families this year, but one thing some Christians won't give up on is sending Christmas cards -- especially religious cards. "It's the whole message of Christmas," said Velma Fann, who returned to the ...

When it comes to God and religion, today’s U.S. population encompasses staunch followers, moderate observers, resolute atheists and many shades in between. The number of nonreligious consumers ...

As Christmas approached, Dori Larsuel of Altadena studied the racks devoted to religious cards at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. Her hand hovered over a card that showed one of the three kings riding ...

Traditional pictures such as angels blowing trumpets over a stable, Jesus in his manager, the shepherds and three wise men following the star to Bethlehem are dying out. Instead, scenes of the ...

Religious greeting cards are new best-sellers. Hallmark and American Greetings, the nation's two biggest card makers, say sales of religious, especially Christian, cards began picking up at the end of ...

Every December, Zack and Hilary Rudman used to send out nonsectarian cards with winter scenes and generic holiday greetings. Now, however, Zack Rudman, a Kansas City lawyer, has found a variety that ...

In the 1950s, every year, just after my birthday in mid-November, my dad carried the card table from the basement into the living room, so that my mother could write her Christmas cards. The card ...

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