{Live} The Holiday Card We Would Send If We Were Honest People
December 17, 2011 in All Posts, Laugh
We weren’t a holiday card family growing up. But Hubby is a big time card guy. He takes pride in being the first card of the season and it’s the primary way he keeps in touch with many of his relatives overseas.
I always wonder, though - especially in times like these - what goes through some people’s minds when they see the pretty, polished, joyful notes from friends and family when they’re going through tough and terrible times. Do they really want your holiday cheer shoved in their faces?
Even after we had Jane, I still insisted we didn’t need to send out a card. Many of my good friends questioned my decision and were shocked, “Aren’t you sending a holiday card?” So the following year, I relented. And this year we’re doing it again.
We never have a perfectly posed family portrait since my children refuse to sit within arms reach of each other, let alone sit still individually and smile sweetly for the camera. But we do our best to throw in halfway decent happy face photos. None of them are really “holiday” photos, but we look like a happy, shiny family.
If we were honest people, we would be sending out this one:
Parents and friends: for more ideas, activities, and inspiration for #RaisingThinkingKids, click on an icon below to join us on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ and Twitter.
Fellow bloggers: join me at Bloggy Law, where you’ll find Simple Tips for Bulletproofing Your Brand and Blog and I’ll help you navigate the social media legal landscape a little more smoothly.
Chrissy – who has written 419 posts on The Outlaw Mom® Blog - Creative Living in a Conventional World.
[...] Every day is different. Some days are good. Some days are not so good. (Now I know I shouldn’t do these things, although I do these). Some days I park them in [...]
Love the honesty card. I might even send out a christmas card next year if I have enough Honest pictures.
Love the “honest card”‘! Good laugh to start my morning off.
Glad you got in a good laugh
Funny! X-mas cards can be very frustrating….haven’t sent them out yet! Some relative will get them on X-mas! I love making the cards, but sending can take a little more motivation! One year we will skip X-mas and send New Years’ cards or Valentines…..there are too many other things to do on X-mas! Thanks for the laugh!
Glad you had a good laugh! I find the sending part the hardest, too. I still have a batch left that I need to send out, but I’m too lazy to find the addresses. We did New Year’s cards one year, too, because we were just too late. I like the idea of sending them out for V-Day
Oh shoot, I wanted to use your picture but it’s not grabbing your image on Pinteres. Your fake card is hilarious.
Weird - wonder why not?
Thanks for the chuckle! I am pinning it on my humor board on Pinterest. We always have such a terrible time getting that perfect family photo. Last year was especially horrible because there was only one picture that came out without either my daughter or my husband scowling at the camera. That picture had me front and center with both my daughter and husband half cut out of the picture, but not scowling. My hair was glowing and windswept and the picture looked like it was a personal glamour shot of me and my husband and child were the accessories. We ended up using a collage of pictures last year instead of our one family photo.
That’s so funny! I can totally imagine it! It’s so hard to get everyone all focused and smiling … I really wonder how other families do it. We receive so many of those perfectly posed ones, but I’m not sure we’ll ever send one like that! Glad to know you have that problem, too
Hilarious!
The truth is funny