Quinceañera

Product Features

• Sinceramente Hallmark offers 66 Quinceañera cards and one invitation.
• Because not all Latinas celebrating their Quinceañera speak Spanish, seven English-language Quinceañera cards are included in the line. The Spanish-language cards include an English translation on the back.
• Sinceramente also offers three bilingual Quinceañera cards that use a mixture of Spanish and English words to reflect the way many younger Hispanics speak today.
• All of the cards focus on the transition from a child to a woman and include messages of pride, love and blessings.

Celebration History

• The Quinceañera has its origins many centuries ago when both boys and girls participated in rites of passage.
• To prepare for “womanhood,” girls were separated from other children at the age of 15 so the elder women could teach them about their future roles as members of family and community. During the official rites of passage, the community would thank the gods for the future wives and mothers, and the young women would vow to serve the community.
• Later, missionaries turned the event into a personal affirmation of faith by the young women and a pledge to become good Christian wives and mothers. A church celebration became an important part of the occasion.
• Today, the Quinceañera celebration often is a lavish party that may include a mariachi band, a feast and many guests – much like a wedding. The young woman wears an elaborate dress in pink, white, light blue or lavender.
• Traditions include receiving a church blessing, having 14 attendants and escorts to represent the previous 14 years of life, presenting a porcelain doll to a younger sister to symbolize leaving childhood behind, changing from flats into high-heeled shoes to represent becoming a young woman, and dancing the first dance with the young woman’s father.

In Stores

Use the store locator on Hallmark.com or call 1-877-5-CARIÑO (1-877-522-7466) to locate the nearest Sinceramente Hallmark retailer.