to think this is ridiculous Christmas card etiquette ?

[rubymallorywhite]

I don't really do Christmas cards,
The odd one to far flung relatives & close family.

Picked my daughter up today from nursery & the nursery assistant is oh don't forget this...

To L,
Love H

My eyes nearly fell out my head.

She's 2.5!!!!

Nursery girl says well I can give you a list of them all, or the ones L plays with most (can't just single some out?)
Me: How many are there ?
Nursery girl: over 30
Me: is it not a ballache handing them out ?
Nursery girl: We'll just pop them in trays.

AIBU to think this is fucking insane writing out over 30 Christmas cards to TODDLERS?

Fair doos when they're in a class of school chums but TODDLERS.

I'll get her to make one for the whole class... One... To them all,
At a push.

Holy festive fuckballs.

Also NO WAY would I have done this when mine were in nursery. Teachers, yes, but no children. I'm affa lazy.

They can send cards when they're old enough to write them themselves. I bleed Christmas but it's a no from me.

My DS is 3.5 and no bloody way can he write his own name, let alone write 30 bloody cards!

I think it's sweet

Our "eco-school" asks that kids just bring in one card for the whole class including teacher and they get displayed on the wall then recycled. Phew!

At dd's nursery it was cards to the ones your child played with. It was a small nirsery so that worked out as all the children!

However, in primary it was a bit more sensible, and cards were really friends only.

Oh! Just noticed you said she was 2.5!

DS is four and is really excited about getting and giving cards but he's just started nursery.

No, I don't think it's expected when they're toddlers.

One of the many reasons I am glad I live abroad and we don't do this at all in schools or nursery.

I grumble enough about sending out 5/ birthday party invitations. I'd implode in the UK with two kids.

Oh Lordy, I'm glad mine are grown! Valentine's Day is bad enough.

I'd probably print some kind of Christmas themed postcard thingy (rather than a 'whole' card) on the computer with "Merry Christmas from" on it and add my child's name. Hand the stack to the assistant and tell her to stick one in each box.

Actually, I'd probably not do it at all.

30!!! That's more than the number Christmas cards I send out to friends & family!

5/6

Can your toddler write their name yet, or the first letter, might enjoy it and find it good practice?

My eldest is 3 and my middle DC is 2. They're at the same nursery but different sessions, I've written 72 cards.
The 3yr old helped with about 15 before getting bored, but they both loved 'posting' them (fake post box in nursery waiting area) and they've enjoyed getting them and putting them up.
But fucking hell, 72, not looking forward to next year when the 1 yr old is in nursery too

Oooh, I know a Primary who banned children giving out cards to each other - rationale being 30 kids x 30 cards each x 7 classes is an awful lot of paper to waste.

Did mean them sneakily exchanging in playground though but I saw some get told off by teachers when spotted. Then there was a note in the school bag: 'please no cards on premises at all'.

Loving the word affa. Have you got any others? I do love words :)

We are abroad and it is not the custom to exchange Christmas cards here. My DD (5) was very excited when DP brought Christmas cards from family back with him when he was lucky enough to have a business trip back to the UK last week When I told DD she could open them, well it was like Christmas had come early.

She has now taken it upon herself to write Christmas cards to her 21 classmates and a few friends amongst the older children. I am not sure what a lot of the non Christian parents will think but am hoping they will take it in the spirit intended.

2.5 is a bit young, I'd skip it this year and skip the guilt too . If they have started to show interest in writing then it's a good exercise for them though.

at Holy Festive Fuckballs

Ask your DD who she likes and plays with. There's your Xmas list if you want to write cards.

I never did it when my children were preschoolers. I didn't see the point, as the children themselves seemed totally unbothered by either receiving or sending cards. My youngest is 5 now and still shows not the slightest inclination to write cards to her friends, and I won't encourage her to or write any for her. My eldest is 8, she wrote a few cards last year from ones we had spare, and this year I bought her a pack of Christmas cards for the first time and she's happily churned them out for scores of children and teachers, with no input from me.

He was so pleased he'd got it all done, and brought me the whole stack of envelopes to admire. All properly stuck down - and not one with the recipient's name on it!

Aww! That is just so sweet. I'm picturing the little fellow, all pleased with himself!

Crabbit - our school's an eco-school too and they're doing the same thing. I was delighted when the e-mail came out.

Maybe it's alright when your kids can write them themselves, but what's the point of me writing cards for 75 kids only to receive cards written by the parents of those 75 kids?