1. An electronic system for management, selection, and delivery of social expression cards directed by a plurality of independent customers wherein each customer communicates from a remote site to a distribution center, the system comprising: a) a customer access terminal at each remote site having 1) an input device for customer input and selection of card recipient data, recipient occasion data, card design data, and card selection data, 2) memory device for storage of data in the form of data records, including the card recipient data, recipient occasion data, card design data, and card selection data, 3) display means for displaying textual and graphical information representative of the card recipient data, recipient occasion data, card design data, and card selection data, 4) a processor coupled to the display means, memory device, and input device for processing and controlling display of the card recipient data, recipient occasion data, card design data, and card selection data to facilitate card selection and ordering for generating a card order responsive thereto, and for generating and storing in the memory, records of order history and order status, said card recipient data, order history data, order status data, and recipient occasion data operatively linked to facilitate on-going management of card selection and card delivery by the customer with respect to each recipient of the customer; and b) a communications link coupling the customer access terminal to the distribution center to permit communication of the card order to the distribution center for processing of the card order.