Another peeve thread about Christmas Cards

[jenrose66]

I just got a card from my husband's brother and his family.

No "Dear So & SO" at the top.

Signed, love the "L________" family.


I send cards to their three sons for EVERY little occasion all year long, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, not to mention Christmas and Easter. I send a little money each time.

He has one brother, I think the least they could do is put our names at the top and sign their names at the bottom. Is it really too much to ask for a little personal touch to your one close relative?

Vent over.

I feel the same way you do. My dad and stepmom do this on all their christmas cards too. I'm his daughter you think he'd address my family in the card.

 

[Missy1961]

OP, I'm with you. The cards I send to co-workers & friends are pre-printed with "Missy & family" (I use a family picture, and you can't write on it, the ink just smears no matter what kind of pen.) But the cards to my dad, 2 brothers, 3 sisters, 7 nieces & 7 nephews, my aunts & uncles? They all say "Dear So & So" & are signed "Love always, Missy". And my sisters & brothers, dad, aunts & uncles do the same to me.

 

[snapppyd]

OP, I'm with you. The cards I send to co-workers & friends are pre-printed with "Missy & family" (I use a family picture, and you can't write on it, the ink just smears no matter what kind of pen.) But the cards to my dad, 2 brothers, 3 sisters, 7 nieces & 7 nephews, my aunts & uncles? They all say "Dear So & So" & are signed "Love always, Missy". And my sisters & brothers, dad, aunts & uncles do the same to me.

I also put X's and O's

 

[momof1princess]

i know how you feel, OP. i get a Christmas card from my DB and DSIL (and the D does NOT mean dear) each year that is just signed with their first names. No "Merry Christmas", "Love You", "kiss my behind" or anything! i know who writes them, and it isn't my brother. oh well, at least she sent me a wallet-sized photo of my nephew.

 

[Missy1961]

I also put X's and O's

 

[snapppyd]

i know how you feel, OP. i get a Christmas card from my DB and DSIL (and the D does NOT mean dear) each year that is just signed with their first names. No "Merry Christmas", "Love You", "kiss my behind" or anything! i know who writes them, and it isn't my brother. oh well, at least she sent me a wallet-sized photo of my nephew.

Wow, at least you are on a first name basis

 

[Piglets Mommy]

This thread makes me afraid to send out Christmas cards! I didn't know it was such a big deal, I thought it was the thougth that counts. I usually sign them
Merry Christmas!
Love, the _____ Family
our first names here

I DON'T put Dear so and so at the top, as the kids like to "help" with the cards, and inevitably, Sue and Bill would wind up getting Karen and Mike's card and vice versa. This way, I can sign and address them, and the kids can put on the return address labels and stamps.

And whoever said we could have had our cards done while reading this thread is right! Poor time management from me, here!

 

[Piglets Mommy]

i know how you feel, OP. i get a Christmas card from my DB and DSIL (and the D does NOT mean dear) each year that is just signed with their first names. No "Merry Christmas", "Love You", "kiss my behind" or anything! i know who writes them, and it isn't my brother. oh well, at least she sent me a wallet-sized photo of my nephew.

I had to laugh at that....we all know that in very few cases is anyone's Brother (or Father or Son) actually the one sending the cards. No one in DH's family would ever get a card for anything if it was left up to him.

 

[momof1princess]

I had to laugh at that....we all know that in very few cases is anyone's Brother (or Father or Son) actually the one sending the cards. No one in DH's family would ever get a card for anything if it was left up to him.

you're right i guess my point was that my brother has no input on anything. the pants in his household are worn by someone else.

 

[SaraJayne]

i know how you feel, OP. i get a Christmas card from my DB and DSIL (and the D does NOT mean dear) each year that is just signed with their first names. No "Merry Christmas", "Love You", "kiss my behind" or anything! i know who writes them, and it isn't my brother. oh well, at least she sent me a wallet-sized photo of my nephew.

Honestly, some people will never be happy, regardless of the way the cards are signed. I sign them with our first names and that's it.

