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Madness - my 2 year old has just got a Xmas card from a classmate!

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hotmulledwinemama · 13/12/2006 17:32

I thought it was mad enough that whole school classes give cards - but is this now a trend in nurseries?

My 2 year old dd1 has got 2 cards in her bag to bring home - supposedly from her classmates - WTF!

They don't even know what letters are!

Am I the only one that finds this really weird - or is it normal behaviour so I need to buy a pack of cards 'from her'?

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gscrym · 13/12/2006 17:34

I just wrote cards for DS's classmates. There wasn't many.

pedilia · 13/12/2006 17:35

my 2 year old has has loads of cards, how bloody stupid can you get??

I refuse to send cards for this age group, at least my 5 year old understands what they are for and can write his own this year

northender · 13/12/2006 17:35

Only 2 cards, my dd's almost into double figures now!! I remain true to myself and don't send a single one back on her behalf.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 13/12/2006 17:38

Aw, you bunch of Ebeneezers

I love doing cards with my just 2yo, he has made his own cards and "helped" write them, and he is very aware of what they are for and who they are going to. 2 isn't too young for that! He gets excited when we get one through the letterbox too, because he knows what they are. Is it really such an imposition to send a few cards?

geekgrrl · 13/12/2006 17:39

very weird . ds is the only one in his nursery class of 2-3 year olds to not give out cards.
As if there isn't enough to do before Christmas!

RubberDuckWithCranberrySauce · 13/12/2006 17:40

We haven't done cards with my 2 year old, but he's just brought home a card from a "friend" at nursery - bless him, he's over the moon. His older brother has been waving his cards under ds2's nose for days now, and now he's got one of his own. He won't let it go - even though it's a barbie card!

Smithagain · 13/12/2006 17:50

Well, my 16 month old got all excited today when a card arrived from Grandma, so I guess they don't have to be able to read. She has been watching her big sister though!

At that age, I would have thought it was nice to give them to any really good friends, but definitely not the whole class. (Think yourself lucky. My friend's day nursery sent home a list of ALL the children for parents to write Christmas cards. Her baby was about 5 months old at the time ...!)

jenkel · 13/12/2006 18:42

We do it, my 2 year has a stamping set and she stamped the cards, I just wrote to xxxx from xxxx

ParanoidSurreyHousewife · 13/12/2006 18:46

It is becoming the norm I find. Sometimes it is a card form the parents too though, so not totally pointless. But if you're not into cards inthe first place then don't bother as once you start you have to keep going.

JollyOldSaintNikkielas · 13/12/2006 18:51

If the kids contribute go for it, if they don't bother you don't bother
Thats my theory anyway!

IdrisTheRedNosedDragon · 13/12/2006 18:55

DS got two card at pre school yesterday. One whose name I recognised but both I (and DS) have no idea who the other one was.

DH says I should send ones for them. I'm sure he won't.

puffling · 13/12/2006 19:05

I got one for 9 monmth old dd today. Her key worker at nursery gave me a list of her class mates, should DD wish to send them cards.

paulaplumpbottom · 13/12/2006 19:07

Surely its a good way to teach the young ones about a popular form of social correspondance?

DumbledoresFairy · 13/12/2006 19:10

Oh. My ds3 is 3 and I have written a few for him to give to playgroup friends. I wonder if I should have done now.

I didn't bother last year as I felt he wouldn't understand about it but I think he got given one or two. This year, it seemed more appropriate and he was able to name the children he wanted to send cards to, so I feel he does understand it a bit. Plus, he sees his older siblings writing and receiving cards, of course.

fruitful · 13/12/2006 19:14

DD did them last year and this year - so starting at 3.5. Last year she made them all (I gave her a load of folded white card, a load of the previous year's christmas cards, glue, scissors, and left her to it). This year she wrote most of them too (with lots of help). She loved doing it and really loves receiving them. Sending them is the price you pay for the joy of receiving.

9mo is ridiculous. 2 is ok if they understand and want to do it. A stamping set is a fab idea.

Mind you, we've now sent 21 cards to dd's friends and none to ours.

NannyL · 13/12/2006 19:15

my 15 month old charge has sent his 13 month old best friend a christmas card (one of my best nanny friends charges!)

its all fun and christmas spirit IMO and i dont see a problem with it!

oh he also got one back the same day!

CorrieDale · 13/12/2006 19:18

My 18 mo got one from somebody at a class that we go to once a week for 45 mins, where I don't even know the names of the other mothers! I was absolutely gobsmacked, and I know that next week everybody else will be giving them out. Except for me. [Scrooge emoticon] And DS has no interest in crafting or even the most cursory colouring in, so I couldn't even turn reciprocating into a game.

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hotmulledwinemama · 14/12/2006 08:09

My 2 year old is just 2 not nearly 3 though -I can understand it next Christmas as she would know more about Christmas and it's traditions etc but this year I have been really taken aback!

I'm a huge Christmas fan - but just think cards at this age is weird - surely it's just the Mums?

Or am I just going to have to give in like I will eventually have to do party bags and buy her a Bratz doll (think I may be turning in my grave over that one!)

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 14/12/2006 10:47

Hmm, my 2yo is just 2 as well and he definitely understands what Christmas cards are for (he reminded me this morning that we need to make some more today), he knows Santa is going to come and put presents under the tree and he knows what the advent calendar is for too, and whose turn it is to open a window. There's nothing unusual about him, he's a normal little toddler. I think people underestimate how much a child of this age can understand.

bundle · 14/12/2006 10:49

my children have always sent cards to their friends at nursery, we often make ours

Spicedfennelwine · 14/12/2006 10:50

I have to admit my 2yo, while clueless in many respects and hardly the sharpest cookie in the tin, is enjoying scribbling over christmas cards and putting them in envelopes.

gah, commonsense is being overcome with schmalzy christmas spirit here, the things parenthood reduces us to

franca70 · 14/12/2006 11:09

My eldest, was clueless about christmas when he was 2. However, dd, who is 2 and a half, and constantly trying to catch up with her older brother, acts as if she knows everything about the whole thing. It's me who is useless about the whole cards etiquette (I'm Italian, we don't have quite the same thing about cards I'm afraid)...
(We are doing cards for the nursery's staff and ds will do some goodbye cards for his friends as he is starting school in jan)

FairytaleOfNewNORKSBRIDE · 14/12/2006 11:21

I did the whole pre-school. But then I am Chair so they were from me as well as DS.

DD1 has done her classmates and other friends through the school because she wanted to and because they're all having so much fun with it. The school has a Christmas postbox.

DD2 aged 2 hasn't sent any though. She'll probably do some pictures for family if older sibs are doing some.

IsItChristmasYet · 14/12/2006 11:29

my DS is 8 months old, and when i picked him up last week i was given a piece of paper and told 'here are a list of all the other children in the baby room for christmas cards'.
16 other kids?????
Now i'm not tight, but is it really worth it?
(And yes i am counting and hoping that my DS gets 16 back!!!!)

I find this VERY weird! Surely when they are old enough to appreciate cards etc is more the time to be doing this!

bundle · 14/12/2006 11:31

it's not really "worth" sending cards to anyone is it? you could keep them and cut out the pictures to re-use as gift tags for next year

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