<P> Due to the changing religious landscape of the UK, Christmas cards featuring religious imagery, such as the Nativity scene or the Virgin and Child, have become less common in major retailers . However, they are still readily available from smaller shops, or those linked to church groups and charities . The Church of England complained in 2004 when religious images were removed from the annual tradition of special postage stamps around Christmas . </P> <P> The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays . The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to assess the need for a review of public holidays following the receipt of complaints from minority groups about unfair discrimination . The CRL Rights Commission stated that they would submit their recommendations to the Department of Home Affairs, the Department of Labour, various Portfolio Committees and the Office of the Presidency by October 2012 . The CRL Rights Commission published its recommendations on 17 April 2013, including the scrapping of some existing public holidays to free up days for some non-Christian religious public holidays . </P> <P> The common practice of schoolchildren visiting local churches for Christmas services in December is opposed by the Norwegian Humanist Association, the Children's Ombudsman and by the Union of Education . There have been several local controversies over the issue . The political parties have mostly been in favor of this being decided by the schools themselves, but the government has underlined that schools who participate in Christmas servicess must offer an alternative for pupils who don't want to attend and that services must not take place on the day that marks the closing of schools before the Christmas holiday . The Solberg's Cabinet says in its government declaration that it looks positively upon schools taking part in servicess in churches before religious holidays . </P> <P> According to a 2013 poll by Norstat for Vårt Land, 68% of Norwegians support having school - arranged Christmas servicess while 14% are opposed . 17% do not hold any opinion on the issue . </P>

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