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Paperchase removes 'insensitive' Christmas card from sale after shoppers complain

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Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutPaperchase has apologised and removed an 'insensitive' Christmas card from sale after shoppers complained it mocked orphans.Manchester poet Lemn Sissay MBE was among those who raised complaints with the retailer about the card, which he said 'poured scorn' on children raised in care.The card features a picture of a baby rabbit that has knocked over a cup of milk, and its mother who is on the phone saying: “Is that the orphanage?

Right I want a f***ing refund.”Lemn, who spent his childhood in foster care and children's homes, wrote on his website: "This card isn’t meant for children in care or adults who have been in care."It’s meant.

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