What is the point of sending out a non-Christmas Christmas card? If the person does not celebrate CHRISTmas in the first place, why send that person a card?
And why these casual photos, the non-holiday photos, those really annoy me. I got one from a co-workers a few years ago, their two daughters on the train platform. I'm not sure if would be art-photog hubby was trying to be creative, or what, but it wasn't a good photo and it had nothing to do with Christmas. It would have been a pretty good photo for the two girls to put on a "we're running away from home" card, but that was about it. This Blair photo is just as bad. Couldn't they at least have included their children? And if they didn't want to, why a pic of them? I love Tony, but come on, who cares?
In this case, it's probably more of a matter of the PM not wanting to 'offend' any non- Christians who might receive the card. To that I would suggest that any who are offended are of the 'professional whiners' category who really need to get a life and get that chip off of their shoulder. I send Christmas cards to my Jewish friends every year (have for decades) and they are not offended; they are delighted to hear from me and they tell me so. They also wish me the best for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Similarly, they send me Hanukkah cards and I sincerely thank them and wish them a Happy Hanukkah as well. This is a concept called 'getting along with your neighbors and friends' which seems to have become unfashionable for many, unfortunately.