s/o holidays & dc, my dcp is Muslim

RayRay007

She acknowledges most Christian holidays. I wasn't there last Christmas but a friend said she sent home a Christmas gift for her boy. They did Easter crafts at Easter and are doing Halloween crafts this month. She is closed for a week or two at Christmas (I guess she finds it works best to take her holidays then with most parents' schedules). I'd like to get her a Christmas gift. Does it matter that she's Muslim? I don't think so, but maybe someone can shed some light.

myself1nme

I would give it to her as more of a thank you gift instead of a Christmas gift.  I have no idea though.  It sounds like she won't be offended if she does holiday stuff with the kids.

RayRay007

There wouldn't be anything inherently Christmas-y about it. Ella, I was even going to call it a thank you gift.

Smootchy

Is she closed for Christmas or Ramadan?
Not sure the gift giving traditions for Ramadan, but a gift for her holiday would be respectful...
ETA: Ramadan fell in July this year. I know a lot of times they seem to be together .
Anyway, I think a Holiday gift would be nice. Like wouldn't give her a card that said, "merry Christmas" but who doesn't like gifts, right?!

shannond354

My dcp is also Muslim and last year I gave her a happy holidays card and a gift certificate to a local restaurant. 

She's closed for a few days over Christmas and does Christmas activities with the kids so I don't think she gives receiving a gift a second thought.  

lrn327

I'd still give her a nice gift, just not call it Christmas.  Our good friends are Muslim and I made the mistake last year of not sending them a Christmas card b/c I thought it might offend.  I then went over to their house and saw half the door covered with Christmas cards they'd received.  Doh!  (And they're getting a card this year.)

Kitiara5512

If she sends home Christmas gifts, then she would probably not be offended taking them to. Just nothing Jesus-y.

jlw2505

How about just getting her a holiday gift unless you know for a fact that she celebrates Christmas.  I think you can never go wrong giving a gift to someone but if that person doesn't celebrate the holiday and you know that, why call it that.  I know, its only a name and all but some people do take offense.  With teachers, I always tended to go on the being careful to not offend side - wrote happy holidays for example if I didn't know for certain what holidays they celebrated.  We had a teacher at our daycare who did not believe in Halloween and I never wanted to offend her - I have no clue what other holidays she did or did not celebrate - I just knew about Halloween as we had a discussion about it the one year she had one of my kids during the holiday.  She typically took the day off of work but was at work that year.