Non American here - I do not understand the family photo Christmas cards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it really weird to come to a foreign country then dump on their very common traditions and customs. But I’ll give you this, it’s a fit for British behavior.

Unfortunately, it’s not just a British behavior. It’s become trendy and ‘progressive’ to dump on American traditions and cultures. I’m a child of two immigrants and have noticed this shift over the past decade or so. Especially in this board - any chance to disparage American traditions is welcomed and celebrated.

Personally, I love the cards. Photo cards, letters, regular cards. I display them for a few weeks and my kids love them. FWIW, I’m not even Christian.

Dumping on American traditions is whatever to me. I don't think this country is perfect and some of the stuff we do is really weird. What I think is out of control is people thinking Western Europe is some kind of utopia. You see it all over this board from people who say they're well traveled - everyone in Europe is apparently thin and beautiful and well-dressed at all times, they're all well educated, no one is tacky, there are no suburbs (??), no one is poor, their lifestyle is perfect, everyone is happy and content and fulfilled. It's so bizarre to me.

[Anonymous]

I live 3,000 miles away most of my first cousins and my wife lives 250 miles away her first cousins.

Both our immediate families are 225 miles away.

I don’t live in Luxembourg or Malta. People only see family 1-2 times a year in person in my family so we send pictures

[Anonymous]

I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

I've gotten photo cards from single friends and don't find it odd or distasteful. Often travel pix. Goes on my mantle with everything else.

The holidays are hard for ppl going thru rough times. This is a piece of mail you can toss. No need to take it personally

I don't post my kids on social media and many of my friends have declined social media over time as well.

[Anonymous]

LOL. Every year this post or one like it . . . My door is covered with cards, mostly photo cards, from family and friends. I love it.

I send ours and if you got one it's b/c we think fondly and enough of you to do so. I would hope none of the recipients are so weirdly awful to be judging me for sending them one. But if they are, they are free to judge and trash them. I'll never know. And them doing so is no reflection on me, though it certainly would be of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

+1000000000000000000000

Whatever. I love getting Christmas cards because I’m not on social media. In my case, it may be the only picture I see of a family in a year. I guarantee that most people in nursing homes would much rather receive pictures of people than Hallmark greetings. PP sounds like she has issues and needs therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

I've gotten photo cards from single friends and don't find it odd or distasteful. Often travel pix. Goes on my mantle with everything else.

The holidays are hard for ppl going thru rough times. This is a piece of mail you can toss. No need to take it personally

I don't post my kids on social media and many of my friends have declined social media over time as well.

When I was single I sent out pictures of my dog in Christmas attire and people reached out to me to tell me how much they loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

Almost none of my friends post family pics on social media. The photo cards are a good way to see how far flung family and friends have changed. I like seeing how much the kids have grown if I haven't seen them in awhile. If this is bothersome to people who are so into navel gazing they can't be happy for anyone else, then don't send a card in return and you will get dropped off the list next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

I've gotten photo cards from single friends and don't find it odd or distasteful. Often travel pix. Goes on my mantle with everything else.

The holidays are hard for ppl going thru rough times. This is a piece of mail you can toss. No need to take it personally

I don't post my kids on social media and many of my friends have declined social media over time as well.

When I was single I sent out pictures of my dog in Christmas attire and people reached out to me to tell me how much they loved it.

Totally different.

[Anonymous]

Aren't most American traditions made up and pushed by the companies selling their products?
I'd love to get a mix of cards and wouldn't comment on what other decide to send out. I'm glad they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

Christmas is a about love. Try it sometime.

Mockig single people for being single is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I wish I knew you. I’d create ten versions of a photo card and send them all to you just to watch you get your knickers in a knot.

LOL same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

I'm going to put a long family letter on the back just for you.

- more observant Christian than you who sees nothing wrong with these

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am American and find the family photo Christmas cards really distasteful. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, not your family. The cards are staged and depict life as perfect and feel like an extension of social media. We are already exposed to people's family photos regularly through social media. I also find cards to be insensitive as many people who are single, widowed, divorced, childless, estranged from their family and children, lonely and grieving recent losses find them to be hurtful and actually make Christmas more painful than it already is. If a single person sent out a photo Christmas card it would be seen as bizarre and self-absorbed (which it is). Please stop sending these cards. It is time for the tradition of the family photo Christmas card to end.

Christmas is a about love. Try it sometime.

Mockig single people for being single is disgusting.

This person is being a trolling witch. They bumped a year old thread to pile on that they don't like these.
Who cares.