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Ephemera of love: Treat that special someone to a vintage valentine

This Valentine’s Day, many people will reach for modern mass-produced cards. We predict the ones with pop culture phenomenon Baby Yoda saying “Yoda one for me” will be particularly popular.

Not to knock Baby Yoda because that is a sweet card, but why give someone the same one hundreds of other people will get when you can give something that’s one-of-a-kind? How often do you see Cupid riding on the back of a bird looking for people to shoot with his love arrow? Or one with a dustpan and a girl in a maid’s outfit asking, “ think thou could love me?” That’s cute stuff.

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