Woman slams 'lazy' Christmas Card method she claims most people use each year

11 December 2023 , 17:20

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Some people have opted out of sending Christmas cards in recent years in favour of donating the money they'd spend on them to charity - but to those that do, one woman has slammed a "lazy" Christmas card method she's fed up of seeing.

The woman said that she has "absolutely no interest" in Christmas cards that follow the basic format of "Merry Christmas from [Sender]", slating the impersonalness of them, sharing that it actually makes her "think less" of the sender as it angers her so much. She even went on to claim that "about 90% of the Christmas cards" she receives are like this.

On Mumsnet, she wrote: "Am I unreasonable to think less of people who send these Christmas cards?" She then shared the format she can't stand which was the simple "Merry Christmas from [Sender]", and she said that she has "no interest in them" if they have "literally no other message."

She continued: "You've taken the time to post me a picture of a tree, but you've written no personal message whatsoever? Makes me feel like I'm a box on your to-do list, like the worst kind of business networking. It would have been better to send nothing at all. Just don't bother if you literally have nothing personal or interesting to say."

In the comments, many people said that they may just want to say Merry Christmas and that's that. One wrote: "Alternatively, they just want to say 'Merry Christmas' and not pen an essay about how they're fine but the cat has got new tablets." Another penned: "Seriously...whaddya want? It's a kind thought, a simple gesture, a light-hearted acknowledgment. Bit King Lear to be complaining that the message isn't fulsome enough."

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Someone else pointed out: "I don't think I've ever received a card which contained more than that basic message. It's a Christmas card, not an essay", with another fuming: "I think if 90% of your cards are like this it probably shows it's quite normal. However, I'd rather not receive cards in general as I think they're a bit of a waste of time/money/bad for the environment, etc, and would keep in touch with people in other ways."

Danielle Kate Wroe