2006 Presidential Christmas (Holiday) Card

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 1, 2006) — The White House has selected Hallmark Cards, Inc., for the sixth year in a row, (Clinton Era Cards by American Greetings) to produce the official 2006 presidential holiday card.

The cards will be mailed to friends and family of President and Mrs. George W. Bush, as well as to foreign dignitaries. Presidential Holiday Cards

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The card image is an exclusive design of an outside view of the Oval Office in December.

Artist James Blake was chosen by President and Mrs. Bush to create the original artwork that is featured on the front of the card. Blake is well-known for his still life and landscape work.

Blake’s painting of the Oval Office is reproduced on the card as a tip-on on elegant ecru stock with a deckle edge. An embossed gold foil presidential seal highlights the insert page.

President and Mrs. Bush selected a Psalm to be incorporated on the card with a brief message.

The message inside the card reads:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
– Psalm 119:105.

May the light of the season shine bright in your heart now
and in the new year.

Hallmark’s presidential card project leader Dan Stifter was thrilled to be able to work on the card. “I am honored that Hallmark was once again chosen to help the Bush family continue the important annual tradition of sending holiday cards,” Stifter said. “Card-sending is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends, which is especially important during the holiday season.”

Work began on the holiday card in June when a team from Hallmark began collaborating with President and Mrs. Bush.

Hallmark began making Christmas cards for presidents in 1953, when Dwight D. Eisenhower started what has become a White House tradition. The company has created at least one card for each administration, with the exception of the Clinton administration (Clinton Era Cards by American Greetings). The 2006 card is the 39th official card created by Hallmark for the White House. In 1982, Hallmark donated its Presidential Christmas Card Collection to the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Hallmark Visitors Center, adjacent to the Kansas City headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Inc., also displays the Presidential Christmas Card Collection.

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