People who send chritsmas card of them and their kids witg generic short writed message

[Meowmeowgirl]

i remeber when holiday cards where more personalized to people u give them to but by a friend i just recieve a generic card with them and their toddler on focus with «merry chritsmas and happy new years to you and your closest!» and thats its. No personality to the card or where i save them up more than just putting them on the fridge til chritsmas is over and then bin. Im not saying people should write a whole bible on the card but cmon😂.

I’m amazed anyone is actually sending Christmas cards given how much stamps cost. Where I do bother to send a card I definitely write some kind of message to that person or family, based on the relationship I have with them and their knowledge of me

I don’t mind about the message at all. I like getting cards as the act of giving one means the person has thought about you.
I go more by the quality of card I’m given than the message!

This is redundant now with social media and instant messaging etc.

My husband was ill one year and didn't send any cards. We met up with his siblings in January. " Thank you for the lovely Christmas card" said his sister. He hadn't sent one. She assumed he had. He hasn't sent a single card since. I send around 4 cards. If someone sends one to me I open it , read it , put it on the sideboard. I don't think about it beyond that. The grandchildren will have them for cutting and sticking afterwards. My husband's cousin sends a round robin every year. We sooo look forward to it ...not.

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Are you non-British, OP?
I just ask because I wonder if there might be a difference in cultural expectations.
Typical for me and mine (English) is to send shop-bought Christmas cards to people who live away, older people, people we don’t see and to just write:
To A and B
’Happy Christmas’
With much love from us all,
C, D, E and F
xxx

I might write a few lines in some people’s cards to say:
’I hope you are all well. We’ve had a busy year - we settled E into X university in September, he’s studying law. F is gearing up for GCSEs next year - still mad about her dancing. Love to all the family.

I only send about 15 cards, and only 3 of those need stamps. I cut my list down every year. I basically write “To Jane and John, Happy Christmas!, Silverpink, Husband and Kids” Ive never had a card where someone’s written a whole essay in it.
One thing I don’t get though is the personalised photo cards - why would I want a card with photos of some relative or neighbour on it? Only photos I want displaying in my house are husband and kids.

I hate a round robin letter!

My most snobbish cousin has done one for years. It's full of bragging and "aren't we great?!" But it was the only one!
These year however, I received 2 extras! One from an aunt and uncle, a handwritten scrawl they'd obviously photocopied, that I could only just read. And another from a different cousin, with a month by month breakdown, and was also super-braggy!

Next year, I'm tempted to just write one full of absolute bollocks, just for a laugh.

Cruel but that made me laugh 😆

Chapeau

Reslly? Coz thatz what it dos look loik.

Plus - could I add a 'meh' as perhaps no one else is as perfect as you?

Because they dont have time energy or wrist strength to do more but they still want to let people know they are thought of and a text or email doesnt feel enough?

What language are you using, because it’s certainly not English!

Waste of trees

Some people do write little round robins of what they've been up to during the year. But that's more older people. Now most people just keep in vague contact via SM so don't feel the need to announce things like they used to in a card.

You should still write a heartfelt message with a few questions etc if you like doing that. But ultimately isn't it better to just write 'Happy Xmas. Lets catch up in the near future' when you can have a proper two way conversation.

I send a few still. I used to write a load about what we had been up to or how lovely it was to see them in the summer or we must get together next year, that kind of stuff. However I then realised that no one else bothered, so I stopped.