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.

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.

List of companies manufacturing or selling greeting cards

• Hallmark Cards
• Bald Guy Greetings
• American Greetings
• The Honesty Company
• Annabellas Cards

See also

• Christmas card
• Cardmaking
• e-card

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