Should I send my Muslim colleague a Christmas card?

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tomtontom wrote: »

Perhaps you don't speak for every Jewish person? I know several Jewish families that celebrate Christmas, have decorations, trees, presents etc - one even sends personalised cards!

I'll represent the 'united synagogue' view - which is the mainstream form of Judaism in the UK; in which Christmas should not be part of your celebrations. It's not part of the religion and theologically, we're against it (i.e. Jews do not see Jesus as a messiah, so there's no need to celebrate anything about his birth). We've got some Jewish friends who have Christmas decorations and presents.. but they're not 'bringing their kids up Jewish' either.

Plenty of Jewish households are 'mixed' with one of the parents not being Jewish, and you certainly get Christmas celebrations in those. There is also a creeping Americanism of the 'Hanukkah bush'. (here's a viewpiece from America that's quite interesting - http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/.premium-1.631873).

Someone who's converted generally has to go on a really intensive Jewish learning programme. They'll almost certainly be against it.

At the moment, my little 5 year old boy gives anyone a very funny look if they ask him if he's excited about Christmas. We're not really very religious either; but our parents never did Christmas and we have no plans to either.

Now, from what my old Sudanese flatmate told me, Jesus is one of Islamic Prophets. So he's part of their theology, and I doubt there would be any offence in giving them a Christmas card.

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Does someone on here live near me? I just received a Christmas card through the letterbox from a neighbour