please tell me i don't have to give a christmas card to every child in dd's nursery...

[beforesunrise]

dd started nursery school in september, she's 2y10m, and today got a christmas card from another little girl whom i am not even sure she knows (they have different shifts).

very sweet, and she was delighted, but is it the done thing? surely it's a bit OTT? am i meant to write 35 christmas cards to every single child??? she really only ever talks about one or two children so i doubt she even knows many children...

I have 48 to write! I was only going to do them for my DS "close" friends but he is already starting to receive cards from others!

I just asked the nursery to let me know who she played with and sent cards to them. We got cards from one or two that we hadn't sent them to but I don't think that's such a big deal.

Just do what you feel like, I'm sure no one really notices

ds's nursery give out lists of names, so did dd's class teacher - oh joy another 40 cards to write!?

It is totally ridiculous and something I would never even entertain.

If you want to say best wishes and happy xmas then say it - you dont need to write it in a card over and over again esp when it is the parent writing it for the child.

Waste of everything - time, trees and not eco friendly at all.

BAH HUMBUG!!

Nursery offered me a list of the children in each of the DS' rooms.
I said no thanks!
DS2 is 10months old and couldn't give a monkeys,
DS1 is 2.5 and although he plays with some of the other kids, he doesn't know what Christmas cards are.

I explained it by saying this will be the last year i can get away with it as next year ds1 will/may ask to send a card to particular friends, so i will go along with the ones he can name, and get him to help me, dram a smiley face or write a latter or 2 if he can by then.
not ever going for the carpet-bomb approach of all the names on the list though!

I would say that they have to be old enough to know what a Christmas card is before you start!
I would then ask them who they want to send to and stick to that. Sending every DC one is is nearly as bad as inviting everyone to a birthday party.

ok i am officially NOT doing it. i wish Majeika was in my nursery too at least it would be two of us

My DS1 has written all of DS2's nursery cards this year. I think there are about 4 for his best friend, 3 for his girl friend and one each for a couple of others. I am refusing to write ANY cards this year because it bores me, and no-one really cares.

Once they are old enough to sign their own name you could start but I wouldn't bother before that! I've got 18 in DS2's class and 28 in DS1's to supervise!!

My DS is 3 1/2, and got some cards at playgroup today. He is a bright little boy, but got very confused and thought it must be his birthday!

I never did that at nursery. The staff gave out a list to all the parents with all the children's names on and DS2 gotseveral cards with his full name on (i.e. with surname) obviously written by the parent. What is the point of that?

If they want to send cards to their friends, they have to write them - I have enough to do.

Them's the rules chez Tommy