To think of you can’t be bo here’s to add my kids names to our Christmas card or even get the spelling right, don’t bother Sending one !

[Lardlizard]

Honestly I’ve got cards addressed to Mrs lizard and family
Not even my dh name

Some with my dd name but not my ds name

Some spelt wrong

The oddest ones are the ones with my dd name on but not my ds Though !
From cousins etc

What’s the point
As you basically y sayin I don’t even know your kids names or how to spell them or even your dh you’ve been with 20 years !!

Hate cards anyway make the place look messy !!

I agree OP. I also strongly believe that if somebody can't even be bothered to correctly wrote out their own original post and title they shouldn't even have a MN account. 😅

I’m not a fan of cards either. I send very few and as a consequence receive very few. It suits me fine.

Where I differ from the OP is that I’m not too bothered about whether they include my DHs name or the names of any or all of the DCs or even how the names are spelt. I’m not so deluded that I think distant relatives and ex colleagues devote time and attention to remembering from year to year how many DC I have or how to spell our names. People have better things to do.

And putting partners names on cards can be a minefield. Of the 7 I sent this year, one was to my brother who I haven’t seen for years. I know he moved in with a long term girlfriend last year who is keen to reboot his connection with our family, so I took the trouble to look her name up on social media and included her on the card. I posted it Monday morning and my mum told me on Monday afternoon that the two of them had split up.

If this is all you have to be wound up about I suggest you get a hobby (or read a book, learn how to use punctuation and paragraphs)... fucking hell booting off over Christmas cards.

I write this in some cards, a lot of our family is complicated with step-siblings/blended families and there isn't much room for writing dozens of names in a card and it looks silly. If its a straight-forward family set-up with a reasonable amount of kids I'll write out all their names!

YABU. I write that to people I don't see often, because I sometimes can't remember the kids names, or I'm bored of writing cards. You should be happy they bother with a miserable Grinch like you at all.

You lost the argument when you mis-spelt the thread title.

What's up? You sound in a really foul mood.

Agree with you op.

I'm guessing it's a quiet day in Grumpytown.

😂😂 probablygreen.

Oh the irony of op and spelling.

There's an old saying op
"It's the thought that counts" maybe you need to learn to be more humble at this time of seasonal cheer and goodwill.

Grinch.

@Probablygreen 😂😂😂

Wow! Aren't you full of the spirit of Christmas. You sound delightful.

Merrie kristmas luv livebythecoast and familie Xx

What does it matter? It really doesn't bother me when I receive cards.

calm down and use a spell check.....

Typos aside, I do understand. I'm a stepdaughter, but my dad has been around much of my life. I have always and still get missed off of a lot of Christmas cards. It's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but can understand why it'd be frustrating.

I just don't put any names in the cards. I leave the top bit blank and just put ”from Daniel, Mr Daniel, and Daniel jr". I assume that's even worse in OP's book.

My SIL misspells my DHs name in all cards. He uses the shortened version of his name always, and the way she spells it would be a shortening of an Entirely Different Name.

We've been married for over fifteen years, she's known him for all that time, we've been on holiday together several times, and - over and above all that - I've TOLD her. She said...

'Oh, I thought it was spelt (the way I write it)' and carried on.

It makes us laugh now.

YABU

"X and family" covers everyone - husband, wife, long term partner, kids, stepchildren etc.

I have friends all over the world, some of whom I stay in contact with through social media, phonecalls and birthday/Christmas cards. I don't always remember the names of their partners/kids as they arent the focus of our friendship so rather than get names wrong/miss names off cards I just address it to "Friend and family". Heck, I even put "and family" in co-workers cards because I know they have families as we talk about them but have never met a lot of them, but rather than just writing the card to the coworker I include the rest of their household.

Also if their partner/children have names that can be spelt a multitude of ways or with unique spellings (is it Claire and Sean? Clare and Shaun? Klair and Shwn?) and you dont have it written down somewhere then why take the risk of getting it wrong when "and family" covers them all?

I split from my husband this year and my auntie has clearly got very confused about who to put on my card...so it's to me, my niece and nephew

A mess from Christmas Cards ? Christ

Such a Drama Llama .