Category Archives: Holiday eCards

We are always making new animated eCards for the seven major eCard holidays. Keep up on our new Christmas eCards, Valentine’s Day eCards, Thanksgiving eCards, Easter eCards, Halloween eCards, Father’s Day eCards, and Mother’s day eCards here.

The Horrors of the Holidays

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Fruitcake, normally a Christmas Horror, here a Christmas Hilarity!

Admit it. The holidays can be as scary as the most frightening Halloween. Whether it’s a long sit-down dinner with your dysfunctional family or waiting in endless lines with crying babies, holidays can bring out the worst in us.

Below are some of the horrors of the holidays.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

The Fruitcake. Nobody knows who invented this so-called “dessert” but the madness must end. Remember: always be suspicious of desserts that never decompose. (note: our Creative Director, Bennett CRAVES the fruity brick and every year BEGS Chris in Customer Support for one because Chris’s Mom makes them from scratch. It’s a sordid drama to watch for the rest of us)

The Holiday Sweater. It’s full of snowflakes, wintery landscapes, Santa faces…and just plain bad taste.

Christmas Lights. Many have been sent to special padded rooms after trying to get Christmas lights detangled, lit and hung properly. We pay a serious mental price for such luminous beauty.

Christmas Carols. Okay, there are a few holiday tunes that are bearable, but the newer ones are aural insults. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer? Jingle Bells? Come on. These plodding tunes make Happy Birthday sound like complex orchestration.

Christmas Parades. You can only do so much with the concept of a float. Even children are yawning by the end.

Inflatable Christmas Lawn Ornaments. When did these become popular and why? (Maybe the Christmas lights were too crazy-making. But ouch…what a lawn eyesore.)

One way to have a horror-free Christmas? Avoid the lines and make it as virtual as possible! Send a loved one a funny Christmas ecard. It’s simple, easy and fruitcake free (sorry, Bennett)!

The Heavenly Colors of Hanukah

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From our brand new Hanukkah eCard: Bunny Menorah

One of the most magical parts of the holidays is the lights and colors which brighten the spirits and heighten the festive mood.

Hanukah’s colors are blue and white, which you might guess are based on the Israeli flag. And you’d be partly right; Hanukah commemorates the victory against the Seleucid King Antiochus in the 2nd century BCE, where the Jews revolted against the occupation of their Temple and the banning of their religious practice.

But the reason for the colors of blue and white go even deeper. The Jewish prayer shawl (called a “tallit”), described in the Book of Numbers, details that one thread is dyed a certain kind of blue and three threads are of white. This tekhelet blue, according to rabbinical interpretation, signifies divine revelation and the color of heaven.

According to an article on the website “Apartment Therapy”:

“In the time of the Israelites, tekhelet dye was made from a kind of snail, and was used by the upper classes as dye for clothing and vestments. Perhaps by stipulating the use of this expensive and rarefied dye, even in such a tiny quantity as for four corner threads, the tallit was granted special status.

White was the other color because of its symbolic associations with purity and cleanliness (important parts of the Sabbath, of course).”

So this Hanukah, remember the rich history of the colors that surround you, stemming back many years and continuing to play a meaningful part in your holiday this season.

We have a large selection of ecards for your Hanukkah season (including ones steeped in blue and white). Stop by and send Hanukkah ecards to a loved one today.

(The article on Holiday colors is located here: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/what-color-is-your-holiday-chr-104238)

The Most Incorrectly Spelled Holiday…or is it?

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Happy Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hannukah, Hannukkah and Channukah…and happy hanukka, hannuka and khanuke too.

How can a holiday have so many spellings? Why can’t it be a nice, simple spelling, like say, May Day?

Well, it has to do with (say it with me, boys and girls): Transliteration.

First, an example. Many people can’t easily pronounce this:

 

 

 

That’s Hanukkah, in Hebrew.

You see, cultures throughout the world use different scripts to represent their language. By transliterating, or changing an original text into the words and writing style of another language, people can make their languages more accessible to those who can’t understand their scripts. The drawback? Transliteration leads to multiple spellings.

The good part? There are so many different spellings of this special Jewish holiday, you probably could write it any old way and get it right.

If you want to wish someone a happy Hanukkah (or Chanukah, Hannukah, Hannukkah and Channukah), check out our festive selection of Hanukkah ecards.

Tips for a Saner Thanksgiving

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Our Thanksgiving Pooches have the ultimate survival technique for the day.

If you’re like me, the holidays can often feel like a hectic whirlwind of overindulgence. It’s tough to find peace and give genuine thanks amid the frenetic energy.

Below are a few techniques to try this Thanksgiving to make your day more satisfying and relaxed amid the chaos and the hype:

  1. Make the morning yours. Before you jump headlong into holiday mode with your family and friends, take some time out in the early hours to ground yourself. A reflective walk or a hot bath will often do the trick. Consider it mental prep work before the big day ahead.
  2. Take some time for gratitude. Sure, sure…we all nod and say, “Of course, we’re thankful…now let’s eat.” Since the name of the holiday has both “thanks” and “giving” in it, couldn’t we kick it up a notch? Giving thanks is a quick and easy way, even for the less spiritual of us, to gain some perspective on our life.
  3. Ease up on the overeating. In our “oversize it” world, this seems like a near impossibility. But this isn’t an eating contest; it’s a meal—one of many others you will eat in a lifetime. Drink copious amounts of water that day and remember: it takes 20 minutes for your brain to acknowledge you’re full so slow it down!
  4. Walk away. Many people are thrown into complicated social dynamics during the holidays, especially with family members who know just the right button to push. Take some time to check in with yourself throughout the day. Take a break from the crowd. Go for a short walk alone, sit outside on a lawn chair, listen to some music in your car, breathe in the (hopefully) fresh air. The chaos will be much more manageable, guaranteed.
  5. Solo holidays are all right! Not everyone has a family to visit. Many are far from loved ones. And some would prefer to be alone than with family. And guess what? That’s all right. Who else knows what you like better than yourself? Tailor make a holiday just the way you like it, even if it’s simple (which are often the best). Remove the stigma and you’ll see just how enjoyable a holiday alone can be.

If you can’t be with a loved one this holiday, send funny ecards this Thanksgiving. Heck, send one to yourself! We have a fun and festive collection of Thanksgiving ecards that are free and easy to share.

 

Thanksgiving Caption Contest

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We are so delighted that our animator, Amanda, made such a completely CUTE ecard for Thanksgiving, we want to share the fun with you.

Create your own caption for this scene from the card (below). Our Writers, Animation director, and creative team will pick the best caption and we will post the winner on our blog here and on Facebook for all to enjoy!

Here are all our charming Thanksgiving ecards.