No Christmas stamp this year?
The one in the middle is the Christmas stamp.
Yes, they do - several religious-themed (Virgin & Child, Holy Family, etc.) versions and the squishy secular types as well (like the gingerbread house, shown).
There are 3 different Christian stamps for Christmas: Virgin and Child by Jan Gossaert, Holy Family, and Madonna of the Candelabra by Raphael.
I went to the website (holidaystamps.usps.com, which redirects). There are "Holy Family (2013 Issue)," "Virgin & Child by Jan Gossaert," and "Madonna of the Candelabra by Raphael," if you want one that depicts Jesus. There are more generically Christmas-ish-in-a-way ones, like "Santa and Sleigh" or "Poinsettia."
There are Christmas stamps, yes. And this is the flier the USPS sent out; I got one in the mail today. So tell me why the USPS has two stamps emblazoned with the words Hanukkah and Kwanzaa while conspicuously omitting a stamp with the name of the only federal holiday in December, which, coincidentally, is the source of a ton of income for the USPS. More income, assuredly, than all other December holidays combined.
Reparations for Christmas Privilege.
As a stamp collector for over 60 years, I can say that Christmas stamps have been some of the best stamps ever produced by the USPS.
They have included classical paintings/art, Santa and general holiday themes, and just good cheer. The classical art stamps verge on exquisite, esp. those from the 1960s on upward.
Santa, reindeer, decorations and decorated houses, etc. are very nice and liked by all.
For Chanukkah, a menorah is the traditional item, and is well done by the stamp designers.
For Kwanzaa, a made-up holiday for black racists by a black killer/racist/fraud, the stamps have the wrong image. It is supposed to be a “QuonsetHut”. Would go well in a Triptych with “PizzaHut” and “JabbaTheHut”.
Even Laz would buy a few of those.
If you go on their website, you’ll see a “Holy Family” stamp and other Christmas stamps.
Mrs. RWA and I were just talking about this. A Jewish religious symbols, a bunch of quasi-religious Kwanzaa crap, and then she asked, what's that in the middle?
I replied that it was a traditional Christian religious symbol, the gingerbread house. Huh? Maybe they think Christ was born in a gingerbread house.
Well, at least they put out some nice flag stamps a while ago.
Looks like they have a Hansel and Gretal stamp this year instead.