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Photo Christmas cards - do you like them?

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user1474652148 · 14/12/2017 15:14

A few of my friends send out pictures of their dc on the front of a xmas card. I love getting them but dh thinks they are abut showy. Why showy? It is too smiling toothy kids. Why would you not like them?

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spiney · 14/12/2017 16:24

Why would other people want to get a photo of someone else's kids?**

Because I know them and like them.....🙄 God it's joyless lot on here. I love getting a picture from my brother in the states and from people I don't see often. I like children but obviously each to their own.

Allthetuppences · 14/12/2017 16:25

We do the whole family. But they're supposed to be bad.

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user1474652148 · 14/12/2017 16:25

After reading this I am now considering doing my own. Thanks for all the comments. My gran would love a photo card as would my old friends. I love getting them, so much nicer than a voting shop bought card.
Not sure I would even bother sending a card to someone 'repelled' by children though!! Not sure they would make it on my list Xmas Wink

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bibliomania · 14/12/2017 16:25

Never got one. I'm not mad about the idea of a children's photo (one for the grandparents only) but I quite fancy one based on a child's rubbish drawing. Bit of a comedy effect.

lovelyupnorth · 14/12/2017 16:26

Very American and shit

TheSmallClangerWhistlesAgain · 14/12/2017 16:26

I don't like the ones that are just a portrait printed onto a card. Always makes me think of people trying to be posh.

Something vaguely Christmassy like a child building a snowman or decorating a tree is okay.

carefreeeee · 14/12/2017 16:29

They're a bit smug but I still like them.

One of my best friends does one of the whole family complete with dog in christmas hats taken by a professional photographer which is a tad OTT but I still like getting it each year

Aragog · 14/12/2017 16:29

I like receiving cards from family and friends which feature their children and/or their children's art. Far better than some impersonal 'first one out from a pack' type affair anyway.

I think I have sent the children's art ones in the past - to close family and friends. Never had the photo of DD on one - bar when I have done personalised ones for grandparents and it has had them and dd on, though thats still a long time back now, and I also knew they'd appreciate them.

Meh, its a Christmas card - if you don't like the one you get, put it at the back or just don't display it. Easy enough. I don't even bother sending very many at all these days anyway and noticed over the years there are definitely far fewer cards around amongst family and friends, so maybe its all a dwindling trend anyway.

RoseWhiteTips · 14/12/2017 16:30

Nope. Too cheesy, for one thing.

GingerbreadMa · 14/12/2017 16:33

Can posters pleass share an example of a NON tacky/cheesy christmas card please? Cause I dont think Ive had one of those thank goodness Xmas Grin

Notso · 14/12/2017 16:33

We have done photo cards but don't send them out to everyone. Mostly grandparents and great grandparents and maybe my sister. I would find it odd to receive a photo card from a neighbour etc.

Homemade cards depend. If it's the child's creation then lovely. If it's a newborns footprint made into a tree/penguin/reindeer by the parent not keen.

SchoolMoney · 14/12/2017 17:23

See also the children in 'hilarous' costumes for them. Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles might like them (in which case go for it) but for everyone...just no.

Dahlietta · 14/12/2017 17:38

I’ve done them for select people: grandparents, aunts, godmother etc, but wouldn’t send them to everyone. Must admit I was a bit Hmm when a parent sent one of her children to the staff room!

PunkrockerGirl59 · 14/12/2017 17:44

Just cringy. Why the fuck would you think I'd want pictures of your offspring cluttering up the place? I just chuck them in the bin, as do most of the other lucky recipients I imagine.

Loverunandwine · 14/12/2017 17:47

I am in worst....this year I’ve gone ‘american’ eg just a card with ‘festive greeting from the xxx family’

I don’t have to write 80 odd cards

I love receiving pictures myself

megletthesecond · 14/12/2017 17:51

I like receiving them and I send them.

Not all my relatives are on FB and I rarely see them so I send photo Xmas cards instead.

KittysMyName · 14/12/2017 17:52

I don’t like the cards with photos of people’s children on them, as other posters have said, why would we want pictures of other people’s kids on my mantlepiece? Half of them aren’t even christmassy, just a plain pic of their children. The cards that have been made/drawn by children are sweet though.

bigbluebus · 14/12/2017 17:53

We did them one year because we happened to have a great photo of DS on a sledge on the lane outside MIL & FILs house in quite deep snow so we thought it would look good on a card. We only sent that card to family though and not to friends.

We get one photo card each year from a relative of DH's - second cousin twice removed or something - with a picture of their little girl on. We met said child when she was a few months old and doubt we will see her again for a good few years to come. Don't find them showy - It's just a card.

RavenLG · 14/12/2017 17:54

I'd rather get a personal card like that, than some shite with winney the pooh on or overly posh cards that are just braggy. I hate cards anyway but would much prefer a photo.

AuntieUrsula · 14/12/2017 18:06

It's not smug or showy, it's just a way of showing friends/family that you rarely see how your kids are growing up. I like getting the same from my friends and family. Obviously I wouldn't send such a card to anyone who didn't know my kids or wasn't interested in them (work contacts), or who see the kids regularly so know exactly what they look like (grandparents)!

Blondeshavemorefun · 14/12/2017 18:36

I’ve sent photo of dd xmas cards

I’m so proud and happy to be a mummy

Coz it’s taken 10yrs of ttc and 5 private ivf

So bollocks - big fat hairy ones - to anyone who doesn’t like them

I do as does df and that’s all that matters

MsJuniper · 14/12/2017 18:41

I got my first cc today which is a photo collage of my American friend's children. Lovely to see the pictures. Only seems to be on MN that no-one cares about your children/ wedding/ life.

I like the cards they make in schemes through school where the kids design a card to be printed and sell them back to the parents as a fundraising activity.

Ven83 · 14/12/2017 18:50

Much prefer something personal like that than bland card-shop stuff with some cheesy printed rhyme inside people just sign their names on. Which is most cards we get these days. I'm thankful for any card I receive as it's the thought that counts, but if we're going to judge cards, that is the ultimate lazy.

Aeroflotgirl · 14/12/2017 18:53

I used to send out photo Christmas card, but only to close family i.e grandparents, or my Aunt. Noway, to friends or relatives who we are not that close to.

Toddlerteaplease · 14/12/2017 18:54

I send photo cards of my friends cats to him from my cats. He loves it!