30 x 30 = 900 Christmas cards?!

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Sorry if this has been done to death but it's my first year of having a child in nursery at Christmas time. I hadn't expected that the children would be sending Christmas cards to each other but we've had one home.

I'm not sure whether it would be best to to send cards to those who give us cards, but then the idea of another child seeing my DC putting cards into lots of trays but not theirs doesn't sit right.

Someone pointed out that if every child in a class of 30 sent cards to every other child and that would be 900 cards in total which seems insane. However if it is the done thing to send to everyone in the class then I can get a class list and spend an evening writing them out as my DC can just about write their name but will baulk at doing it 30 times.

What do you do?

Send one to the whole nursery (if you’re allowed this year, lots of places aren’t).

At nursery I’d probably just go for 5 or so of their closest friends.

Nursery no cards except to any special friends if the DC is keen.

Reception upwards - like parties, either to all class or to (far less) less than half the class.

I think the teacher did the putting the cards in a tray/bag in nursery or reception at our school.

In nursery/reception, a lot of cards received was done by parents. I don't see the point. My dc sent it to the ones that he wanted to, and sent cards back to the ones who gave him.
It's a good practice writing if your dc wants to do it for all the children.

every child in a class of 30 sent cards to every other child and that would be 900 cards in total which seems insane.

How? If every child sent every child in class a card that is 30 cards. If you maybe have 2 children that is 60 cards.

Each child does not send out 30 cards to each child

Also check the nursery covid rules on Christmas cards this year we are told to send in one picture to put up for the class

@Quartz2208

every child in a class of 30 sent cards to every other child and that would be 900 cards in total which seems insane.

How? If every child sent every child in class a card that is 30 cards. If you maybe have 2 children that is 60 cards.

Each child does not send out 30 cards to each child

900 cards in the whole nursery. 30 children sending 30 cards each is a total of 900 card being sent.

Unless each child sends a Christmas card to themselves, it would be 841 cards (29 x 29).

I personally wouldn't bother at all. Likely nobody will notice anyway, and its a complete waste, particularly at that age!

Should be some covid rules too, check with the school.

Ive never bothered doing cards at the school, and DC (6) has never seemed that bothered either!

It's actually 30 x 29

30 children each send a card to the other children, but not to themselves.

30 x (29-1) = 870

How many teachers are there? You need to add that number on too.

😂

In the whole nursery but not at an individual level so it is up to the Nursery who may well have some covid based rules.

Talk to the Nursery about the policy they have

Sorry that was meant to be

30 x (30-1)

But I see it should be

(30 x 29) + (30 x a) where a is the number of teachers

Either way that's a lot of paper! Poor trees!

Thanks Aurora you are of course right.

Sending to a few friends and then reciprocating to those who have given to us (if different) seems a good half way house, thanks @Xerochrysum

I wish nursery was organised enough to have any kind of policy on cards, but it's not the case at the moment. Perhaps they'll whip one together with a week to go....or maybe not.

Teachers too! My Christmas to do list is never ending and gets longer by the day. I'll add teachers cards onto it.

Just don’t do it.

You could just buy 1 bigger card and address it to all the nursery children and staff

No cards in our school this year because of COVID

thank god my children have only sent to their friends. But DD, who is in Year 1, will most likely come home with about 25 cards. I find the numbers drop off as they go up through the years as the children themselves refuse to send cards to everyone in their class. But at reception and Year 1, it's still parent led so there will always be those parents who think they have to send to everyone.

I don't send any..because trust me, reception aged children do not care...

Also, in our school, no cards are being sent due to covid.

30 cards will take you 10 mins to write out let dc help with a couple you do the rest.

Special friends in nursery, in reception it's good handwriting practise so whole class

We only did a few select friends at nursery. But now we’re at school.....

I used to give my kids 10 cards, they chose who they went to.
That way it is plenty, but not enough to make kids feel left out.

One year one of mine asked for 30, and we found a cheap pack. But that was the only time.