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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Dec 10, 2014 5:25 PM UTC  Cheryl Shapiro displays the Hanukkah gift wrap with a swastika-like pattern she found at Walgreens in Northridge, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 Cheryl Shapiro displays the Hanukkah gift wrap with a swastika-like pattern she found at Walgreens in Northridge, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 Andy Holzman—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Dec 10, 2014 5:25 PM UTC Hallmark Cards has [scrapped](https://time.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3627694&action=edit&message=8) a blue and silver gift wrap after customers complained that the design looked like a Swastika. Hallmark recalled the paper after receiving a complaint from a customer at Walgreens in California, who found the wrap in a Hanukkah display. Hallmark spokesperson Julie Elliot told the Associated Press that the gift wrap was intended for holiday use and wasn’t specifically Hanukkah themed, despite being blue and silver. Elliot said that Hallmark did not intend to offend anyone, and the company will stop making and selling the wrap. \[[_AP_](http://fox4kc.com/2014/12/09/hallmark-pulls-gift-wrap-after-swastika-complaint/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/"},"headline":"Hallmark Removes Holiday Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas","datePublished":"2014-12-10T17:25:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:11.967Z","description":"After a customer complaint that the Nazi symbol appeared to be embedded in the design","url":"https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8e938103c4d7dd/69876e0155a85927f8a84a7b/hanukkah-swastika-wra_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8e938103c4d7dd/69876e0155a85927f8a84a7b/hanukkah-swastika-wra_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hanukkah-Swastika Wrapping","caption":"Hanukkah-Swastika Wrapping","creditText":"Andy Holzman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/","name":"Hallmark Removes Holiday Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas"}}]}] ```