Christmas card from neighbour..

[NewandBlue]

Ive received a card from our neighbours two door down and it states all,the family’s name. To NewandBlue and husband from Pam, Pete, then also has their two adult children names on with their partners and kids names?

As it’s only Pam and Pete that are our neighbours I can’t see the point in putting all the families names on the card. Am I unreasonable?

They are probably like my mother who includes our names (in our 40s) because she can’t let go of the idea that we’re not children anymore.

We write all our names so the neighbours know who they are from. This year's i was tempted to stop and only send to the new family as I don't know them yet.

I know what you mean, lol.

I think it's sweet and you might come across them when they park in front of your house or you see them popping over to holiday sit or something. I do think it's a bit early for xmas cards though.

This is such a stupid post. Sometimes when you have a thought, just keep it in your head, this is one of those things that absolutely doesn't need a group consensus.

You just put 'To NDN and family'.

Christ talk about overthinking.

Seems they went to a lot of effort. When we receive cards from neighbours it’s usually signed something along the lines of ‘The Smith Family’, unless it’s just a couple or they are close friends. I’m impressed they are still sending cards. The practice seens to have fallen out of fashion in recent years.

You'd hate our neighbours, OP. They put their dogs' names on the cards too. But then the dogs do live there, so.

At least they got your name right, my neighbour 'changed' my name after 7 years living next door. Now I get a card to my husband and some random womans name & family lol. And to make things worse, shes told the other neighbours that's my name and then they all started doing it.

If ever there was an example of massively overthinking this is it

I quite like it... we have a cul-de-sac of 10 houses... over the 35 years we've lived here, people have come and gone, kids have been added, grandkids, pets, in a couple of cases elderly parents have been added and gone.
Perhaps they are having a joyful houseful for the holidays.

Genuinely. You can’t be serious?
Of all the issues , worries and concerns that people have every single day, and you post this?
In the nicest way possible: you need to wake up and smell the coffee.
And equally - count yourself lucky that this is all you have to worry about.
🙄

Our NDNs are friends as well as neighbours and we do dog walks together. Obviously the dogs' names are included on the cards. My dog waits in front of their door for the dogs to come out and yelps with delight when they appear. How could they not be included.

It’s not stupid @JudgeBread ! This is trauma!! I mean ops had to start a thread about it!!
can’t believe nobody’s suggested to log this with “111”…. 😵‍💫🥹

I expect they've signed all their 'acquaintance' Christmas cards like that - probably had a pile of them, went through them, signed, signed, signed on autopilot rather than considering for each card what combination of their names to put on it.

It's just a Christmas card, it's not that deep.

Maybe it would be simpler if everyone just wrote “to you all - from all of us”.

Just trying to think of reasons this is enough of a deal to warrant a mumsnet post. I don't think I would pay it nearly that much attention, personally.

The only reasons I can come up with are:

a) you want to receive more cards or
b) you want to sell more cards

The things that people start threads about honestly

Probably not as weird as me writing my Dads card from him to my best friend and her family and posting it for him, the best friend he hasn't seen in 20 years and who I'm meeting next week- but my Mum always sent her a card and so my Dad continues the tradition (only I now write it etc as he can hardly see)

You’re a grinch.

It IS weird OP. Definitely.