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Christmas card is a
greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of
Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the
Christmas and holiday season. Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding
Christmas Day by many people (including non-Christians) in Western society and in Asia. The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". There are innumerable variations on this greeting, many cards expressing more religious sentiment, or containing a poem, prayer, Christmas song lyrics or
Biblical verse; others stay away from religion with an all-inclusive "Season's greetings".