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A '''Hallmark holiday''' is a disparaging term used predominantly in America to describe a [[holiday]] that exists primarily for commercial purposes, rather than to commemorate a traditionally significant religious or secular event. The name comes from [[Hallmark cards]], a privately owned [[United States|American]] company based in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], that presumably benefits from such manufactured events through sales of [[greeting cards]] and other items.
==References in popular culture==
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== Further reading ==
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Revision as of 13:40, 17 April 2007
A Hallmark holiday is a disparaging term used predominantly in America to describe a holiday that exists primarily for commercial purposes, rather than to commemorate a traditionally significant religious or secular event. The name comes from Hallmark cards, a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri, that presumably benefits from such manufactured events through sales of greeting cards and other items.
References in popular culture
- The Simpsons episode 5F09, "Trash of the Titans", the retail corporations create a new holiday called "Love Day" which the Simpson family adopts without question.
- In the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the character Joel states "Valentine's Day is a day invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap."
References
Further reading
- Linda Mooney and Sarah Brabant (1998). "Off the Rack: Store Bought Emotions and the Presentation of Self". Electronic Journal of Sociology. 3 (4).
- Leigh Eric Schmidt (December 1991). "The Commercialization of the Calendar: American Holidays and the Culture of Consumption, 1870-1930". Journal of American History. 78 (3): 887–916. doi:10.2307/2078795.