Remember greeting cards? They’re making a COVID-19 comeback
From handmade to Hallmark, the greeting card industry is emerging as one of the big winners of a physically distant holiday season.
In a holiday season when family gatherings are verboten and office parties have gone the way of coal in stockings, people are returning to an old tradition to share joy and well-wishes. Folded pieces of oaktag are decorated with pictures or drawings and often smudged by an overzealous ballpoint pen. A dusting of glitter, a reference to a shared memory, a hint of perfume—all attempting to bridge physical and emotional divides harrowed by a relentless pandemic.