Greeting card
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Image:Greetingcardsretaildisplay.jpg A greeting card is an illustrated, folded card usually featuring a message of greeting or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, they are also sent on 'non-occasions' to say 'hello' or 'thank you'. Greeting cards, usually packaged with an envelope, come in a variety of styles, are manufactured and/or hand-made by hundreds of companies big and small.
Hallmark Cards and American Greetings are the largest producers of greeting cards in the U.S.
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Postcard
Greeting cards derive from postcards which are single sided without the fold. Postcards appeared fairly early on in the history of the Postal Service as a cheaper way of sending messages, especially those of a tourist nature.
Industry Association
The Greeting Card Association is an international trade organization representing the interests of greeting card and stationery manufacturers.