Contrary to what some people on the internets are claiming, it’s not more anti-Christian secularism. The real reason the Postal Service did not release a new Madonna and Child Christmas stamp this year is because they had an overstock of last year’s stamp and wanted to sell them before the price of postage goes up to 39 cents on January 8 and makes the stamp nearly obsolete.
There will be a new Madonna stamp (no, not that Madonna) next Christmas. Madonna and Child stamps had been released each year since 1966.
You may click on the image to see a larger version of the 2006 stamp based on a painting by 18th century Peruvian artist Ignacio Chacón. Feliz Navidad.