Debuting in 1939 and costing only a nickel, Hallmark’s “Pansy Card” can still be purchased today (for $.99) and has been purchased more than 30 million times, making it the best-selling Hallmark card of all time. 

The Best-Selling Greeting Card of All Time:

“So, what gives the card its power? The pleasant imagery and vague wording makes it suitable for nearly any occasion. And we mean any occasion: Hallmark claims that in 1958, two men wandered into their corporate offices in Kansas City and asked the receptionist what she would recommend for a friend whose execution was imminent. They walked away with the Pansy Card, apparently quite satisfied.”

I’ve never purchased a Pansy Card, but the next opportunity I get to give a card, the Pansy is the one I’ll purchase.

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Jeff Cormier

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