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  • Holiday Greetings

    Holiday Greetings

    It’s that time of the year again, cold and dark, yet it’s far from gloomy. It’s the holiday season and we are here to give you all some major Holiday Greetings idea! Since winter has set in with the beautiful lit houses and festivity all around. It is surely a busy time with family reunions starting from Thanksgiving and a busy travel period ending post-New Year. In between, there are other celebratory occasions almost every day.

    Advent marks the beginning of Christmas and till then it has events such as St. Nicholas Day, Christmas Card Day, Christmas Tree Light Day and many more. Now how do you prepare for such a busy season?

    Holiday Greetings by Universlover

    We’ll cover in details one of the important criteria for making great ecards in this blog. To start off with the most important:

    Research:

    While doing your research the key questions to answer are:
    • How is the Holiday season celebrated in different parts of North America?
    • What are the religious beliefs surrounding the festivals?
    • What type of food is most popularly associated with the event?
    • What is the latest trend with respect to the holidays?

    Here is some quick information about upcoming holidays:

    Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day that sees scores of shoppers trying to make the best use of the fabulous deals available in stores. It also marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

    Winter in North America means a lot of snow in most parts and frozen lakes. Thus it is a perfect time for winter carnivals and ice skating on the lake. Christmas is marked by attending church services, decorating homes with Christmas trees and exchanging greetings and gifts with family and friends. Of course, Santa plays an important role on Christmas as no Christmas tale is complete without Santa and his bag of goodies.

    This card gives a perfect view of what the holiday season looks like in North America
    http://www.123greetings.com/events/happy_holidays/silver_bells_instrumental_with.html

    All these elements can be reflected in a card to make it beautiful. Users must be transformed into another cheerful land with pleasant visuals and feel the holiday spirit. But what makes a card likeable is the perfect combination of visuals and messages. We will keep you all updated with the upcoming festivals and events.

    Until then,

    Keep Designing!

  • 8 Ways To Create The Ultimate Hanukkah Greetings!

    8 Ways To Create The Ultimate Hanukkah Greetings!

    Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an eight day Jewish Holiday. The word Hanukkah means ‘dedication’, the theory goes that with enough dedication and commitment, God creates miracles. Like many other faiths, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah brings light in the darkest time of the year. Being an important festival for Jews and its closeness to Christmas, it is a good opportunity to increase card sends and gain on the earnings by increasing ROW sends.

    So what are the important elements associated with this holiday? We’ll cover some major ones which will help you produce some wonderful ecards.

    Ecard by Jothi

    • The Menorah – The lighting of the menorah is the most important Hanukkah tradition. A menorah is a candle stand with 9 branches. Each evening of Hanukkah one candle is lit with a special blessing. Include this element and a glow to your cards.
    • Dreidel – Playing with dreidel is a popular Hanukkah tradition. People play this game with a square spinning top. The game is played with pennies and candy. The player who has all the candy and pennies in the end is the winner.
    • Hanukkah Food – Fried foods are traditional during Hanukkah in remembrance of the sacred oil. Popular fried foods are Latkes (Potato pancakes) and Sufganiyot (Sweet jam filled doughnuts). Eating dairy products, especially cheese is another Hanukkah tradition.
    • Hanukkah Songs – Variety of Hanukkah songs have been composed over the years in Hebrew & English both. Research on some of the popular Hanukkah songs and add them to your ecards to give it that extra touch.

    Send ecard

    Send your loved ones Hanukkah greetings! 

    • Gift Giving Tradition – Usually gift giving is reserved for younger children, and the only traditional gift on the holiday is gelt (coin shaped chocolates covered in gold foil) or small amounts of money.
    • Colors And Symbol – Blue, silver and white are the Hanukkah colors and Jews fills their homes with these colored decorative items. The large Star of David is a Jewish symbol used to decorate homes and convey message of festive spirit. Hence cards should reflect these colors and symbols for people to appreciate them.
    • Hanukkah Flowers – Jewish people share the joy of Hanukkah by sending beautiful Hanukkah flowers and gift baskets to their loved ones. Since blue and white are considered colors of Hanukkah, Lilies, white and blue roses and chrysanthemums are the widely exchanged Hanukkah flowers.
    • Family Celebration – As in many other celebrations of many other cultures, Hanukkah is about family. It’s a joyous time of the year when those you love gather together to play games, share food, blessings and music. Hence this can be showed in the cards for Wishes, Family, Friends and loved ones.

    So an optimum mix of all the above elements would surely help you come up with great ecards. Showcase your creativity and capitalize on your earnings! So, good luck and make the most of this festival!