Check out the blurb about our company in today’s Times.com article:

The economy may be showing signs of perking up, but the recession’s gloom has hit the holiday-card industry. Greeting-card giant Hallmark has rolled out some 25 new recession-themed cards this year — up from just five last year. “We can say it: This wasn’t the year that any of us had hoped for,” reads one gold-inked card. Another shows a small Christmas tree with three wrapped presents underneath: “We don’t have to have a lot to have everything.”

It’s a sharp dose of sobriety for the card company known for purveying sunny good cheer. This year’s offerings are not “sugarcoated or idealistic,” says Mark Andrews, product manager for Hallmark’s holiday-card division.

Some card companies are tackling the punishing economy with humor. DCI Studios has a Christmas card that doubles as a “new guide to the stock market.” Some useful terms: “Broker: What we are this year compared to last year. Merrill Lynch: What we want to do to Merrill. Liquid assets: beer, scotch, vodka, whatever helps.”

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