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Politics And Ecards, A Perfect Union

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Here are Obama and Romney from each of their versions of the completely silly Dancing Candidates cards.

WHY SEND POLITICAL ECARDS?

At Doozcards, I think you’ll be relieved to know we don’t’ take a political stand. We try to find the humorous side of the election.  Here and there over the years, a couple of customers have accused us of favoring one side or the other, but our office actually is a mix of both parties.  We often joke that our votes cancel each other out. These days we all need a sense of humor about American politics.  In our house, we’ve been watching the debates and we had a lot of reactions.  “Why did he say that?”  “Is he really making that point?” Of course, the internet is teaming with a lot of heated opinions.  Jon Stuart, Stephen Colbert and SNL keep me laughing about this election. This SNL satire of the debates gives some good giggles. We should keep our sense of humor, especially if we want to keep all our friends right? If you want to keep your sense of humor about the election, send silly ecards from our Political Ecards page. When we made the Obama Dancing Birthday ecard and the Mitt Romney Dancing Birthday ecard, I could not stop laughing.  The costumes are so absurd, especially the Korean flag dancing one.   We have a mix of funny political ecards and some musical political ecards.  Also, if you are looking for political ecards for free we have some in our free ecards section.

Here’s a link to the hilarious SNL debate spoof:  http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/gop-debate-cold-opening/1358180

What is your Yom Kippur? Will you Forgive or Ask for Forgiveness?

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“No sin is so light that it may be overlooked. No sin is so heavy that it may not be repented of.”  – Moses Ibn Ezra

As a curious and open-minded individual, I’ve come to embrace aspects of all holidays. Each offer up history, lessons, traditions and reflections that we can all learn something from. Yom Kippur is certainly one.

So what is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the years for Jews. It is also called the Day of Atonement, a 25-hour period dedicated to fasting, intensive prayer and a long visit to your synagogue. Even those who aren’t overly religious tend to regard Yom Kippur seriously (meaning the synagogues are packed).

There are three essential components of Yom Kippur:

  • Teshuvah (Repentance)
  • Prayer
  • Fasting

The ten days prior to Yom Kippur are dedicated to repentance. One should seek out and request forgiveness to anyone he or she offended so that the New Year can begin with a clean slate.

Here’s the interesting part: if your first request is rebuffed, you should ask at least two more times. At that point, the offended should grant you forgiveness.

What a cool tradition! It seems to take into account that forgiveness is a process, not a split-second occurrence. Forgiveness can also require several attempts (who doesn’t get that?).

And let’s not forget: the scorned party must also do his or her part. In short, when someone has reached out to you several times, requesting heartfelt forgiveness, it is also your moral duty to accept it to the best of your degree.

Couldn’t we all stand for that “clean slate” feeling. This Yom Kippur, Jew or Gentile, why not seek out the people with whom you can make amends? Yes, it certainly takes courage and resolve…and it often takes several attempts. But you’ll feel a weight lifted, simply by reaching out and trying.

And maybe, just maybe, when more of us seek out forgiveness during a certain period of time, it heals the world that we live in, even just a little.

Is someone you know celebrating this High Holiday? Send them one of our Yom Kippur ecard from our collection.

The blowing of the Shofar, a ram’s horn.

Oh, Brothers

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My brother’s birthday was a few weeks ago. (I sent him this funny birthday e-card.) We’ve never been super close but over the years, I’ve grown to appreciate the bond that we do share.

The problem is that many of us believe our sibling relations should be like the movies: tight, loving, comfortable and close.

But, ah, life is not like the movies (shocker, right?). And our sisters and brothers are who they are. As the years go by, hopefully we can discover the common ground and peacefully acknowledge the differences.

Here are some quotations on brotherhood that may fit your fraternal relations. (The first one explains what I said above…but a little better!)

“Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long.”  – Susan Scarf Merrell

“A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self.”  – Marian Sandmaier

“Our siblings push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago – the baby, the peacekeeper, the caretaker, the avoider…. It doesn’t seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we’ve traveled.”  – Jane Mersky Leder

“It snowed last year too. I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.”  – Dylan Thomas

“The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.”  – Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.”  – Antisthenes

“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’  ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply.  ‘We’re raising boys’.”  – Harmon Killebrew

“The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.”  – Garrison Keillor

“As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn’t care,
but I always knew they looked out for me and were there!”  – Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom

Oh, brothers! I don’t care for brothers. My elder brother won’t die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“What strange creatures brothers are!” – Jane Austen

Indeed, they can be such strange creatures. This birthday, send your strange creature (I mean brother) an e-card to remember. We have a fun collection of birthday e-cards for brother from which to choose.

Yes, my brother deserves a singing Elvis chicken. Don’t we all?

 

A Letter to Santa

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Dear Santa,

We have been mostly nice all year. It seems everyone we know is cutting-back on toy spending this year, the economic situation being what it is. We’re enjoying sending Christmas ecards again this year.  At our house, we send unlimited funny Christmas ecards and holiday greeting cards to all our family and friends across the country. This has cut-down Christmas costs for us;  instead of spending money here and there on various $5 gift cards, we’re saving money with fun and beautiful Christmas ecards.

So we understand, Santa Claus, if you need to save on your expenses this year too. In our letters from years past, normally, we’ve asked for certain material items – remember when we asked for a car? Oh, and then there was that year with the letter where we explained to you just why exactly diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But, we promise this year, Old St. Nick, that we’re okay with just the health of our families, a blessing on this great country, and wishes for a prosperous 2012.

We have so much to be thankful for.

Love,

The Doozy Team

Lighting the House for Hanukkah Celebration

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Hanukkah begins next Tuesday evening. If you haven’t started preparing for it yet, our DIY article here will get you started!

1. The Menorah

First thing’s first. The beautiful menorah candles have such a meaningful significance. Counting down the eight days of Hanukkah, lighting one of the eight candles each night, is a sacred way to remember the past and to cherish time with family.

The blog, Old Growth Yiddishkeit, has lovely advice on how to make an environmentally sustainable menorah that is still kosher.  Using olive oil and cotton wicks is better for the environment and actually a closer match to what they  would have used in the 2nd century BCE.

 

 

 

2. Dreidel

   An excellent article from Patch.com, gives instructions on how to glamorize your dreidels using Elmer’s spray adhesive, fine glitter, and a decorative glass vase. Martha Stewart Crafts (available at Michael’s) makes fine glitter. It’s more powdery and subtle. In my opinion it looks better on the dreidels than the large traditional glitter squares. Less messy too!

 

 

 

3. Latkes

The Huffington Post featured an avant-garde recipe that puts a new spin on this traditional food. How ’bout adding  celery root and parsnip to your latkes this Hanukah? I thought it sounded delicious.

 

 

 

 

4. Celebration

Dance, laugh, and sing with your family in celebration of Hanukah. Here are a few great ways to do it!

Rock-out with your kids to this bouncy Hanukah pop ballad sung a capella by the Maccabeats. It has over six million views on YouTube!

 

 

 

 

Menorah. Check. Dreidel. Check. Latkes. Check. Hanukah e cards … we’ve got you covered. Another way to wish others joy is to send Hanukah e cards to family across the country. We have plenty of Hanukah e cards here at DoozyCards.

 They’ll love groovin’ to this original Happy Happy Hanukah song e card.

 

 

So now that this blog post has hopefully equipped you with everything you need, go get started with the Hanukah preparations! We here at DoozyCards wish you a warm Hanukah 2011.