--- title: Hallmark Removes Hanukkah Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas description: The Nazi symbol was embedded in the design canonical: https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-10T17:25:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:11.967Z og:title: Hallmark Removes Hanukkah Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas og:description: After a customer complaint that the Nazi symbol appeared to be embedded in the design og:url: https://time.com/3628178/hallmark-holiday-gift-wrap-swastikas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8e938103c4d7dd/69876e0155a85927f8a84a7b/hanukkah-swastika-wra_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Hanukkah-Swastika Wrapping og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hallmark Removes Hanukkah Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas twitter:description: After a customer complaint that the Nazi symbol appeared to be embedded in the design twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8e938103c4d7dd/69876e0155a85927f8a84a7b/hanukkah-swastika-wra_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hallmark Removes Holiday Gift Wrap That Looked Like Swastikas  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, 2014Andy 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"}}]}] ```