should you give Muslim neighbours a Christmas card?

[grannyinapram]

YABU
you shouldn't as they don't celebrate
YANBU
you should or else its excluding them

I'm a Muslim and have always appreciated receiving Christmas cards! And at Eid i would take treats into work :)

I used to give my Muslim neighbours Eid cards and they gave me Christmas cards. I'd have felt odd giving them a Christmas card but was happy to wish them a happy holiday and share some nice baking with them.

why on earth not?

My Jewish friends are delighted to get a Christmas card from me.

@Leaannb

Christmas is haram for Muslim people. Why would it be excluding when they can't celebrate anyway

No it isn't link

I have Muslim, Jewish and Hindu neighbours and we share treats and wee gifts, such as candles, at Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid and Diwali - it's lovely!

I like the common themes of bringing light and feasting (although I think my Muslim and Hindu neighbours' gifts of yummy home-made sweets are better than my boxes of shop-bought chocolates ).

Christmas is haram for Muslim people. Why would it be excluding when they can't celebrate anyway

It's not.

Newsflash to those to many of you! We buy a halal turkey at Christmas from our Muslim Butchers & I know that Kosher butchers do the same - dsil cooks tandoori turkey or turkey pilau :) ! As pp state give seasons greetings card rather than religious (nb how many people who celebrate Christmas in the UK are practising Christians these days?)

I think in most situations there is more risk of offending someone if you don't give a card than if you do.

Think how you'd feel if someone gave you a card or small gift for Eid, Diwali etc... personally even though I don't celebrate I'd be very pleased and would feel included as part of that person's circle of friends and acquaintances.

People generally like to be included so go for it :)

I think its fine - I might go for Season's Greeting. Many muslims love to join in with Christmas same as non church goers - its no different in my eye

Why wouldn't you?

I'm Christian but my husband and children are Muslim. We always give a card and a box of chocolates to the Muslim family next door at Christmas. They always bring us sweets and a nice handwritten note at Eid.

Everyone likes cards and sweets, spread some happiness

(Actually our butcher rings us up - we have had one for many years - & asks if we want to be put on the list!)

Muslim here. Think it's nice when we get a card. Means we were thought about

I’ve exchanged Christmas cards with Muslim and Hindu friends. These cards say “Merry Christmas.”

This is exactly why they say “Happy Holidays” in the US. It’s recognised that it’s a holiday for many but not a Christian celebration for everyone.

Most of my Muslim friends send cards.

I do always try to get some "season's greetings" or "happy new year" ones for people of other faiths.

The children I taught were almost all Muslim. Their parents sent me cards and gifts, their kids got presents and we all went to see Santa. And their parents came to our nativity play and enjoyed it. Oh, and their kids made Christmas cards at school and took them home.

If it hasn't already been mentioned, Jesus was a prophet in Islam. So celebrating his birth isn't a problem (according to the parents who talked to me about it)

We had one muslim employee in my last job very orthodox and I decided I can't just leave her out when I'm sending cards to everyone else so I bought a non religious card and put in it happy holidays and thanks for everything you've done this year.
I'm a pagan so I don't celebrate christmas either.

Yes, do it. I think it’s very unlikely that your neighbours would be offended. Muslim friends have brought me plates of food at Eid and Hindu colleagues have offered sweets at Diwali.

@Florence1960

That would be a nice thing to do. Choose a scenic card though or baubles, a tree or similar. Nothing with eyes or it will be difficult for them to display.

What's the bit about eyes making it difficult for them to display? Can anyone shed light on that?

@birdseedpie

Only if they send you a card when it's Eid.

Are Eid cards a thing?

If you want to send a card then do.

Most people do not see Christmas as a religious festival anyway.

I live in a Muslim country and Christmas is huge here. Jesus is considered a Muslim prophet and it’s all seen as a lot of fun.
In the U.K, I worked at a company owned and run by Jews, where half the staff were Muslim. We had great Christmas parties that everyone went along too.
I have yet to meet a Muslim who would be offended so ignore stupid tabloids.
Christmas was a pagan festival that was co-opted by the church anyway and it is now a commercial festival for most anyway.

Yes, but not an overly religious one

it's up to you. they will be appreciative either way and its not big deal.

Well I've only had one Muslim family as a neighbour, but they sent me a lovely expensive card two years running, and sent one back. I give all my neighbours Christmas cards, even the atheists.