I sign them the way *I* want to and don't worry about what anyone else does!

 

[momof1princess]

Honestly, some people will never be happy, regardless of the way the cards are signed. I sign them with our first names and that's it.

I sign them the way *I* want to and don't worry about what anyone else does!

yeah, that's great. thanks. out of this WHOLE thread of people complaining about this situation, you single ME out. i would delve into the details of this situation, but frankly, it's none of your business. excuse me for venting along with everyone else and merry christmas to you.

 

[powellrj]

I have been married 31 years and have never sent a christmas card to my brother or my parents and they have never sent one to us. I know we each send out cards, but since we see each other over the holidays, we have never bothered to send cards to each other!

I use pre printed labels and cards because my hands have become so crippled over the past few years my handwriting is awful.

I just send them out and hope for the best! Until the DIS, I never realized how much drama there was in cards!!

 

[NAB]

See sometimes you run into a problem if they don't put there last name and you get a card and say who are these people.....

My mom has a few relatives with the same name we never know which one it is.

When I do my cards I usually put to So and So and family. I never knew if my nephews are still home are not. It is a revolving door with some of the older kids.

 

[luvmy3]

I don't always address the inside of the card to the recipients, or sign each of our names, or write a little personal note in there. I send cards to let people know that I am thinking of them and if I have something personal to say to them, I call them or say it to them in person.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

My husband's relatives are lucky they even get cards (Christmas, Birthday, etc.), cause trust me, if it were up to him nothing would ever get done. If they have issues with how I sign them, well, they can darn well take it up with him.

My pet peeve is over-personalization, in the form of Chirstmas letters. If we're close, I already know all the little minutiae of your previous year, if we're not then chances are I don't want to hear about it. Please, just a cute card with a cat wearing reindeer ears is fine by me, and looks pretty displayed with all my other cards.

 

[dislaney]

I'm just lucky to get my cards out before Christmas. I hope none of my family gets offended because I usually don't personalize mine either!

 

[sbell111]

i know how you feel, OP. i get a Christmas card from my DB and DSIL (and the D does NOT mean dear) each year that is just signed with their first names. No "Merry Christmas", "Love You", "kiss my behind" or anything! i know who writes them, and it isn't my brother. oh well, at least she sent me a wallet-sized photo of my nephew.

I assume that they are like I am and believe that the preprinted stuff expresses their feelings.

 

[SaraJayne]

yeah, that's great. thanks. out of this WHOLE thread of people complaining about this situation, you single ME out. i would delve into the details of this situation, but frankly, it's none of your business. excuse me for venting along with everyone else and merry christmas to you.

What in the world are you talking about??

I was responding to the fact you don't like it when they sign only their first names...and the OP doesn't like it when people sign their last names. So people can't win, regardless of what they do.

That's why I said I sign them the way I want to and I don't really worry about causing offense.

Happy holidays to you, too.

 

[KAMLEM]

Not at all.. If people are so busy that they can't take the time to personalize a card for a relative or close friend, don't bother to send the card at all.. Might as well be from your insurance agent..

I wish that everyone who has that attitude would just tell me right now so that I don't have to waste my time and money on cards for them. Most people are happy to get a picture of my girls and could not care less about whether I personalize each foolish card. I took the time to go to the mall and buy my girls new dresses, take their pictures, and have them printed. That takes a lot more time than signing our individual names so if someone is concerned that I didn't spend enough time on the cards they are wrong.

 

[ogreenlee]

This is one of our holiday cards this year. I ordered 50 of these. I ordered 25 of a more expensive accordion fold kind that I will send to my closest friends and best clients. I have made so many of these in the last few weeks, it's crazy.

Anyway, they will go directly in an envelope with the address printed on there. There will be no signing.

I'm tired. I haven't even gotten them yet as I was just able to get around to mine after my deadline for everyone else. That's why it's so boring and plain this year. I changed the names to protect the innocent, me.

So here you go, Dis'ers! HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the OGreenlees (not our real name) HA!