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THE GIFT OF WARMTH: During a holiday season tainted by recession, utility companies reported a boost in programs that enable gift-givers to pay the gas and electric bills of friends, relatives or families.

With luxury and electronic goods posting double-digit sales declines over the holiday season, shoppers still rung up warmth and good cheer in a spate of recession-inspired buying.

Nevada City-based Lectra Media, which prints greeting cards, magazines, glossy photo collections and election materials, is giving 17 of its 25 employees a furlough through Friday, citing a slowdown in business.

Wake County's Holiday Wrap Up Recycling Event continues to collect a variety of celebration waste, including trees, wrapping paper, gift boxes, greeting cards and television sets.

For years, people have sent greeting cards via e-mail to celebrate birthdays or wish someone a happy New Year.

Q. We always have good intentions when it comes to sending Christmas cards, but it seems life gets so hectic each December that we barely get all the presents bought, wrapped, etc.

Are mini love letters effective? Well, if you think about it, mini love letters are a multi-billion dollar industry already – your greeting cards are mini love letters! Notice how many words or phrases are there in the cards which you will easily pay $3 dollars to as much as $15 per card?

By James Jose and Pupul Dutta, New Delhi, Dec 31 : Gone are the days you would spend hours selecting that perfect greeting card, saying just the right words. You would rather go the SMS way for a quicker and more economical way to wish a 'Happy New Year'.

A Peterborough man has been charged in connection with the theft of numerous mailed greeting cards containing cash, gift cards and lottery tickets.

Following the success of the Christmas Cards, MaltaMedia is once again offering traditional New Year Greeting Cards. With scenes from the festivities in the Maltese Islands, the cards are an ideal way to express good wishes for the New Year in a quick a personal way.  Click here to access these greeting cards.