Happy Holidays!
The Greeting Card Universe family would like to wish all of our customers, partners, and our artist community, a wonderful, magical holiday season celebrating with friends and family, and a happy New Year!
“Bah, humbug!”
Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Christmas Carol, contains one of literature’s most recognized characters, a man whose name is synonymous with miserly curmudgeons everywhere: Ebenezer Scrooge. His catchphrase, “Bah, humbug!” used to declare Christmas a fraud in the novel, has lent itself to a very modern invented holiday… Humbug Day. Invented by Wellcat.com, Humbug Day “Allows … Read more
The “Real” Rudolph
We see it every year around the holiday season – someone forwards an email or makes a post on Facebook about how “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was created by a father hoping to comfort his daughter while his wife was dying of cancer. It’s a beautiful, sad story… but unfortunately, it’s just a story, albeit … Read more
Benefits of Sending Patriotic Christmas Cards this Year
There are scores of benefits to sending a traditional Christmas card or other holiday photo card each and every year. But, what about sending a patriotic Christmas card this yuletide season? Would it have a significant impact on those that receive it? It most certainly would since there are a quite a few people who … Read more
Giving Thanks to You!
The fourth Thursday in November marks the annual celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States, a family oriented holiday saturated in Thanksgiving myths and Thanksgiving history. The year has turned its circle, The seasons come and go. The harvest all is gathered in And chilly north winds blow. Orchards have shared their treasures, The fields, … Read more
Time to Kick the Habit
November 17, 2011 marks the beginning of the Great American Smokeout, an event sponsored by the American Cancer Society, and held annually on the third Thursday in November. Smokers are encouraged to kick the habit – either by quitting or making a plan to quit smoking. More than 46 million Americans continue to smoke despite … Read more
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. In the United States, although about 63% of households have a pet (American Veterinary Medical Association), each year between 5-7 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters nationwide. Sadly, more than 2/3 of these former pets are euthanized according to the ASPCA. Adopting a dog from a shelter saves … Read more
Happy Howl-o-Ween!
HALLOWEEN CAN BE A TREAT FOR PETS, TOO When it comes to Halloween (October 31), the focus is on jack o’ lanterns, costumes, decorations, and other spooky and scary stuff. But while you’re passing out the candy to the trick-or-treaters, don’t forget to take some safety precautions for your pets if you don’t want Fluffy … Read more
Boss’s Day: Top Five Gifts
A holiday meant for employees to show appreciation to their supervisors, managers and bosses, National Boss’s Day takes place each year on October 16th, and is considered as much a part of workplace morale as National Administrative Professional’s Day. “A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career, but rather the … Read more
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
“Women agonize… over cancer; we take as a personal threat the lump in every friend’s breast.” —Martha Weinman Lear, Heartsounds More women die of breast cancer every year than any other cancer except lung cancer Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women Although a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer doubles if … Read more