Humble brag Christmas cards!

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Anonymous wrote:Now, DH and I send a photo card of our family (DH, DS, and me) with a personal note on the back to each person.

I like you.

[Anonymous]

I wish someone would send a realistic christmas letter.

"Well Jimmy is still drinking, the intervention we had in August failed. Larla failed her SATs so she will be attending community college next year, we can divert some of her college fund to other things...well what's left of it anyway since her father gambled away the rest on the trip to Vegas last April. Finally, we are happy to report that John will be granted parole at the beginning of the year, he has been on his best behavior these last years in prison.
Happy New Year Everyone".

Now, that's the kind of card that I will stick on my refrigerator.

[Anonymous]

Awww, I love humble brag cards, especially with lost of pictures. we read them every year and think...well...who does that... really??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish someone would send a realistic christmas letter.

"Well Jimmy is still drinking, the intervention we had in August failed. Larla failed her SATs so she will be attending community college next year, we can divert some of her college fund to other things...well what's left of it anyway since her father gambled away the rest on the trip to Vegas last April. Finally, we are happy to report that John will be granted parole at the beginning of the year, he has been on his best behavior these last years in prison.
Happy New Year Everyone".

Now, that's the kind of card that I will stick on my refrigerator.

I always say I think these types of cards would be awesome too. Last night we got one that said Grandson so-and-so was "taking a break" from school for a while. I love how people always call it "taking a break." LOL.

PS On a related note, the same thing goes for updates in alumni magazines. I always said I wanted to write in an update, "Well, So-and-so (class of '95) just had their third IVF failure, and she and DH are trying to figure out now if they should even stay married, if this is a sign, if they should move to adoption, or what. DH doesn't want to adopt but so-and-so does, and this is a real humdinger for their marriage. Meanwhile they say they've had to pay out of pocket for all of this so that was like burning $$ up in flames, so that is a good time. And got nothing to show for it. Oh yeah, and so-and-so mentions that she has also gained 30 lbs since graduation, since she cannot stop eating to anesthetize herself from the results of the aforementioned failures."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I like to see the photos of my friends, and not just their kids.

LOL. Our cards only have our kid on it cause he's the only one that looks good enough to be on a card. I've aged so much since he was born I don't want people to see me anymore.

[Anonymous]

This thread really makes me want to send a mildly ironic card/photo combination (i.e. "tis the season for joy and merriment" card with a photo of my kid sleeping through it), but I would worry that people wouldn't get it.

[Anonymous]

Cuz the are fun to read?

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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.

+1 I wonder if people would still send their photo cards if they actually saw their face in a friend's trash can.

Despair not, people who send cards as described above. I would prefer for them to be more personalized, but at least I do not trash them. I look at them (and/or read them) and display them until the holiday season is over. I certainly do no throw them in the trash.

I trash them.

I do not trash them.

What do you do after the holidays? Do you send them out from shore on a sacred piece of driftwood with a small candle and an orchid? 'Cause that's what I do. It's a respectful homage to the rolled-up khakis and sandy toes featured in the "Christmas in Duck" themed card.

[Anonymous]

I love getting the picture cards and the newsletters actually. It's kind of cool to see what everyone has been up to.

[Anonymous]

We once received a card with the following:

"In March we welcome our son Larlo. I am happy to say that while labor was long, I made it WITH PERINEUM IN TACT."

Please add "perineum" to words that are banned from holiday letters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We once received a card with the following:

"In March we welcome our son Larlo. I am happy to say that while labor was long, I made it WITH PERINEUM IN TACT."

Please add "perineum" to words that are banned from holiday letters.

Oh no, say this isn't true ....

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

This

One of my most prolific Facebook "friends" posts multiple pictures of her kids, and little tidbits from her life EVERY day. And every year around this time, she posts things like: "Getting my Christmas cards ready! If you want one, send me your address!" or "Who wants a Christmas card from me this year?"

[Anonymous]

I like cards. All cards. Photos, no photos, letters, no letters, signature, no signature. I like being remembered at the holidays, however they choose to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cuz the are fun to read?

Please repeat that in English.

[Anonymous]

I used to send out a photo card every year, with only a short, if any, note on the back. But now that everyone sends those cards out, every year, it does seem a bit overdone.

This year I am just going to write cards to a few people I don't see often but want to keep in touch with, and maybe include a photo with the note.