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Sock Puppet Video Is No.1 Hallmark Valentine's Day E-card

Posted on: Thursday, 12 February 2009, 07:00 CST

Favorite characters, songs and scenes available for top e-card sending holiday

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- New character, film and music content for e-cards is giving consumers additional opportunities to connect this Valentine's Day. The most popular Hallmark Valentine's Day e-card is a sock puppet video that plays Barry White's "Can Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" in the background. More e-cards are sent on Valentine's Day than any other day of the year. Hallmark is offering these new, innovative e-cards for just 99 cents. About one-third of all Hallmark e-cards are free.

The e-cards feature stop-motion animation, video clips, original song clips and the ability to add photographs for a personal touch. Newly licensed content on Hallmark.com allows consumers to select e-cards featuring popular TV shows and movies such as "The Office," "30 Rock," and "Juno" for their Valentine's Day e-cards.

"Many of these e-cards feature properties that are unavailable anywhere else," notes Lindsey Roy, Hallmark general manager of digital greetings. "We are excited to offer a new selection of e-cards that help people connect with their family, friends and sweethearts."

Hallmark's e-card content ranges from humorous, such as a song and dance from Moto Moto, a character in DreamWorks Animation's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa(TM)" to sweet and lighthearted such as a design featuring Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight."

For additional information, visit www.hallmark.com.

About Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Kansas City-based Hallmark has been helping people communicate, celebrate and connect for nearly 100 years. Hallmark greeting cards and other products can be found in more than 43,000 places in the United States alone, with the network of Hallmark Gold Crown(R) stores providing the very best selection. The Hallmark brand also reaches consumers online at Hallmark.com, on newsstands through Hallmark Magazine, and on television through Hallmark Hall of Fame original movies and the top-rated Hallmark Channel. In addition, Hallmark publishes products in more than 30 languages and distributes them in 100 countries across the globe. The company's Crayola(R) subsidiary provides fun and imaginative ways for children to colorfully express themselves. In 2007, privately held Hallmark reported consolidated net revenues of $4.4 billion. Charitable giving of $16 million a year focuses on the well-being of children and families, vibrant arts and cultural experiences, and basic services for people in need in the communities where Hallmark operates. For more information about the company, visit http://corporate.hallmark.com.

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SOURCE Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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