Picture this. The alarm clock goes off promptly at 6:30am as it always does Monday through Friday when you wake up to attend your 7:30a Spanish 104 class in Central Classrooms. You get up, get ready and start your daily routine with so much monotony that you don’t have to think about it. You arrive to class at about 7:45am; you are always fashionably late, when you start to get the feeling that you are forgetting something. As you sit through class you ponder over what exactly it could be that you forgot, but you simply cannot remember. Then the bell rings, ding, and right at that moment, you remember what is so special about today. It’s your mother’s birthday. You know you are in trouble because you didn’t call or send her a card in the mail.
About five years ago this would have been a huge disaster for most people who have demanding mothers, but during this age of technological advancement, this scenario has a quick fix. Now there are on-line greeting cards, flowers, balloons, post cards, and virtual greetings for every occasion. It is as simple as visiting a site, pointing, and clicking.
Virtual greeting cards are gifts of the future. They usually have a commercial like plot that lasts about twenty seconds. These virtual greetings can be as risqué or conservative as you want them to be, but they are guaranteed smiles. Some of the most popular virtual greeting sites are:
- iCards – customized electronic postcards for all occasions from Apple.
- Blue Mountain – send personalized animated electronic greeting cards by email.
- Yahoo! Greetings – send a free personalized greeting.
- The Electric Postcard – pick a card, write a message, which can include links and images, and send it off. The recipient is notified that a postcard has been sent and how to pick it up.
- Car Talk Postcard Store – Send someone you hate a postcard!
- AAAPostCards – for all occasions.
- 123 Greetings – offering electronic greeting cards for all occasions.
- Toonogram – send a Doctor Fun cartoon postcard to someone on the web.
- Care2 – e-cards that help save wildlife! Also has web-cam cards.
- Guycon – features video characters that can be personalized and e-mailed to friends
Like the on-line greeting cards, the virtual greetings are also divided up into categories that include:
Although yahoo has provided a list of best sites some other sites to check out are:
- #1 Greeting Card Freebies – offers free humorous greetings and a chance to win prizes.
- #1 Greeting Cards – offers animated and musical eCards for all occasions.
Going to yahoo.com and entering greeting cards into the search box can access each of these sites.
On-line Greeting Cards can be as personal or generic as you want them to be. You can insert the recipients name and write your own message or you can just use a card that is ready made for you. You even have the capability to design your own card if you want to be unique.Although there are more than 200 card sites to choose from, some of the most popular on-line greeting card sites include:
There are many sites to choose from, but if you are looking for something specific, you can refer to the categories list and be immediately connected with a site that focuses on the cards you desire. The greeting card categories are:
