Christmas card with a red background wth the words "Merry Christmas(k) and a Happy Loo Year", showing a Christmas tree decorated with blue face coverings, rolls of toilet paper and topped with a bottle of hand sanitiser, designed by Filthy Sentiments and sold by Moonpig, 2020

Many greetings cards makers developed cards with designs reflecting responses to the COVID-19 pandemic including social distancing, staying at home, and self-isolation. Face coverings and hand sanitiser are two of the measures recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Prior and during the UK’s first lockdown beginning in March 2020, panic buying and stockpiling of toilet paper caused shortages. Some psychologists commented that the stockpiling was a result of people attempting to feel like they have control over something practical, particularly at anxious moments.