Christmas Cards from Political Parties

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What do you do with these Christmas cards that are sent out by political parties? Do you put them up on display along with the other cards or do you get annoyed by the waste of paper and the blatant attempts to use the festive season as a way to spread the political word? My friend was once particularly outraged to get a card that said, "Happy Christmas from the Labour Party." He said he would rather have received a card from Jack the Ripper. I think it was a bit of an over-reaction, but this was the Blair era so emotions were running high. My mum used to put up all the cards. One year she had Labour, Conservatives and SDP (as it then was) all sitting side by side as if in seasonal coalition. She thought it would be rude not to display them, having received them. The reason I'm musing on this is because I just had an email from the Labour Party to remind me that it was my last chance to buy their limited edition 2017 calendar. They assured me it would "look great in your house." How they reach that conclusion, I don't know. They have never seen my house. I assume they think it would match the decor. To be fair, there's a bit of red in my living room. I won't be buying it though. No thanks. I would rather look at puppies and kittens on a calendar.