Is there a tasteful/non-tacky/non-cringe way of putting DC on Christmas cards?

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Obviously my DC are the cutest so should adorn all Christmas cards ever. But some may disagree.

Was thinking a nice shot with matching outfits and "Merry Christmas from the Yoplate Family" or something.

TBH, cards in general annoy me - Christmas cards especially. I like getting them from people I haven't seen for ages, people who live far away, but immediate family and friends and neighbours who live close by? That's just daft. And no matter how I display them, they always end up on the floor if a gust of wind comes through the door or window, or someone bumps into the card holder. They start out nicely displayed, and a week or two later, end up looking like the recycling bin.

I'm also very picky about which cards go up in my house. Only the ones that I think are beautiful or go with my interior design go up.

Wow. Thats kinda a bit, off.

Nobody has 'ganged' up on anyone. People have questioned her. That is what prople do when they don't understand something.

However if you honestly feel a poster has been 'bullied' you should report the posts as MN doesn't condone bullying and if they agree with you, they will quite rightly remove the 'bullying' posts.

I’ve never received a bragging letter! I feel really left out now. I’d love to get one, what with all the laughing it’ll warm me up so much on Xmas Davy

Day not Davy.

We get crafted cards (well, crafted and printed) from the DCs' nursery/school.

We do sometimes put in a snapshot of the DCs inside the card, but no round robin (well, except "we've moved house" or "new addition" tiny little slips of paper.

My N. American FB friends not only have to pose with cheesy grins/persuade the DCs but they also have to wear Christmas sweaters in, sometimes, September in Florida or Southern California. Grim.

Cauliflower cards.

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I have a friend that sends family Christmas cards (as in a picture of her kids with cheesy Santa hats or equivalent). I love them!

I am equally impressed that she manages to take the photo, print, organise cards, etc all in time for Christmas.

Ignore the naysayers OP... there is s time and a place for them and that time is Christmas!

You and a couple of others have 'ganged up' on Game, IMO, because she doesn't conform to your idea of what a Christmas card should be. Please don't! This is a light-hearted thread on opinions on Christmas cards. A jolly occasion.

There's nothing jolly about saying that you 'don't even bother' with personalised cards and immediately dispose of them. To come online and say that is deliberately goady or obnoxious. Nobody expects lavish thanks for putting a stamp on an envelope and sending a card, but it's a polite/friendly gesture and to have it sneered at is horrible. Just because plenty of people agree doesn't mean we're 'ganging up', either.

Thanks MrsH - I don't know quite what I was expecting. Was actually hoping for something actually involving a cauliflower disappointed

I do love those cards though, the neighbour's children send similar, made at school.

I'm not American and I love family photo Christmas cards! And the round robin bragging letters.

Am not nearly organised enough to do them myself, but I do stick a photo of the kids into the card of anyone I think might be interested and that we haven't seen all year.

Evans, please don't be ridiculous. The only one changing the 'light-hearted' tone of the thread is you. Given that Game is joking about being shallow and posting smiley faces I'm thinking s/he isn't distraught at being disagreed with on the internet. In the same way that I'm not distraught that the photo Christmas cards I love are considered 'tacky and cringe'. We're all adults. We can like different things without it being bullying or 'ganging up'.

I think it can be quite fun. Weirdly I reckon the more tacky and cheesy it is, the better - it comes across as more tongue in cheek!

Much better than those awful generic bragging letters.

Also a pet hate of mine is receiving pre-printed thank you cards from children I've bought gifts for. I got one last year that had a few pictures of the kid in question printed on the front and then inside was printed 'Dear [gap where mum had written my name], thank you for my gift. I had a lovely time celebrating with all my friends and family. Love from child's name.' It was the most impersonal thing!

@GameOldBirdz

As well as shallow, I suspect you have silver cushions and 'family' in wooden letters on the mantle shelf.

Am I right?

I think the words are important too.

"Helping dad cook Xmas dinner.."

Definitely no silver cushions and wooden letters here.

No, I don't display birthday cards. I only tend to get a couple anyway because my family don't give birthday cards for the adults.

Personally I find them a bit irritating, probably because of the assumption that I would want to display someone else's family photo in my home. I think a normal card with a photo enclosed would be better.

The other thing to be aware of is that you don't always know who might be struggling with childlessness or infertility - and in that case sending them a photo of YOUR kids is just rubbing salt in the wound.

@game

"I don't display birthday cards. I only tend to get a couple anyway because my family don't give birthday cards for the adults."

Yeah. That's why ...

American here. I like getting cards with a family photo, provided it's not overly stylised, or a case of matching outfits (god forbid). I've never done it myself because I'm too lazy out of ecological concerns.

I’d welcome them and I keep all the photo Christmas and thank you cards I get in a scrap book.

I often put a photo and a note in our Christmas card, is that tacky too? Our family changes a little each year depending who we are fostering and a photo updates friends.

I often put a photo and a note in our Christmas card, is that tacky too?

No. I think it's a bit misery guts to find this tacky. Carry on.

tunnel

Yeah. That's why ...

Erm, yeah it is. My aunt decided on it when a few of my cousins were turning 18 in the same year and sort of cascaded it as a rule to the rest of the family

@game

Maybe that's what they told you when you asked why no one sent you any cards.

I often put a photo and a note in our Christmas card, is that tacky too?

No - that's a nice personal touch!