Abstract: A greeting product and method for conveying a greeting may utilize a banner-shaped greeting structure and a container therefor, the greeting structure having indicia constituting a greeting message, the greeting structure having an extended position in which it is adapted for being displayed, and having a compacted position, and the container being shaped and sized for receiving the greeting structure in its compacted position. The greeting product and the container may have substantially matching shapes when the greeting structure is in the compacted position. The greeting structure may include a plurality of similarly shaped units, linked together. Portions of a greeting message may be placed on respective ones of the units. The units may be polygonal, or at least partially rounded, circular or any other desired shape. The container itself may also have indicia related to the greeting message.

Abstract: A greeting product and method for conveying a greeting may utilize a banner-shaped greeting structure and a container therefor, the greeting structure having indicia constituting a greeting message, the greeting structure having an extended position in which it is adapted for being displayed, and having a compacted position, and the container being shaped and sized for receiving the greeting structure in its compacted position. The greeting product and the container may have substantially matching shapes when the greeting structure is in the compacted position. The greeting structure may include a plurality of similarly shaped units, linked together. Portions of a greeting message may be placed on respective ones of the units. The units may be polygonal, or at least partially rounded, circular or any other desired shape. The container itself may also have indicia related to the greeting message.