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How cool is it to send a photo of your child dressed as santa?

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robinpud · 09/12/2006 16:41

Just wondering.. have received 3 so far..
Anyone got any thoughts?

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morningpaper · 09/12/2006 16:42

Well people are too scared to send Round Robins so they are just trying to be personal without having their intimate details published in best selling books

It's so tricky these days

myrrhthamoo · 09/12/2006 16:43

I did it for ds1's first Christmas - just a Santa hat though, not the whole shebang - he was 8 months old.

It's a bit cheesy, really, though - isn't it? I was a New Mum, had full blown Precious First Born Syndrome...what can I say ?

aDadTidingsWeBring · 09/12/2006 16:43

probably not very, and i definitely wouldn't send any to friends, but you just know that their grandparents will love it.

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robinpud · 09/12/2006 16:43

is it an approach you are adopting MP ? Baby dressed as santa strapped to a......Hmmm

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morningpaper · 09/12/2006 16:45

I have sent pictures of the girls in matching red dresses

foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 09/12/2006 16:47

cheesy in the extreme, and why not? (but please not to friends who might be trying to conceive - my friend found it very upsetting)

zookeeper · 09/12/2006 17:31

yuk

glitterfairyonachristmastree · 09/12/2006 18:15

Not!

unknownrebelbang · 09/12/2006 18:15

Ok.......Deep breath.

Eight years ago, my mam bought DS3 a santa babygro, complete with hat - he was four months old at the Christmas. Naff, but cute.

My mam died on 19th December, and my mil was seriously ill in a hospice (she died on 19th Jan).

So, in my post-natal/grief-stricken state, I took my son to have a professional photo taken (in the January, poor photographer must have wondered what I was on.)

Although I cringe about this, and would never ever have done it normally, the photo is one of my absolute favourites, because of the link with my mam. I gave copies to my dad, fil, and 3 other members of our immediate family.

TheBlonde · 09/12/2006 18:30

It is cheesy but my mom sent some of DS last year (only to immediate family though)

trice · 09/12/2006 19:00

I only send cards to friends. They always get a jolly photo of the kids on the front. This year I have one enourmous lamb and a mini reindeer (on a beach, under a palm tree in Jamaica). If people don't like it they are quite free to throw it in the bin. Most of my friends quite like my children though. Tastefulness be damned.

WethreebobKings · 09/12/2006 19:09

First year - photo of ds in santa hat with red sack. (10 months)

2nd year - photo of ds in the park.

3rd year - photo of ds in clown wig.

This year - cards made and signed by ds in all their gluey glory, but no photo.

worcestercaroline · 09/12/2006 19:36

this yr sending 1 of dd as a reindeer shes 9mths but only to family , to others like godparents, close friends who have not seen her yet we r including a normal photo of her

noonar · 09/12/2006 19:42

my dad sent one of these photo-xmas cards to me, my brothers and mum one year. who was on the front? his 2 youngest children from his second marriage . very tactful.

unknownrelebelang, that is v touching- not at all the same thing!

PortAndLemonaid · 09/12/2006 19:58

It's not, and never will be, cool.

I wouldn't do it myself (in spite of the fact that my DCs will of course be the cutest and will look better than any other DCs in the world when dressed as Santa ) [have sent Christmassy photos in card, but only to grandparents and godparents of DC].

But I wouldn't think any worse of someone else who sent me a card like that (provided no cutesy robins) and would actually be quite glad to see them. It is cheesy, but Christmas cards are by and large inherently cheesy unless they are some monochrome minimalist effort.

MadamePlatypus · 09/12/2006 20:25

Think it depends who is receiving it. I have quite a few old friends who I don't get to see that often who have had children in the last few years. I find it interesting to see how their children have changed over the years, particularly as a 1 year old looks very different to a 4 month old and I am interested in photos of any of my friends' new babies. I don't really care what they are wearing. However, I wouldn't expect everybody to be interested.

unknownrebelbang · 09/12/2006 23:42

Thanks Noonar.

housemum · 10/12/2006 00:21

Are they from Americans? I have some lovely friends who live in America and this is perfectly normal there. Don't get it myself, though when DD was 1 she had a Santa babygrow so we printed a picture ourselves as a "Thank You" note to anyone who gave her a pressie.

hana · 10/12/2006 00:31

no santa suits here but v common in North America.....but that's ok.
I try to send a picture of the girls with our card but only to people we dont see regularly - they see them in person! Have dd1's school picture too to send, but that only goes to my family

Peridot30 · 10/12/2006 00:41

HOUSEMUM, my friend stays in america and we always get a family photo christmas card including the dog. LOL

liatHoHoHo · 10/12/2006 07:13

I've always disliked getting cards with people's offspring on. I think it does stem back from my infertility days when they were liable to be hurled across the room in a rage of jealousy, especially if the arrival coincided with yet onther AF .

Still find them a bit self-indulgent I'm afraid - fine for close family but a bit suspect for all your pals I think.

SueW · 10/12/2006 07:27

I wish I got more pics from people whose children I haven't seen for ages. My cousin in Canada sends me one each year of his family and it's great to see them grow. We haven't seen our NZ family for six years and I wouldn't recognise any of the kids now. We don't even get pics emailed even though we are in touch! Perhaps we have a hugely camera shy family!

ernest · 10/12/2006 08:32

oh no, everyone's gonna be laughing at me and thinking I'm a sad cow then. I've just sent out 20 cards - hand made snowmen no less, and on the inside of the card I've pritt sticked a Little print out (on normal paper not glosssy ,does that make a difference?) of my 3 wearing a santa hat. Oh no, not wanting to be cheesy. Most people who sent cards to are rellies, and literally just a couple of (dh's) friends, who haven't actually even seen them this year, or last prbably. Thought they'd like to see what the people who made the card looked like. I'm cringing now. Is it really so tacky. oh no

BudaBauble · 10/12/2006 08:35

We move around a lot so have friends from various countries who do the same. I like to get photos to see their children. And I like round robins too!

I have Xmas cards from Phoenix that are picture frames so will do a photo of DS to put in that but only for my parents and some of DH's relatives.

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