We all associate Hallmark with cards and greetings, though the traditional thoughts may be changing, as Hallmark now supplies free e-cards for consumers to send to their friends, making their site inviting to the public, and taking e-cards seriously. If you forget that birthday, an e-card is a great way to make up for the omission, and to let those people you love smile. Hallmark are not all roses and poems any more. Their site offers:

*E-cards.
*Design packages.
*Reminders of special dates.
*Calendar download free.
*Games within cards.

Approaching the site is pretty easy, by typing the words Hallmark free e-cards into Google. One of the most irritating things is that you have to sign on to get to send their cards, though believe me there is good reason to. Whereas Jacqueline Lawson cards gives you great cards, and Fun Silly's site offers great animated cards for free, one of the things I love about this site is the availability of cards which serve two purposes, a greeting and a free game. Although the games are relatively simple, they are not aimed at pressure playing. These are casual games that people enjoy for a few minutes of entertainment, and the choice is very good.

As with all sites of this nature, Hallmark have traditional cards, though watch out for the price tags. Not all their cards are free, and frankly many can be replaced by free ones on other sites, though the presentation of the site is simple, the personalization of cards easy enough for anyone to comply with to present cards that people will remember.

Fortunately, Hallmark don't ask you any personal questions about you, other than your email address, and if you don't want all the mailings that they want to send you, it really is only a question of not ticking the boxes and making the decision yourself, rather than feeling you owe the company the loyalty that involves being kept up to date with innovations. Our email accounts are already filled to brimming with spam, and as the site is so easily accessible, I choose to look when time permits me.

One of the nice areas of the site is having a reminder list because for people like me, who forget those birthdays, this really is ideal, and saves embarrassment. They also do rather a neat download-able calendar for your desktop, which takes only a few minutes to download and install. This serves as a handy reminder for other things, and some ladies may like the idea, though the calendar isn't very man friendly, tending to opt

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