many so-called hallmarkers have worked here for decades. craig lueck has been an illustrator for 27 years. >> even though it's so huge, it still has that sort of intimate more family feel to it. we have deadlines, but there seems to be time to keep refining the craft and the skills. >> reporter: the halls say keeping hallmark family-owned lets them focus on customers, rather than profits. and they think that could keep this company around for their grandchildren to run. >> this brand is in the business of needs that will be around in a hundred years and we know that. yeah. >> reporter: diane eastabrook "nightly business report," kansas city. >> tom: that's "nightly business goodnight everyone and have a great weekend, you too, susie. for friday, november 19. i'm tom hudson. >> susie: good night, tom. i'm susie gharib goodnight, everyone. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning spo

now, it's a household name-- hallmark. today, the company has more than 13,000 employees, and it's still run by the hall family. as diane eastabrook reports, the halls' emphasis on constant change has kept hallmark a market leader. >> reporter: when you see the name "hallmark," this is what you think of. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: hallmark is known worldwide for greeting cards, wrapping paper, holiday ornaments, and in the u.s., a television network. but less known is the family behind the kansas city-based firm. donald hall, jr., is the third generation to run hallmark. while touring the company museum, he told me what's kept the iconic company around for so long. our creativity, our innovation, and constant change. >> reporter: it all started in 1910 with j.c. hall, an ambitious nebraska teen who came to kansas city to sell postcards. when the postcard fad fizzled, j.c. turned to greeting cards and an empire was born. hall was a shrewd businessman who licensed works by walt disney and norman rockwell. he was also an

specifically hallmark. so, of course, we brought her to the main office of hallmark cards in kansas city missouri. good morning welcome to your dream job at hallmark. >> thank you so much. >> deena spradlin has been writing her entire life but her job in database communications doesn't inspire the heart-felt proceeds she cherishes. as a young age she exchanged weekly letters with her grandmother, a ritual that instilled an early appreciation for words. >> i love to write, write letters. my dream job has always been to write greeting cards for hallmark. >> let's not make you late for your first day. let's head on up. >> okay. thanks. >> hi. welcome to your dream job. >> thank you. >> come on in, have a seat. >> that seat isn't easy to come by. hallmark ploys just 40 full-time writers who produce nearly 12,000 now cards each yeesh. cheryl gaines oversees christmas, her favorite time of year. >> we were like you to write a christmas card for us. we understand you are going to get married. >> yes. >> awesome. w

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>> a hallmark feature of our show is the quest for truth, and let me contribute to that. 62% of the people who voted cited the economy as the number- one concern, and the inability of congress to address that problem over the next couple of years. health care had a 47% of the people saying that reform should either be kept or extended, 49 said it ought to be repealed. you did not hear the judgment that we hear from other people. that spoke the truth. >> nina? >> i think it is complicated. there were lots of reasons there was a different electorate this time, partly because the the enthusiasm gap. part of it is the reasons that charles mentioned. and there were real failures by the obama administration in doing the politics. i don't think it was just a question of messaging. it was a question of how they did politics for two years, in addition to some of the ideological differences. >> evan? >> obama just needed to communicate better -- i don't think that's as it. polls show that the country is still right of center, slightly, but it is right of center. the democrats have lost particularly

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>> a hallmark feature of our show is the quest for truth, and let me contribute to that. 62% of the people who voted cited the economy as the number- one concern, and the inability of congress to address that problem over the next couple of years. health care had a 47% of the people saying that reform should either be kept or extended, 49 said it ought to be repealed. you did not hear the judgment that we hear from other people. that spoke the truth. >> nina? >> i think it is complicated. there were lots of reasons there was a different electorate this time, partly because the the enthusiasm gap. part of it is the reasons that charles mentioned. and there were real failures by the obama administration in doing the politics. i don't think it was just a question of messaging. it was a question of how they did politics for two years, in addition to some of the ideological differences. >> evan? >> obama just needed to communicate better -- i don't think that's as it. polls show that the country is still right of center, slightly, but it is right of center. the democrats haveost partularly work

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