Photo Christmas cards - do you like them?

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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?

We send photo cards (UK).

Always slightly tongue in cheek (we hope recipients don't take them seriously) but high production values (DH is a photographer and I was a stylist on film sets some years ago so we can make them look pretty swishy).

We only send them to nearest and dearest though, I'd cringe to send them to colleagues/nursery/friends who wouldn't get that it was slightly tongue in cheek.

I love them when they’re from close friends and family whose kids I see at least occasionally. I’d find it weird if it was a colleague or a distant relative who I never saw though.

I know a (slightly eccentric) man in his late 40s who sends Christmas cards every year with a photo/photos of himself on them. He spends days and days doing his ‘photoshoot’ and they’re always incredibly creative. I go back and forth between finding it horribly narcisstic and thinking that it’s genius and that I’d be outraged if he ever stopped.

They are fine for immediate family but beyond that they do come across as a bit twee. Plus, as others have alluded to not everyone’s kids are cute and adorable and as a consequence not photogenic.

I guess I have a bit of a personal gripe with them as we seemed to get several ‘happy family / gurning child’ photo cards a few years back the week after yet another failed IVF cycle. The fact that most of the senders knew what we were going through made me think of them as particularly cuntish.

Photo cards outside immediate family/very close friends are tacky. Newsflash: nobody would really like a photo of your kids/your dog/your family in 'hilarious' Christmas jumpers (delete as appropriate) and they'll end up in the recycling on Boxing Day same as every other card.

Homemade cards are totally different though.

I send out one of my insanely cute dog in a Christmas jumper

No fucks I give

I love them if the children are my grandchildren. To be fair I've only ever received them when they are my grandchildren so I might like them of other children as well.

I always send nativity cards so according to blueyacht they are unacceptable. No one has ever objected.

I think its perfectly fine. And what's wrong in being showy even if its showy?

I have a friend who sends them. I love them! Evidently I have tacky taste. I don’t care - I think they’re so much more personal than others I receive.

I hate them. I have zero interest in other people's children.

I don't want photos of them (you bred, they look like humans, well done) and I don't want drawings done by them (your humans are able to hold a pencil and make some marks with it, well done).

From this thread it seems that I'm very lucky to only have friends and family who give a shit about me and my children - and I in return give a shit about theirs so am very happy to receive pictures of them rather than the 40th card featuring a fat bearded man.

Being a happy family who spends lots of fun times together is something to celebrate and share with the people you care about - I'm not sure how it can be seen as smug?! Its not like posting pictures of your new private yacht!

Whoa Porgs don't body-shame Father Christmas!

Whoa Porgs don't body-shame Father Christmas!

I am surprised to hear such anti child comments on mumsnet of alll places!
So thinking that it is okay for most people to send photo cards to family and close friends but not to all and sundry.
My dd still had a beautiful card of her best friend on a card opening presents, have another riding a pony. They are my favourite cards by far and are most interesting. I would like and appreciate this kind of card from anyone I knew well. We have kept one or two for the memory box.

Porgs - completely agree. The sense of togetherness and celebrating family life is a good thing.

Calm down AnonEvent - I was actually body shaming Jesus

I don't like them after someone we knew sent us one with a cheesy poem in it which equated to the idea that only special people get to be parents.

They knew at the time we had had a number of miscarriages and our DC born sleeping.

Completely thoughtless.

WitchesHatRim, I hope they were just incredibly thoughtless. The idea that anyone could deliberately be so nasty is hard to comprehend.

It's tacky. But if folk want to do it then it's up to them. I've never had one thank goodness. It's not in the spirit of Christmas. If you want to send friends a photo of your DC's by all means do but why a Christmas card. It isn't logical.

I like them.

It's the thought that counts all Christmas cards are nice to receive....there are lots of people out there who don't get any at all....

I don’t want photos of other people’s kids in my livingroom. I’m so hoping sil hasn’t done one of these since she had a baby this year.

I really wish I hadn't read this thread. Some really mean spirited comments

To think that I shouldn't send loved ones a photo of my boy because he isn't "cute enough" is really upsetting. I know his cerebral palsy makes him less... traditionally photogenic but I'd like to think people who supposedly love us could see past that

I love them - my friend always sends a lovely picture of her kids having fun at some point during the year. V cheering. I wish I got more.

Not everyone’s kids are cute? That’s a bit mean. . Find joy, people.

Sundayspilot I’m sure people love pictures of your DS.