To send this years Christmas cards with...

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To send Christmas cards with a wedding photo on?

DH and I had a winter wedding this year, and I was wondering whether it would be OK to send a festive card including a photo from our wedding day (unseen as we haven't shared more than two on DH's social media ((I don't do FB or anything)) ) so I thought sending a card with a christmassy wedding photo on to family would be nice or is that a bit 'look at us' and a bit American to do so? I say American as I follow a lot of bloggers and have blogger friends in America and every year I receive a card off them where they have got matching Christmas jumpers on and dressing their dog up lol.

I don't wan to do it if it is seen as being a bit up our own arses, you know? Feedback please , I won't be offended!

No don't do it. Also, because the wedding was last year, people won't be thinking about it anymore.

I'd be happy to get a card like that. I'd much rather get a personal card than a bog standard robin on a snowy branch!
Since I had kids I've done a photo card with them on it. Some relatives say they have kept them all. I mostly send Christmas cards to be people we dont see that frequently and they (at least they say they do) love seeing how they've grown. Sad to think some people just throw them away as soon as they arrive - not really in the spirit of the season is it?

I know for our wedding Thank you cards we sent them with a photo on the front to just family and everyone has kept them on their fridges

I wouldn't if you've already done thank you cards with photos, but it's nice that you've got photos you love and want to share!

No. And especially not since you already did it for the thank you cards. How many photos of you in your wedding dress do you really think other people need?

It wouldn't bother me, but I agree if it duplicates thank you cards, it might be a bit much. Perhaps just send them to people who weren't at your wedding.

I think it sounds lovely and really personal. I'd love a card like that as opposed to a random snow scene. Even if it was just my friend and not my sister I'd love it!

@Thestrangestthing not sure if I maybe didn’t write this properly , but our wedding was this year not last year :)

Thanks everyone but we’ve decided not to not in case it does bother people because of the thank you cards . Thanks though ! Maybe when we have children 👶🏼 💕

I think that's a nice idea and wouldn't mind if it was a friend or relative.

Since it's going to close family and friends, I think it's a lovely idea. I can see how you'd worry it seemed a bit high on yourself, but this is the year you got married! That's something worth celebrating. Now after this Christmas, I'd think it was a bit "look at me" to send pictures of yourselves, but that's just my own opinion. Of course I am American, so maybe my perspective is very different? Here people usually put pics of their children. I think its just a qay to keep current? I don't know. I'm not big on Christmas cards tbh. When the kids were little we did it. I couldn't imagine sending pics of myself to people though, lol. Like I said, in the case of your wedding if you have pics you love that have been unseen for the most part, I'm sure your aunties, etc would love it.

The thing is what do people do with xmas cards once it's over? Surely not hoard years worth of cards. I would feel awful to throw away cards with someone's picture on it.

Don't listen to the miseries on here op. I was going to put a pic of us and the only couple who I need to send a Christmas card to of at our wedding through Moonpig 🤷

More appropriate for thank you cards , I’d be a bit ‘get over it’ if someone sent me a wedding photo in this context a year later

Can I just clarify with you , I didn’t get married last year , it was this winter ❄️ I’m not sure if I was clear In my OP sorry

@OlaEliza thank you lovely lady ! X

I'd love that much nicer than some generic Rudolph picture

Didn't Meghan and Harry do it last year. So if it's good enough for them to send and the Queen to receive ...

A bit American? Which Americans do you mean? The royals?

@dudsville I was being a bit stereotypical going on my American and Canadian friends who send me cards every year (for both Easter, Christmas and birthdays) with family pictures on. But yeah the Royals too I guess

I don't think you are unreasonable, a lot of people have a wedding photo made into a Christmas card. You say you had a winter wedding so I presume you're not in the UK, winter hasn't quite started here yet, we have one more day of autumn to go.

I think it's a lovely idea. Much nicer than a Tesco card with a generic winter scene.

I'm one of those terrible people who puts photos of my children on Christmas cards though, so may be slightly biased

itsemily, I always wrankle at stereotypes that lump one entire huge nation, that holds the most varied collection of people together, in a dismissive way. The cards I get from America always just have Christmas themed wonderlands or some such. I shouldn't have posted, I just felt you were asking a question about whether you should do something or would it be percieved as wanky, but instead of wanky you bashed a culture. Personally, if you were my friend (I realise I'm not making that possibility easy here!) and you married this year and the Christmas card you'd sent me was a wedding pic I'd love it, and I would be really proud of and happy for you. I bet your pic is a great one.

Off topic but am reminded of the episode of Frasier when he was taking a nap (in October)and Martin, Niles and Daphne were setting up their Christmas card photo. Frasier comes out to Christmas decorations and a tree and says “Dear god, how long have I been asleep?”

So you married in January or February.

Yes, do it. Not for everyone of course, just for close people.

I love looking at photos of people's wedding (people that I know) but not in card as I don't like cards. It'd just get thrown out most likely.
Put your photos up on fb or instagram and people can see the photos

@ dudsville sorry I genuinely wasn’t bashing a nation , it came across that way and reading it back is a dick move on my part , sorry . I appreciate your comment thank you. I do wish I could share the photo on here that I was going to use for feedback but you just never know on here! Sorry again I really washing meaning to sound bad. I actually have an American Auntie and a bunch of other family members over in Washington and they send tasteful ‘normal’ cards without photos on so I shouldn’t stereotype x

@UndomesticHousewife I would but I don’t have social media cause I’m boring :)

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