Not sending Christmas cards because 'she couldn't tear herself away from the giggles for even a moment'

[livvielunch]

It's now up to three people on my friends list on FB who have posted that they wish all their friends a merry Christmas and appreciate cards received but that they weren't able to send any because they were too busy playing games/reading books/tickling under chins to tear themselves away for even a second

AIBU to feel a little bit sick at this sentiment?

So basically saying that anybody who had the time to write Christmas cards is loser with no joy in their life? YANBU.

Better than my excuse for not sending Christmas cards...

YANBU. Irritating.

Meh. It's a thick piece of paper with a picture on it. Hardly the end of the world.

YANBU. Twee and puke inducing.

What utter utter wank.

Defriend immediately

We haven't sent cards but didn't say we were too busy.

Oh pass me a puke bucket. #feelingblessedcrap

I stopped sending Christmas cards a couple of years ago.

Much better for the environment and much better for me!

Do people like this actually exist? Puke.

I still do cards because I quite like the ritual, but I know lots of people who give a donation to charity instead. I think it's ok.

Your friends on FB sound a bit twattish though.

I interpreted it as 'you clearly abandoned your children in front of the tv to write Christmas cards but I love my children far too much to spend even a second away from them'

FWIW I actually wrote them while my DC were in bed and one has ASC and only sleeps 4-5 hrs per night so I could legitimately have used the excuse. Unlike the owners of these vomit inducing statuses who regularly palm their kids off with tv/sitters

What twattery. I devoted several hours to designing a family Christmas card, because I enjoy such things. They didn't, because they wanted to do other stuff. No need to justify how wonderfully wholesome and lovely that other stuff was.....

I was with you until you started judging other parents for 'palming off' their kids to babysitters. YABU

I dont do cards, but everyone is aware I dont do cards as I simply can not be arsed....no wholesome puke inducing reason, I just cannot be arsed - I'm unlikely to put up a fb thing either as if I wanted to wish them a merry Xmas, id of done it in a conversation.

Yanbu. I hate twee shite.

Fine if you'd rather not spend the money, don't want to waste paper or have been busy. But giggling and fun, honestly.

Aw hun, can't you get them to bed at night? Mine sleep 7-7 so loads of time for card writing. Hugz xx

This is what I'm doing

I gave mine to the Youtube fairy so I could drink gin in peace this evening. #blessed #drunk #blessedlydrunk

are you sure they are not taking the piss, surely no-one posts such mawkish stuff in earnest?

Gross. A joke, surely? clutches straws

We didn't do any...again. Combination of laziness, disorganisation really not seeing the point.

Oh good lord!

I don't do cards but that's vom inducingly twee. I bet they have a whole Xmas Pinterest board, so "hilarious" elf on the shelf antics nightly and had an advent calendar of a different Xmassy experience for every day.

Competitive Xmas parenting to the max!

I didn't do cards. At all. I completely forgot and it wasn't until the spawns asked where the stash was so they could write one to Grandma and Grandad that I realised I'd fucked up royally. Whoops!:o