Religious Christmas cards

I have lots of friends to whom I send cards; I know that some are Christian, some are of other faiths and some are atheist/agnostic - and some of them I have no idea whatsoever what their stance on faith might be. I think it's more probable than not that they know that I am a Christian and so to receive a card from me with a Christian theme would be no surprise at all and most certainly would not cause offense to any of them.
We actually invited two of our close muslim friends to spend Christmas with us this year and although they were unable to accept they were delighted to be asked.

I'm slightly more offended when people don't buy charity cards than by the content of the card!

If they are friends they are not going to offended. If they are not friends then you don't need to send a card.
My angel card comes from a friend who always sends angels or Madonna and child- she has never been to a church of any sort in the 35 yrs that I have known her. Another friend who seems to particularly like a church on a card hasn't been to church for 55 years!
I think that you read too much into it.

I only buy charity Christmas cards from the organisation I support.
I would never buy those alleged charity cards from the ordinary card shops. They take there own profits off first.
The Charity shops get all the profits from their products after overheads.

The "This is money website says"
"After manufacturing and marketing costs, charities are typically left with 75p of every £1 spent. Not all of that goes to help those for whom it is intended. Additional administration and staffing costs mean that between 40 and 60 per cent of the selling price might be left over to do some good."

"The CAT holds Scrooge Awards every year after looking at what High Street shops hand to charities from Christmas card sales.

The worst offender this year is Peter Jones, the west London store that is part of the John Lewis Partnership. It is handing over just six per cent of the sale price of its Shelter cards to the charity.

Like many retailers, the deals it offers to charities vary. For instance, it pays 25 per cent to Childline, Age UK and Mencap."

I've had Christmas in Marrakesh and in Aqaba, the two most over the top with decorations and Father Christmases blazing log fires ever. Tegan someone seems to send me that card every year. We always have a competition on Boxing Day to judge the least Christmassy card. Lifetime joint winners and not yet surpassed were a grey and white drawing of a battleship and an oil painting of a man gazing at a skull.

Could we not all decide never to be offended by a christmas card unless it contains a nasty message (likelihood of that? pretty close to zero, I'd say)?

Could we not, in the spirit of good will, decide not to be judgmental about where people have, or seem to have, bought their cards?

I think offended and offence are fast becoming my least favourite words.

Apparently some bishop has had an 'offended' rant at the BBC for not covering the christian side of christmas enough, as if there were not also millions of people who celebrate christmas as the return of the light. So self-centred. What happened to thinking of others instead of oneself and one's own interpretations all the time?

'Being offended' is a up to whoever wants to take offence - they make a decision and then go with it, and I say to hell with 'em!

I'm sick of hearing about people who are offended by things that have done them no real harm at all - get over it!

As for Christmas - interested parties (i.e., the reiigious) have been trying to convince everybody that they are victimised, and one of the instances of this 'victimisation' has been The War On Christmas, an American Christian invention that is dug up year after year by the likes of Fox News... it's pathetic, but it makes them feel righteous I suppose...

Whatever you choose to celebrate - do it, and enjoy it (if that's appropriate). Happy Hogswatch! (to Terry Pratchett fans everywhere...)

This is where those cards that say Season's Greetings come in handy and it covers everyone's celebration as there are a number of different celebrations at this time of year.

I do like to send a religious card to people I know who are practicing Christians.

Don't trouble what's on a card, well my elder daughter must have a Robin, if a card to a Christian I write a different greeting to non Christians , that's it