{"id":1609,"date":"2009-12-15T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:48:37","slug":"21-card-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-and-tidbits\/21-card-salute\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Card Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>holiday cards<\/strong><\/a> personalized by young students in New York for Operation Gratitude&#8217;s &#8220;Letters to Heroes&#8221; program. These cards will be stuffed in care packages and shipped to deployed service members stationed overseas. 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