Christmas card etiquette

[madmarchhare]

When DS was at playgroup it seemed to be the norm that you got a list of kids names and sent one to everyone.

Is that what happens at nursery and school?

I think its quite mad.

normally buy my ds some cards to send out
but i hate receiving cards they make the house untidy
i only disply a few cards and bin the rest on arrival (re-cycle them)

It is quite mad but it does happen. My ds did this last year in reception. I gave him a few a night for a few weeks to sign and he still insisted on writing the childs name on the top as well. He enjoyed it though and he has his own hanging card holder thingy for all his cards to go on.

DS even got cards from people who didnt even know his name, just because we were there, no name on envelope.

I suppose this is what its all about now, Id better get used to it. Was cornered at nursery this morning for Children in Need.

Im just crap at all this school participation malarky.

madmarch at getting cards with no name on!! blimey...

I had just thought about this today, as DS is in reception this year. I didn't do cards at all in pre-school, but I realised with dread that this year we will get cards from kids because they will want to WRITE THEIR NAMES or rather, their parents will want to show just how advanced little johnny is, he can write his name in CURSIVE SCRIPT.

And yes this only matters to me because I can't join in, DS can barely hold a pencil still let alone write his name

I dread it all....but there is no way DS and I are sending cards to all his class; just a waste of paper.

Though if I made him sign them all he might be able to write by christmas

we were encouraged to nNOT send to all children in the preschool and instead just a few of the people they played with ( or remembered!) think dd made about 5 cards for friends
I was tempted to 'do' more when she rec'd cards from people she didn't send to - but didn't bother, they don't know the difference at that age!
will do same t his year, she's in reception

Really though, schools should discourage it from a waste point of view, good point. Maybe I could suggest it .

Dd's nursery had a scheme a bit like a Secret Santa, where each child took in just one card and at the end of term then received one card back. Children could still give any special friends a card but nursery wouldn't distribute those ones. It certainly cut down on the recycling!

or you could donate money spent on cards to Children in Need, see, Im getting into the spirit of it now .

We have done them beforebut only once they could write, prob just do select group this year with dd2 and it will help her writing if nowt else!