Humble brag Christmas cards!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I stopped sending cards last year. I'm so sick of photo cards ( and I have cute kids who can pose for cards too) but they are so overdone. Won't send cards this year and don't care about getting them... Labels computer generated and no personal message.. Might as well be junk mail. I talk to and see the people I want to keep in touch with.

Yep. Straight to the trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facebook has nipped in the bud most of the ones I used to get. Now those people brag all year.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did mine and talked about travel in Asia we did this year and a few highlights about each family member.. I don't think of it as bragging; in fact I think older relatives enjoy reading about that and looking at the pictures. But really I keep them year after year. They are a nice sweet record of our lives. I love looking back at the ones my mom did of us when we were young.

My dad one year gathered up all the Christmas letters they had sent out, starting before I was born when they just had my brother, to my sister, to me, and had them bound and titled 'The History of the XYZ Family." It was 25 years of these letters, and we got to read "little Jane is starting to walk" and "Joey started school" and all this life stuff. I still have this bound version and I love it! I'm glad you're saving them - your kids will really like it some day!

Aww, very sweet.

[Anonymous]

Since they are not well received, maybe the money is better spent on photos for yourself? Just saying.

[Anonymous]

The beach photo cards in the matching denim and white shirts are awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The beach photo cards in the matching denim and white shirts are awful.

No --everyone's wearing khaki from the waist down. Lookin all jaunty, like a family of 5 JFKs in the making

[Anonymous]

I like you, Morissey-poster and you, too, Smith's poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped sending cards last year. I'm so sick of photo cards ( and I have cute kids who can pose for cards too) but they are so overdone. Won't send cards this year and don't care about getting them... Labels computer generated and no personal message.. Might as well be junk mail. I talk to and see the people I want to keep in touch with.

Yep. Straight to the trash.

Boo. I like receiving these. It's festive and I like to see how my friends' and relatives' kids -- who I care about but don't get to see that often -- are growing. Plus they look cute on my shelf for a month. Card senders, don't listen to the haters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I especially enjoy personalized cards emblazoned with

Merry Christmas from The Smith's!

or, worse, Smith's/Smith's/Smith's printed in an artful pattern.

I would welcome a card from The Smiths or just from Morrissey!

Please, please, please let you get what you want....this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did mine and talked about travel in Asia we did this year and a few highlights about each family member.. I don't think of it as bragging; in fact I think older relatives enjoy reading about that and looking at the pictures. But really I keep them year after year. They are a nice sweet record of our lives. I love looking back at the ones my mom did of us when we were young.

My dad one year gathered up all the Christmas letters they had sent out, starting before I was born when they just had my brother, to my sister, to me, and had them bound and titled 'The History of the XYZ Family." It was 25 years of these letters, and we got to read "little Jane is starting to walk" and "Joey started school" and all this life stuff. I still have this bound version and I love it! I'm glad you're saving them - your kids will really like it some day!

Charming but now that we have FB, Instagram, etc, I think the annual letter might be a little unnecessary to chronicle your life. Oh wait, I forgot people on this site are too old/paranoid for those sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did mine and talked about travel in Asia we did this year and a few highlights about each family member.. I don't think of it as bragging; in fact I think older relatives enjoy reading about that and looking at the pictures. But really I keep them year after year. They are a nice sweet record of our lives. I love looking back at the ones my mom did of us when we were young.

My dad one year gathered up all the Christmas letters they had sent out, starting before I was born when they just had my brother, to my sister, to me, and had them bound and titled 'The History of the XYZ Family." It was 25 years of these letters, and we got to read "little Jane is starting to walk" and "Joey started school" and all this life stuff. I still have this bound version and I love it! I'm glad you're saving them - your kids will really like it some day!

Charming but now that we have FB, Instagram, etc, I think the annual letter might be a little unnecessary to chronicle your life. Oh wait, I forgot people on this site are too old/paranoid for those sites.

Wow, you're a shithead. There's no age limit for that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did mine and talked about travel in Asia we did this year and a few highlights about each family member.. I don't think of it as bragging; in fact I think older relatives enjoy reading about that and looking at the pictures. But really I keep them year after year. They are a nice sweet record of our lives. I love looking back at the ones my mom did of us when we were young.

My dad one year gathered up all the Christmas letters they had sent out, starting before I was born when they just had my brother, to my sister, to me, and had them bound and titled 'The History of the XYZ Family." It was 25 years of these letters, and we got to read "little Jane is starting to walk" and "Joey started school" and all this life stuff. I still have this bound version and I love it! I'm glad you're saving them - your kids will really like it some day!

Charming but now that we have FB, Instagram, etc, I think the annual letter might be a little unnecessary to chronicle your life. Oh wait, I forgot people on this site are too old/paranoid for those sites.

I agree with the above poster. Cheers!

[Anonymous]

Words and phrases that should never, ever appear in a Christmas/holiday letter:

continued from last year (referencing last year's single-spaced, wall of text, printed letter)

page two

colonoscopy

placenta previa

high blood pressure

stroke

butt(ocks)

polyp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got my first one today. if I went into detail it would give them away. We love to laugh at them and share them with our family. Thanks for over sharing.

Haven't read all the posts. What is over-sharing on a card (as opposed to letter)? Are they nude? Is the child on the toilet? I am genuinely curious as to what OP is talking about. I've gotten some cringe worthy letters, but have never raised an eyebrow at a card.

[Anonymous]

What is a humble brag without words? Is that family posing next to their Porsche?