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Originally Posted by Miriam2940
Coming from South Florida I have been used to finding cards for the Jewish Holidays everywhere, drug stores, supermarkets. This year Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day. I had to pick up something at Walgreens so I went in search of Hanukkah cards. I found plenty of Christmas cards but no Hanukkah cards. When I asked the manager he told me that they had gotten an email that corporate would not be sending Hanukkah cards to "this store". Next I went into Publix, no Hanukkah cards but I was told that the Hallmark lady would be back on Tuesday. CVS- no Hanukkah cards, I did not bother to ask. I found a small selection at Hallmark in Sumter but no gift wrap. I find this very disturbing and, although it is not overt discrimination, I do feel that by omission it smacks of discrimination. Not good
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I see how one could sense that. But I'm thinking it might be a simple matter of the stores/card publishers having too many
unsold Jewish holiday cards left at the end of the season (maybe didn't sell enough of them to justify the finite rack space the card companies have, for the quick change they do for the next seasons/occasions). I always notice how fast they whisk away everything from Christmas as an example, to get the Valentines and St. Patricks Day stuff out there right away in the beginning of January.
I would shop for the cards online at Hallmark, American Greetings, etc. and it's probably a lot bigger selection and price range.