s/o Holiday Cards - Wording

[icedcoffee]

The holiday card thread got me thinking.  Do you print holiday specific cards (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.) or just general "happy holiday"?  If you print specific ones do you do anything special if you know the recipient doesn't celebrate?

I've always ordered Happy Holiday cards, because about 50% of my list is Jewish.  I think my grandmother dies a little inside every year that the card does not mention Jesus.  LOL

Anyway--I was surprised how many cards in the other thread say "Merry Christmas" on them and it got me thinking.

[ECB]

When we do cards, I do the generic "Happy Holidays". DH is Jewish, I am not.

[brooklyn]

I always say Happy holidays on the front. I did end up saying “merry Christmas” in our personalized message in the back, so both, I guess? We always display our cards for about a month, so I always like the front to be inclusive of more holidays and beliefs. My family is all Catholic, but I’m in nyc and have a much more diverse friend group, so I try to cover all bases.

[preppy]

I always do Happy Holidays as our friends and family have varied beliefs and celebrate different holidays. I just also feel like its more inclusive.

[Mrs.flang]

I always get "happy holiday" cards. 

[dcn]

I do happy holidays.

[pooh8402]

I do Christmas because we celebrate Christmas and most of our friends and family do too. I'm happy to receive a Happy Holidays one and wouldn't be offended to receive a Hanukkah or Kwanzaa card if we had friends or family who celebrated those.

[mbcdefg]

I do "Happy Holidays."

There's nobody on our list who absolutely does not celebrate Christmas ... a few celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas because of their/their spouse's heritage.

I feel like "Happy Holidays" is more inclusive, though, and covers all bases. Plus that "OMG Christmas is under attack" crap annoys me.

[redheadbaker]

We do Happy Holidays -- several members of H's family are Jewish.

[dancingirl21]

I always do Happy Holidays because many of our friends aren’t Christians, and we really aren’t either. I put a personalized message on the back and this year said, “we hope your holidays are merry and bright!”

[raangoli]

We do Happy Holidays. This year I think I went with "Happy Everything" (spoiler alert for those who will get one, lol).

I go as generic as possible. One year I did use Diwali stamps for them though

[brooke77]

We do a generic “warm wishes” type thing. I’m Christian and my H is Hindu. We both are fine with Merry Christmas, but we send our cards to a lot of non-Christian friends/family, so I like to make it more general. We usually personalize our greetings on the cards.

[pinkpeony08]

I try to do something generic that's not Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas - like just "Joy" or "Peace" etc. I feel like it covers everyone while offending no one, ha.

[hermione]

I always do something generic: Happy Holidays, Merry Everything, etc. This year's just say, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year."

[countthestars]

I do a general one because H is Jewish and I'm Catholic - this year it says "Peace, Love, Joy". Every year when I'm card shopping I get frustrated because there are so many better Christmas ones! I don't think that's intentional, there is just much more to pull from - I even avoid Christmas lyrics like "Making Spirits Bright". Most of the cards we receive are holiday specific (Christmas or Hanukkah). My sister's family is also interfaith so they do New Years cards.

[vtdiamond]

We do Happy Holidays - DH is Jewish and I am not. Our friends and family that we send them to celebrate a mix of holidays so feels the most inclusive.

[ssmjlm]

We do Happy Holidays or something else generic. I'm Jewish and have several Jewish family members on our list.

[Velar Fricative]

Happy Holidays or Season's Greetings because of various religions within our circle. But, I honestly don't believe any of them would care if we sent something with Merry Christmas on them. I just also think about New Year's Day as part of the holiday season anyway so Happy Holidays is inclusive of that day too.

[magpie]

I do happy holidays. Lately, I feel like I've been receiving tons of cards that just say "Merry and bright," which bugs me because then the song gets stuck in my head 😀

[kdubs923]

Each year is different - usually depends on the card designs.

