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A charity has a series of Christmas cards with a difference. The non-profit organization Doctors of the World is four different cards showing traditional Christmas scenes from the Holy Land. However, the pictures also images of the war in Syria. The Doctors of the World to make people aware that there still a lot of suffering on in the world, especially in Syria. One Christmas card Mary and Joseph travelling on a donkey through the rubble of modern day, war-torn Syria. Another shows the baby Jesus asleep in his manger as a missile is in the distance behind him. The next card shows the three wise men up at warplanes overhead.

The Doctors of the World website the reason for their alternative Christmas cards. It said: "Rather than making a religious statement, these images to the public that this year war has millions from their homes, and they really our help." Money from the sale of the cards will buy medicine and medical equipment for people in Syria and other areas of conflict around the world. The website said: "By our cards, you are us to provide healthcare to the most vulnerable, and together we will [put back] a little of the most festive feeling of all – hope." The United Nations that 65 million people have their homes because of violence and war.