Christmas cards with kids on

[CushionsandCandles]

Please stop it.
I don't want photos of other people's kids gracing my mantelpiece.
I wouldn't subject you to it and my kids are clearly gorgeous (or rather I'm not deluded enough not to realise I'm the only person who thinks they are).
But special mentions to the toe cringing photos of kids dressed as Christmas puddings, elves, fairies and the like!
Bah Bumbug

I have never done it myself but I actually quite like receiving them. Children change so quickly and seeing my friends’ children is more interesting than yet another iteration of the Magi, a snowman or a star.
My interest runs dry short of the round robins though. They can fuck off.

I don't mind if they feature the baby Jesus but on the whole, I agree. I'm really not into looking at pictures of kids.

I like them! Of new babies.

I can do without gap toothed 8 year olds or hulking great teens.

I like them! I've never had one though.

I do send them but ONLY to my family- most of them live abroad so rarely see dc (most havent even met dc2).

Hell would freeze over before i sent one od those cards to someone im not related to.

It’s the only cards I like to receive and put up as they are personal.

It is a terrible American custom that seems to be growing over here. Just totally cringe. I mean how conceited go send pictures of your family at Christmas (exception would obviously by nice photos of children to grandparents).

I'm not a fan of Christmas cards generally tbh. I stopped sending them a while ago in favour of an e-card and charity donation.

I like it when they’re babies or toddlers but beyond that I’m not so bothered unless it’s family

What a horrible thing to say .
You should be grateful anyone wants to send you Christmas cards in the first place .

Its lovely especially as families havent seen each other this year. I get ones with pets on too.

Yeah, I actually don’t mind the picture cards it is interesting seeing them change over the years, I would much rather that than the endless chat about how amazing they they are on calls or texts. (I’m not on Facebook)

I send photo cards of my kids (not dressed up, though I think once they wore santa hats). But i only send cards to dear friends and family, and mainly those we do not get to see often. These friends and family care about my kids too, and I frequently get cards saying they are looking forward to seeing how the kids have grown. One relative, who had never met them and lived in a nursing home, kept every single one until she passed away.
I can understand how pics of random kids you have no connection with would irk you, but maybe you shouldn't be getting cards from these people in the first place.

I send a photo card of my daughter to my cousin and his family in South Africa. His daughters (my god daughters) have never met my daughter, but they're interested in what she looks like.

I also send a photo card to my daughter's great aunt. She has very few relatives and lives a few hours drive from us. She said she appreciates it.

I wouldn't send photo cards to everyone, but to family members who you don't see often, I think they're nice.

I’ve had something like this once but it was a personalised gift with a photo of someone’s baby on it, that I’m not related to. I thought it was odd.

I don’t want cards with babies or kids on them and would throw them straight out. Christmas is hard enough when you’re struggling with not being able to have children of your own.

It would have never occurred to me to do one until recently but we started receiving one every year from an old friend of my husbands who we see very rarely and I thought it was lovely. Better than a generic picture and it’s the only card I remember receiving each year!

But I think it’s a case of using common sense to judge the audience. I ordered a few this year for the first time and sent them to a small number of close family members and a couple of older family friends who I knew would genuinely like them. I wouldn’t dream of sending them to my friends as I know a lot of people my age would feel like the OP does and think it was cringey. However, if they sent one to me with their kids I would love it so we’re all different. This year in particular a lot of my relatives haven’t seen my children and the older ones don’t have phones to send pictures to so I can hand on heart say I’m 100% sure it’s a nice gesture to them. I don’t really mind if anyone else thinks I’m pathetic or it’s in poor taste!

It,s more personal I like it.

I only send one to my stepdads parents because I havent seen them in years but they still always send money and cards for mine and Ds birthdays which I think is lovely so I send a picture on their card so they can see how he is growing

Aww id love to get a card with someones cute chubby baby dressed as a Christmas pudding on! Never received a card like that in my life.
I think if you are getting a Christmas card at all the appropriate response is 'thanks' not 'this is not to my taste' ....thats not very christmassy

We received a Christmas card with not 1, but 14 small photos inside the card of the child!

It also had a full page update on what a “fantastic year it’s been even with this Covid business”

Well you sound miserable. I ordered 10 special cards with DD on them- mostly for family we cannot visit due to covid or DB who lives abroad and cannot come home. DGM loved a card with her DGD on when she was alive and all the carers would talk to her about it. Both PIL and DPs love them to and keep them. Would I send them to all and sundry, no, but then I send minimal cards anyway.

My favourite type of card!!! I love them!

I love them, only people I know well send them and I also love the moonpig cards when friends/family put old usually embarrassing photos on. At least there’s effort, but I do not put cards up so do not have the faces on the mantle piece.

I agree, you sound miserable. I had a friend who sent me a card every year with her children on it and I loved seeing how they had grown and changed. Even my DH at the time looked forward to it - and he had no interest in children! We also used to send cards with our dog on the front to special people in our lives.

Christmas must be a dreary time for some of you - so many complaints about the most trivial subjects. Get over yourselves.

I would never ever send one, but I do like them

I like them, I think they’re so cute. Better adorable pics of children than boring Christmas trees/wreaths/a car with a tree on top. Bring on the cards with kids and pets!