U.K.: A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IS FOUND ONLY ON 1% OF BRITISH CHRISTMAS CARDS

Survey finds Christmas gone from cards

LONDON, Dec. 9 A survey by a British newspaper finds that only about 1 percent of the Christmas cards sold in the country have a religious message.

Nativity scenes, shepherds in the fields and the three kings following the star have given way to dancing meerkats or scenes of winter weather, The Daily Mail reported. If the shepherds or kings do appear, it is usually on a joke card, like one suggesting the shepherds had been smoking drugs.

Just over half the cards wish recipients Merry Christmas. Others say Season's Greetings with no message at all. Of course we can't tell shops what to stock or customers what to buy but it would be nice if more cards carrying messages reminding people of the birth of Christ were being made, bought and sent, said a spokesman for the Church of England.

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