The major political parties have all unveiled their Christmas card for 2016 but the traditional Christian imaging for the season is absent.
Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP have instead used images of trees, the moon, dinner and the cartoon character Oor Wullie.
Theresa May choose three designs by school children
Theresa May choose three cards created by school children in her constituency. They featured trees, dinner, Santa, reindeer and holly.
Tim Faron's Liberal Democrats will send a card also created by a school child. It depicts a dog asleep on a moon wearing a Santa hat.
The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opted to appear in her card alongside cartoon character Oor Wullie.
Labour picked a white dove design showing peace
Tim Farron picked a child's drawing
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn was the last to reveal his card design. His shows a white dove on a red background that also makes out 2017.
Danny Webster from the Evangelical Alliance told Premier's News Hour we shouldn't be too quick to get offended: "Christmas is a time when we enjoy sending cards and it's a time for us to show our thanks to people who are important in our life.
"I think that part of it is more important than what's on the card."
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Article by Antony Bushfield
Antony Bushfield is a multimedia journalist for Premier.
