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Friday, July 15. 2005

The Evolution of Greeting Cards

I love greeting cards!

I make them. Spend hours and hours poring over them at stores. I laugh at witty lines. Wince at ultra soppy ones.

Witty or soppy, they are just a great way of sending a message to people you care.

Reading this post by Albert Mohler cracked me up.

He's a skeptic when greeting cards are concerned:

Greeting cards are a sign of cultural decadence. The card companies have largely invented new holidays, just to build business. What's next? National Plumbers Day? When genuine sentiment disappears, the greeting card industry will remain. The slogan for the industry should be this: "How to say something close to something when you have absolutely nothing to say."


And yet he buys them anyway.

He also talked about the emergence of greeting cards for adulterers:

Every new lifestyle is a new opportunity.

Keep this in mind when you read The Los Angeles Times news story on the emergence of a new line of cards for adulterers. In "Adulterers Need Cards Too," the paper reports that a woman named Cathy Gallagher has developed a line of cards for couples involved in an adulterous affair. The whole idea is profoundly sick, but the reality is truly revolting. A Christmas card for the adulterous couple includes this line: "As we each celebrate with our families, I will be thinking of you."



Yep, kinda sick alright.

But I don't care. I still love greeting cards anyway
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*Me too. I've always laughed when people complain about the companies creating holidays. I'm always up for another reason to celebrate!
#1 MarkLaRoi (Homepage) on 2005-07-16 14:25 (Reply)
*Yeah, man. Heh, there are two new ones coming up!

August 14: Music Day
The day of presenting a CD with love songs

September 14: Photo Day
The day when lovers take pictures to keep memories of their love

Wowzers!
#2 coolcat (Homepage) on 2005-07-18 10:33 (Reply)

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