Steven Schecter of Cleveland wonders why local greeting-card maker American Greetings was not chosen for the last two White House holiday cards (Forum, Sunday). Perhaps the Senate should investigate.

In the Christmas letter that went with the card, there was some bragging about the good things in one’s life but it was also a vehicle to let people know about deaths or difficulties.

Non-denominational greetings are not something new. What is new is the enormous sense of grievance ginned up by the so-called “War on Christmas” that historians trace to the sudden and ...