The first (secular) Christmas cards in my mailbox are always from Jewish friends.
I usually send religious Christmas cards to everybody on my list.
One year, a very dear Jewish friend apparently couldn't take it anymore and said to me ----very testily---"Why do you send me religious cards, you know I don't celebrate that day?"
I replied, "I was hoping that as my friend you would share with me a day that is very meaningful to me, that's why."
She replied, "Oh."
That's sad.
How respectful of you.
You have Jewish friends?
I usually send religious Christmas cards to everybody on my list. One year, a very dear Jewish friend apparently couldn't take it anymore and said to me ----very testily---"Why do you send me religious cards, you know I don't celebrate that day?" I replied, "I was hoping that as my friend you would share with me a day that is very meaningful to me, that's why."
So it's all about you. Is that what friendship is about?
I happen to love Victorian Christmas art, so I always send Victorian style Christmas cards to my Christian friends.
I do it to bring them pleasure, because to me, that's what friendship is about. Making others feel good. It's called the spirit of giving, and I hear that's what Christmas is all about.