If you want to p!ss off the postal clerks, ask for
Mary and Jesus stamps (I was informed they were
Madonna and child stamps).
I've started calling our office "holiday party" a Christmas party (my cube happens to be organizing it this year) and no one has questioned it - in fact, the term has caught on. We have a Christmas Tree, people will bring presents, and we're getting a big ham (so it can't be Islam). I have yet to see some Jewish cuisine at any of these parties (and a good blintz would certainly be welcome). We got too many white folk for Kwanza. So unless someone can explain what Holiday (with an H) we are celebrating, we are going to celebrate Christmas.
"If you want to p!ss off the postal clerks, ask for Mary and Jesus stamps (I was informed they were Madonna and child stamps)."
Haven't seen anything like that at my post office. I have to stand in lines there most days of the week to ship orders to my customers. I hear lots of folks asking for Christmas stamps. The clerks each have a page showing all the different stamps available. I've heard several ask for the Mary and Jesus stamps. The clerks just sell those to them.
Don't generalize from one incident, please.