The financial crisis has made this holiday period very unpleasant but greeting card publisher Order of St. Nick has a way to add a little cheer and humor. They have released a set of "financial crisis Christmas cards" for the 2008 holiday season. You can see the cards here.
"Humor is essential to making it through tough times," owner and creative director Andrew Shaffer says. "The current global financial crisis is no different. People need to laugh now more than ever, and that's where our Depressing Times(TM) line of holiday greeting cards comes in."
Topics that the cards make light of include the subprime mortgage crisis, high gas prices, unemployment, vanishing 401k, and health insurance woes. The paper greeting cards feature vintage photos from the Great Depression, enhanced with humorous verse such as "Have a Great Depression and a Subprime New Year" and "Obama's new health care plan rocks! I only wish I still had that kidney I sold to pay my heating bill."