We celebrate Christmas and I believe our entire list does too. Within our list, there are varying degrees of whether the receiver observes very religiously or secularly. We used to be religious, but no longer go to church. I stay away from overly religious greetings (mentioning a hymn, "God Bless Us", or celebrating Jesus' birth type stuff).

This year, I liked the design that just said JOYFUL, so that's our card and the personal message mentions having a happy holiday season. We have used Merry Christmas in the past. I think (hope) people are happy to receive a holiday greeting with cute pictures, even if the way their family celebrates looks different.

I'd love to get a Hanukkah or Kwanzaa greeting. To me, it's more that its nice to know the sender is thinking of me, and less about the greeting on the card.

[sandandsea]

I do whichever premade design I like the best that is either Christmas or neutral. The people on my list don’t care and I enjoy getting their Hanukkah cards too!

[farmvillelover]

Historically I did Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings. But last and this year I'm doing Merry Christmas. It's what the majority of my friends and family celebrate. I don't have many Jewish or non-Christian friends/clients that I send them to and some of the ones I have acknowledged they love my card & thank you for thinking of them.

[Susie]

We usually do "Happy Holidays" (this year included), usually with a happy new year wish on the inside.  For stamps I usually choose that year's iteration of winter birds or something similarly seasonal but not holiday-specific.  No Santas/Virgin Marys/etc.  Last year I did the Ezra Jack Keats Snowy Day stamps, and I think they're still available so I may again this year.

We tend to receive a lot of overtly religious Christmas cards, but that's not a huge surprise from the super-Catholic part of my family.

[bugandbibs]

We keep ours generic. This year I edited the card to say "Peace be with you in 2019". The back side says "with love" and I have used "warmest wishes" before. This is also good if I have to send any cards out later- they work for New Year's too.

I usually pick the winter themed postage stamps.

[scm1011]

Nov 29, 2018 13:38:53 GMT -5 Susie said:

We usually do "Happy Holidays" (this year included), usually with a happy new year wish on the inside.  For stamps I usually choose that year's iteration of winter birds or something similarly seasonal but not holiday-specific.  No Santas/Virgin Marys/etc.  Last year I did the Ezra Jack Keats Snowy Day stamps, and I think they're still available so I may again this year.

We tend to receive a lot of overtly religious Christmas cards, but that's not a huge surprise from the super-Catholic part of my family.

We used those too; I loved them

For cards, we keep it inclusive with a Happy Holidays or generic (Joy, Peace, etc) greeting. 

[sunflower17]

Ours say Merry Christmas on the front, but in our message I wrote happy holidays. Most of our list celebrate Christmas and the few that celebate Hanukkah or New Year (some of my Russian Jewish friends) kind of do “Christmas” as more of a commercial holiday for their kids if that makes sense. I would not be offended to receive a card with another special holiday on it because they are wishing us well in they way that they observe or celebrate. I would hope that no one would be offended by our well wishes for Christmas and happy holidays.

[VillainV]

We don’t mention any specific holiday. We celebrate Christmas, but I know that a lot of people on our list celebrate other things, so we go with a generic mentions of joy, cheer, holidays, etc. This year’s card says “Decking New Halls” and is doubling as a moving announcement since I never sent one out when we moved a few months ago.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Almost every year there's some code out there for 10 free cards at some point. So I order what I want for my big order, but then I often do a 2nd card if I get a free code, and I often use that for a more generic greeting or even a card without a picture of my kids on it (for garbage collectors, mail people, etc.). I only have 2 people on my list who are Jewish though, and one of them is married to a Catholic and celebrates both, and both have told me they don't care what the card says.

[undecidedowl]

I get whatever card I like best each year. They have had all varieties of wording on the front. This year it happens to say "Merry Christmas".

[somersault72]

Even though I'm pretty sure everyone on our card list celebrates Christmas I prefer "Happy Holidays" or something else inclusive versus "Merry Christmas."

This year our cards do say Merry Christmas, but that's because that was the layout I liked best (photo card).