greeting cards

Folded paper sentiments

Greeting cards are folded paper cards with printed messages and images, sent to mark occasions—birthdays, holidays, condolences, congratulations.

The sender typically adds a personal note.

The industry has spawned its own aesthetic: It sounds like something from a greeting card.

The singular form appears as a modifier: the greeting card aisle, greeting card sentiments.

Related

anniversary · congratulations · holidays · sympathy · invitation · snail mail · calligraphy · wedding · Hallmark · gift shop · handwritten notes · heartfelt message · chromolithography · keepsake · card stock · sentiment · mailbox · wishes

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Opposites
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social function

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Messages expressing sorrow for loss

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G