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I really dislike Xmas cards with tons of pictures
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Anonymous
| I'm not up for reading a whole grumpy thread about this, but I'll say that I enjoy seeing multiple photos of friends' children. We don't send photos ourselves and hardly ever even send holiday cards, so I'm purely an eager photo consumer here. |
Anonymous
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I agree with OP. Unless the card is going to family members only, the limit should be three photos. More is just obnoxious.
Signed, One Stylish and Sophisticated Grinch |
Anonymous
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bottom line, people
MOST don't care about your kids and how cute (or not) they are. I love my kids. But I'm certain that others don't give a rat's ass about the snapshot taken on Santa's lap in Dec. '09. If you must, send pics over email - eco-friendly and oh so easy to delete! |
Anonymous
Thanks for the public service announcement. 
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Anonymous
I care. I have many friends scattered across the country who I don't get to see as much as I'd like. I love getting pictures of them and their children (one picture or twelve, I don't care!). |
Anonymous
Bottom line is that you aren't able to represent most other people. However, if you feel so strongly I'm sure you can write your friends and let them know you want to be taken off their list. |
Anonymous
I am in contact with my friends who live out of state throughout the year. So no, I don't need 15 pics coming through the mail each December. My friendships are not a "one day out of the year" deal. |
Anonymous
| Of course I don't care much about seeing pictures of the families of people I don't' know well or like too much, but that's not who I get holiday cards from. My cards come from dear friends, whose children are dear to me by virtue of my relationship with the parents. I love seeing photos. What is obnoxious is those long write-ups of how each adult family member spent the year, but I get so few of those that I hardly even notice. I love the pics, though. And I love getting pictures by email, and I know the people I send them to love seeing my kids-they are family and old friends who treasure my kids as their own. I hope the PP who says she happily deletes them is able to make a good friend at some point so she'll understand loving someone else's kids and thinking they are cute, too. |
Anonymous
I totally disagree that we should assume no one gives a rat's ass about other people's kids. I don't need long stories about their first day of pre-K, how you can already tell they're "gifted" or the absolutely hysterical way he does x, but of course I'm curious to see what s/he looks like and what you've been up to since the last time we spoke. The photo-packed card and holiday letter give me the Cliffs Notes of their year and feel a bit of connection with them. OP, your post came across really sad and cynical. I hope you're having a great day and that you're able to find happiness in real life. |
Anonymous
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I would say 99% of the cards I received were photo cards and I enjoyed every single one of them. I cannot imagine someone getting annoyed by them. As one poster said - it takes time and money to do this so the fact that someone thought to write our address, put a stamp on it and wish us well for the holidays with a happy innocent cute child's photos means a lot to us. We send them too bc our friends have inspired us too over the years and I since it makes us feel good I would hope to put a smile on someones face as they have done for us.
Also - we are very proud of our kids and think they are cute enough, sorry that the OP is such a grinch. |
Anonymous
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I agree with the OP.
If I get a card with 2 or 3 photos of your children, I'm really thrilled to see your family and how they're doing. Those cards are wonderful and I appreciate that the person thought of me and thought to send a card. But if it's like 5 or 6 pictures, that is a HUGE inconvenience for me. Don't people realize how much more time it takes me to look at those additional pictures?! And if they're small, I might even have to squint or move the card closer to my face - MORE time wasted. And putting multiple pictures on obviously means they think their kids are better and cuter than mine. Who needs friends like that? Selfish, selfish, selfish. |
Anonymous
How many hours per week do you spend working/away from your own children? Just curious! Merry Merry Christmas, you lovely mom and human being! |
Anonymous
This lovely mother works 10-months out of the year with a 7-11 am schedule M-F. Family cares for my oldest, who's in full-day K, and my toddler son. I pick up my daughter from school each day - or sometimes my husband does. And I LOVE being home during the summer with my children and not having to work. So what's your point? |
Anonymous
WRONG! Please tell people who you consider to be your friends that you're insulted by their card. Seriously, tell them so they can stop wasting their time on you. You are an absolute idiot and bitch to be insulted by someone's Christmas card. Sorry your life sucks so much. |
Anonymous
There's nothing lovely about you. |