Tomorrow is the best holiday of the year: February 15, when the candy goes on sale. In the meantime, it’s Valentine’s Day, and this year the Hallmark Channel is attempting to seize the day that should rightly belong to them, given their history in the greeting card business.
In late November, I made my way to the Hallmark Channel’s “Museum of Christmas,” a pop-up nestled near Manhattan’s tourist-jammed Chelsea Market. It mostly consisted of cheery, slightly goofy sets for photo ops—peppermint-striped tire swings, hanging swings painted like ornaments, an actual sleigh—designed to flood…
Esther Howland was born in 1828, the daughter of Southworth Allen Howland, who owned S.A. Howland & Sons. the largest stationery store Worcester, Massachusetts. But it was Esther who really put them on the map.
I don’t want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need. I don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree. I just want to DVR this tremendous piece of art. Santa grant my wish. All I want for Christmas is this.
Things aren’t going great for the greeting-card business, and it’s probably the Internet’s fault. Ain’t it always?
It has come to my attention that this fall, Erika Christensen and Hallmark will be releasing a monstrosity of a made-for-television movie entitled My Boyfriends' Dogs.
Oh man, I'll never forget the moment I got gay. December of '84 it was. I was just a regular garden variety heterosexual toddler, excited about this thing called "Christmas" I'd been hearing so much about in the six months I'd been able to understand human words. I knew it was going to be good. Maybe I'd get that…
Next time a friend loses her job, you can show her you care (and are still employed yourself) by sending her an $8 musical card featuring Chumbawamba. Hallmark has rolled out a line of greeting cards for the unemployed, which features slogans like, "Don't think of it as losing your job. Think of it as a time out…
We laughed, and said "of course!" when we learned that Lifetime would make a movie about Wills and Kate back in March. Then we watched (and laughed at) it when it aired in April. And now, in August, we've learned that one flick is not enough: the Hallmark channel has made a movie about the very same topic. But!…
If you get a chance, read Meghan O'Rourke's tribute to her mother on Slate: it's beautiful, and an interesting counterpoint for those people who don't have mothers but still, like the rest of us, are unavoidably inundated with Mother's Day.
First they came for Strawberry Shortcake and we said nothing. Then they came for the Care Bears and we said nothing. But now they've come for Rainbow Brite, and this means war.
• Some vegan pet owners have begun feeding their animals vegan diets, because "living with a tiny carnivore" was too disturbing. Veterinarians remain skeptical. •
Those gay marriage/commitment ceremony cards from Hallmark that the made the American Family Association take to the internets in protest are stirring up some more trouble in Idaho. Jordan's Hallmark stores, an independently-owned chain of card and gift shops in the Treasure Valley area has announced that they will…
Remember the announcement that Hallmark is going to be rolling out wedding cards specifically designed for gay weddings and commitment ceremonies? Well the American Family Association has called for an email campaign against Hallmark - and it only took them 4 days! - to alert the company that gay marriage is…
Hallmark is introducing a line of same-sex marriage wedding cards. The cards feature designs with two tuxedoes holding hands, two overlapping hearts, and rows of rainbow-colored hearts on their covers. Inside, the cards have a neutral message, making the cards appropriate for commitment and civil union ceremonies as…
Paris recently sued Hallmark for using her likeness and identity without permission. In response, Hallmark made a motion to strike the case, in which their lawyers said: "Hilton has become a household name, based in large part on her efforts to draw attention to herself. Having done so, she has subjected herself to…
