Photos of DC's for christmas cards

[Katz]

ok mumsnet what our opinion?

last year i used a very cute photo of my two dd's as my christmas card (will try and put a copy on my profile!)

so do i do it again or is it naff?

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Now that's BRILLIANT, MP! Do they do so for a larf or are they showing off their great luuuurrvve?

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Actually, I'd rather not send any cards at all. Waste of time, money and paper.

But I shall carry on doing so "because one should" (my mother really does have a huge influence, even at my advanced age).

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I'm not quite sure of their motivation

But after all these years, it's sort of a cult thing

I'd rather get that with a round robin than a picture from Sainsburys signed "F & J X"

What's the point of that?

But but but, if they are people you don't see often, don't they want to know what your kids look like ? I'm from NI originally and we don't get over often and the relatives and friends over there have said that its really nice to know what DS looks like. Are they lying ? Do they really not give a shit ? Should I be sending photos separately on other occasions so that I am not being "immodest" because clearly I have lots of time to worry about this ?
(Am menstrual at minute so probably caring too much about this)

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No I think all normal people like pictures with photos

Only bitter and twisted old crones with issoos don't like it

Well I like getting photos of friends children and finding out what they are up to, I think it's NICE.

Less keen on the 4 page diatribe from US relatives of relatives detailing all their intimite medical procedures, holidays taken, religous utterings and anything else they wish to share with an audience of about 200 people.

Best one I ever had was from an old school "friend" who sent EIGHT typed A4 pages of family news, complete with about 4,000 pictures of her family, including the house and the car, all bound into a little book! Lots of news about how fabulously academic each of the children were, how incredibly well her DH was doing financially and what a lot of work a house and garden that size are. FFS. Ok, so you're doing well, good on you.

DH said that I should do one the following year and have my picture taken lolling near-naked over the bonnet of a car at Beaulieu.

Funnily enough I didn't send her a card the following year and haven't heard from her since. I suspect we no longer have much in common.

Mind you, this is the same person who, when she married, wanted a double-barrelled surname. She didn't like the sound of their two surnames combined, so invented a whole new one!

We got the mother of naff photo cards a couple of years ago - pregnant friend holding mistletoe over her naked belly (boobs covered by artfully placed arms) for her 2 older children to kiss. Caused much uncharitable merriment, then went in the bin because I couldn't put it on the mantlepiece

Get a load of this one, cod!

ROFL, Castille!

Damn it, WW - "Access Forbidden" on that one for me (I really must get on with some work).

Yes, get on with your work, you idle good-for-nothing!!

(Do have a look when you get home though, it's a seriously "quaint" looking baby at a Scientology Christmas event)(WTF???)

Wish I'd kept it for comedy value now!

Photo cards are fine if you don't mind your dc being put through the shredder and composted.

I'm also a bit bemused as to why someone would want to see a pic of your dc if you can't even be bothered to sign the card?

I'm in Cod's camp here, I think sending photo cards are self-serving. Other people's children can never be as cute as one's own so either send the photo separately or, if you think all cards are naff, just send a letter with your news.

Ah, what is wrong with the way that baby in the link looks? OK, he is pouting a bit but he is certainly not ugly! Poor thing. Unusual name however.

I rather like getting pictures loose in the card. Pictures livingly glued to the card and childishly decorated with glitter are OK too. Pictures printed on the card, as the only Christmas card, are a bit American and hence OK from Americans but slightly from UK people. I don't get huffy or codlike about them, though.

I think any piccys of your kids should only be given to those who actually care ? so close, personal family/friends only. I wouldn?t want photos of work colleagues kids or distant cousins because I have no affection for them. I have to say I agree with Cod in that regard ? it?s a bit boastful/immodest. The same applies at xmas, even if you do dress your kids up. (And kids like to dress up!!!)

My xmas photo (I?ve got a good one ? anyone want to see?) is going loose in a card for DS grandparents and aunty ONLY. Everyone else will get a boring, cheap pointless shop brought charity-support card (not sure how much goes to charity and how much of a con it is) and I hope they recycle it when they?re done. We use last year?s cards for gift tags. But I suppose I really ought to stop sending cards for eco reasons, but it?s just seen as ?the thing to do?, isn?t it? You?re seen as a tight git or miserable cow if you don?t send them. All part of the horrid commercialisation of the celebration of the birth of our Saviour, I suppose.

As for end of year round robins, if people are not close enough to already know all your news, then are not going to want to know everything about your year, so if you want to tell them what?s been going on but don?t want to write a personal letter, it should be as short as possible and defiantly no more than one page and that includes pictures. But that is IMHO!