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Poll: Cards, gifts cross religious lines

Holiday Gift GalleryWASHINGTON (AP) — Christmastime is here. And a new poll reveals the cards and gifts that are part of celebrating the holiday aren’t just exchanged among those who share the Christian beliefs behind the story of the Magi who gave the first Christmas gifts.

According to the Associated Press-GfK poll, 77 percent of Americans plan to exchange gifts this holiday season and 48 percent will send greeting cards. The gift-giving set includes about 8 in 10 Christians and 73 percent of those who say they have no religious beliefs.

Greeting cards also cross denominational lines, with 53 percent of Protestants, 55 percent of Catholics and 40 percent of those without religious beliefs saying they will send cards this year.

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