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NewsDecember 10, 2014

Hallmark pulls gift wrap after swastika complaint

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hallmark Cards Inc. has removed blue and silver gift wrap from circulation after a customer complained she saw a swastika embedded in the design. The company alerted retailers Monday after receiving a complaint Sunday from a Walgreens customer in Northridge, California. The wrap was featured in a Hanukkah display. Elliott said no one at Hallmark noticed that intersecting lines in the paper could be seen as a swastika pattern...

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Cheryl Shapiro displays the Hanukkah gift wrap with a swastika-like pattern she found at Walgreens in Northridge, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The wrapping paper has been recalled from stores nationwide. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, Andy Holzman)
Cheryl Shapiro displays the Hanukkah gift wrap with a swastika-like pattern she found at Walgreens in Northridge, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The wrapping paper has been recalled from stores nationwide. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, Andy Holzman)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hallmark Cards Inc. has removed blue and silver gift wrap from circulation after a customer complained she saw a swastika embedded in the design. The company alerted retailers Monday after receiving a complaint Sunday from a Walgreens customer in Northridge, California. The wrap was featured in a Hanukkah display. Elliott said no one at Hallmark noticed that intersecting lines in the paper could be seen as a swastika pattern.

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