To think it's inconsiderate to do gender reveal on Christmas Day

[FestiveOstrich]

A distant relative of mine has announced they will be doing their gender reveal on Christmas Day. It's not their first child and they previously announced their engagement on Christmas Day too.

AIBU to think they should do it another day so Christmas remains about the whole family?

If it’s a distant relative then why do you care? Just carry on with your Christmas 🎅🏽

If it was your daughter / sister / niece/ friend / granddaughter you'd honestly do this?

I think gender reveals are a pile of wank so Christmas day or not I think the whole thing is an unreasonable bottle of sick.

It’s inconsiderate if anyone else at the gathering is dealing with infertility or miscarriage. Those individuals might prefer to sit out a gender reveal, but they shouldn’t have to miss Christmas too.

I literally couldn't care less. Everyone will say "ahh that's nice" and then carry on with the day. They're probably thinking it would be a nice time as the family will be together.

I think it's a lovely idea that they want to share the special moment with their closest friends and family if you're not close enough to the couple to want to share that joy with them why are you spending Xmas day with them?

Yes

Are you jealous?

Completely missing the point of the thread, but to reply to the gender not sex comment/s, if I had invited grandma dottie and good old great-auntie Enid to mine and DW's sex reveal, they'd have probably clutched their pearls and fainted 😂

(We didn't have a gender reveal but the thought was amusing for a moment)

They've warned everyone though

I think that gender reveals are ridiculous anyway. I don't think it's worse to have them on Christmas than any other day, so long as you accept that probably hardly anyone will come.

My daughter's steffi love doll has a gender reveal...

I’d say that’s nice and crack on with my Christmas.

Gender reveals are the worst thing ever whether they are on Christmas Day or some shitty Saturday in the pissing rain in November.
Don't get the point of them and the reaction is always the same, whether it's a boy or a girl. Woop woop, shrieking, clapping, hugging and other such nonsense.

Like i said in a previous post why can't you just be happy for them sharing their news. It won't kill you to smile

So you have no interest in family members new babies and whether they are having a girl/boy, or niece/nephew??

Very odd.

Babies, yes; they are lovely and cute and a blessing.

Fussy, self-obsessed, narcissistic gender reveals - nope.

’That’s nice dear. Now let me go and check on the pigs and blankets’

It’s not insensitive but it’s a bit attention seeking. Maybe it’s the only time they’re with all of their family. They’re not for me, not much in life is surprising and I liked finding out what we’d got once they’d arrived.

I was going to say similar.

Gender reveals are so weird.

Are they doing it at your place? I wouldn't be impressed if that meant lots of blue/pink confetti in my living room but other than that it wouldn't bother me. If anything, it sort of makes sense to do it if the whole family are there anyway rather than make them come just for that.

"Gender reveals" are fucking idiotic anyway 🤷‍♀️

Just smile and ignore and enjoy your Christmas. It's either male or female. It's really not going to ruin your day because you literally already know the outcome 😂

This is mumsnet though where people don't answer the door / go to weddings / answer the phone / advise everyone to leave their husband if he's as much as two min late home/ don't speak to parents for the most trivial of reasons/ don't share anything on social media as it's narcissistic.
In my world i buy cards and presents for birthdays, i wish people well, i take an interest in their life. I might even post pictures of my Christmas day shock horror

It could be considered untimely if they do the gender reveal on Christmas Day whilst in your home as a guest. If it's just a phone call to relatives or a video, don't worry about it. Congratulate them and carry on as normal.

Are you actually with them at Christmas? If not it's just a quick reply to a WhatsApp.message saying congrats surely?

Off topic but this isn’t the first time if seen this horror. It’s pigs IN blankets. Not AND. They are wrapped up. It’s not pigs and blankets unless you cook the sausage and bacon separately, and then it would be weird to call it that anyway.
Sorry.
As you were.