apropos of nothing

I work at a big corporate law firm, and so we try to keep things PC.

Every year, the firm offers holiday cards for all of the attorneys to send out to their clients. We have attorneys here from many religious backgrounds, just as we have clients from many different backgrounds and it is because of this that we opt to provide HOLIDAY cards.

Yesterday, I listened to one of the senior partners absolutely bitch out one of my colleagues about the fact that she, personally, was restricting him from sending CHRISTMAS cards - because the management committee for the firm made the executive decision to be politically correct. In reality, he can send whatever cards he wants - but the firm is providing holiday cards only. This attorney thinks that since it is his money paying for the cards that he should have a say in what sentiments they contain. Seriously?

Why on earth would you send a Jewish client a CHRISTMAS card - I mean, would you like it if your Jewish client sent you a Hanukkah card? It's the same as endorsing a candidate for president, you don't want to offend so just stay neutral. I think it would be utterly disrespectful and in very poor taste to be insensitive to the beliefs of others. I mean, Jesus, it's not like we are making our Christian attorneys send out Eid al adha cards or anything.