Well, what is a "secular Christmas card" in the above question?
I mean, I know what Secular-Christmas (also known as Giftmas) is, it's the holiday celebrated by non-Christians on 12/25.
Now, I recognize four sorts of end-of-year cards:
A. The cards sent by observant Christians to other observant Christians. B. The cards sent by observant Christians to non-Christians. C. The cards sent by non-Christians to observant Christians. D. The cards sent by non-Christians to non-Christians.
Obviously, A. would be "a Christian Christmas card" no matter how you twist it; D. would be "a secular Christmas card" or a "winter holiday card" or a "New Year card" or an "Asimov's Birthday card" or however one wanted to put it.
However, as a Christian with a fair number of non-Christian friends, I'm very sensitive to the difference between B and C, some would say oversensitive. I would probably not send it in case C (if I were a non-Christian sending it to a Christian) because that might come across as poking fun at someone's faith during their holiday, but I would probably send it in case B.
I think it's a religious card, but an irreverently religious one, if that helps? Pictures of nuns aren't always religious, but on a Christmas card, yes.
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Date: 2007-12-13 02:43 pm (UTC)I mean, I know what Secular-Christmas (also known as Giftmas) is, it's the holiday celebrated by non-Christians on 12/25.
Now, I recognize four sorts of end-of-year cards:
A. The cards sent by observant Christians to other observant Christians.
B. The cards sent by observant Christians to non-Christians.
C. The cards sent by non-Christians to observant Christians.
D. The cards sent by non-Christians to non-Christians.
Obviously, A. would be "a Christian Christmas card" no matter how you twist it; D. would be "a secular Christmas card" or a "winter holiday card" or a "New Year card" or an "Asimov's Birthday card" or however one wanted to put it.
However, as a Christian with a fair number of non-Christian friends, I'm very sensitive to the difference between B and C, some would say oversensitive. I would probably not send it in case C (if I were a non-Christian sending it to a Christian) because that might come across as poking fun at someone's faith during their holiday, but I would probably send it in case B.
I think it's a religious card, but an irreverently religious one, if that helps? Pictures of nuns aren't always religious, but on a Christmas card, yes.