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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WEISS JEFFREY M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP [AM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and C.O.O. (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMERICAN ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/20/2007 (Street) CLEVELAND, OH 44144 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class B Common Shares 04/20/2007   A   25,656 (1) A $ 0 55,539 I by Deferred Comp. Class A Common Shares               569 (2) I by Profit Shar. Plan Class B Common Shares               33,642 D   Class B Common Shares               6,613 (3) I by Profit Shar. Plan Class B Common Shares               445,454 I By LLC (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WEISS JEFFREY M ONE AMERICAN ROAD CLEVELAND, OH 44144	X	X	President and C.O.O.

Signatures

Catherine M. Kilbane, Power of Attorney for Jeffrey Weiss		04/24/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents Class B shares earned with respect to performance shares granted on August 2, 2005. The Reporting Person has elected to defer receipt of such Class B shares pursuant to the terms of the American Greetings Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
(2)	Represents Class A common shares allocated to the Reporting Person?s account as of February 28, 2007, in the American Greetings Retirement Profit Sharing and Savings Plan reflecting the Reporting Person?s interest in common shares held in such plan.
(3)	Represents Class B common shares allocated to the Reporting Person?s account as of February 28, 2007, in the American Greetings Retirement Profit Sharing and Savings Plan reflecting the Reporting Person?s interest in common shares held in such plan.
(4)	On August 11, 2006, the Reporting Person acquired membership interests in the Irving I. Stone Limited Liability Company (the "LLC") representing 24.5% of the equity in the LLC. As a result of such acquisition, the Reporting Person may be deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 445,454 of the 1,818,182 Class B common shares owned by the LLC.

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