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It’s time to call B.S. on Gibson Greeting Cards. Last week when I was buying my wife a birthday card, I saw two cards in the St. Patrick’s Day section that said “Happy Shamrock Day.” That’s just wrong. It would be less offensive if they discontinued all their St. Patrick’s cards rather than publish ones that celebrate clover.
Back in the prehistoric days before I started this blog, I noticed some napkins with the same offending phrase on them. The idiotic marketing scheme has picked up more negative press since then, including a bit of a dust-up in Waco last year.
“Happy Shamrock Day” is as stupid as “Happy Turkey Day” on Thanksgiving. Not everyone eats turkey then. Maybe I should expect to see “Happy Hard-Boiled Egg Day” or “Happy Firecracker Day” in the near future. Would Gibson dare market a Passover card that said “Happy Flatbread Days?” I don’t think so.
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