Giles Andreae upper second class degree. In 2006 Andreae worked alongside Blunderbus Theatre Company (Nottinghamshire) to adapt his story "Giraffes Can't Dance" to bring it to stage. The company toured this story across the UK. Purple Ronnie is a cartoon character used in greetings cards, T-shirts and other merchandise. Drawn in a simple stick man style with a smiley face and a large oval body, Ronnie is usually shown as a comic poet, the cartoons' rhyming captions being written in a simple style and including mild taboo language. Purple Ronnie cards were first sold in 1987. The character was later used in
Greeting card die-cuts or glued-on decorations may be more expensive. Hallmark Cards and American Greetings, both U.S.-based companies, are the two largest producers of greeting cards in the world today. In Western countries and increasingly in other societies, many people traditionally mail seasonally themed cards to their friends and relatives in December. Many service businesses also send cards to their customers in this season, usually with a universally acceptable non-religious message such as "happy holidays" or "season's greetings". The Greeting Card Association is an international trade organization representing the interests of greeting card and stationery manufacturers. John Beeder, former president of the