unfortunately, children are often exposed to head lice in classrooms across America. Every year, 6-12 million head lice cases are reported. Getting rid of the parasites is difficult – miss one egg while combing and a hatched female can lay her own brood of eggs, creating another generation. The … Read more
In 1978, newspapers reported Bigfoot sightings in Hartford County, Maryland according to Robert Chance, an environmental education teacher at a local high school who claimed to have circumstantial evidence and had actually met the crypto-creature. Chance believes Bigfoot is intelligent, fears humans and walks around the Appalachian mountain region, hidden in the thick forests. He … Read more
In 1999, it was reported in Tokyo, Japan that 36 year old Akira Hareruya’s company had gone bankrupt. In an effort to save his business, he roamed the city streets renting boxing gloves for $9 a minute and allowed paying pedestrians to try to hit him as much as they liked. He gave his word … Read more