The Christmas season is the “most wonderful time of the year”. Families gather and check on their loved ones; gifts are exchanged and holiday spirits are lifted. What better way to spread Christmas spirit than to send a nice Christmas card to your friends and family? But is it really a nice way to reach out to your family by sending cards? While they are a nice gesture, they are cringy and a waste.
Christmas cards are a real waste of your time and money. Families pay ridiculous amounts for photographers to take Christmas pictures and then spend even more money to print the cards out and more on stamps to mail them. Most people just throw the cards out anyway. You could be using the money to purchase gifts for family and friends instead.
People also think Christmas cards are a bragging right. On the back of the cards you get paragraphs upon paragraphs of information you couldn’t care less for. They say things like, “little Susie made honor roll first marking period and her big brother Tommy was star goalie for his highschool soccer team”. What about those family members you send those cards to who don’t play sports or have a hard time in school? It could potentially make them feel bad rather than spreading Christmas spirit. Instead, you are spreading Christmas sadness.
Christmas is the holiday all kids look forward to and it is always so cute to dress them up and bring them to see Santa. And sure, maybe those pictures make a great Christmas card. But when you get a Christmas card of your 20 year old cousin on Santa’s lap it gets old and annoying. It’s cute when the kids are young or when there is a new baby in the family. Even a cute pet would be okay! Kids older than 12, however, should not be featured on Christmas cards alone.
Although the gesture is nice, there is no reason to make Christmas cards. Social media is a place where you can post pictures of your kids and show off your family every holiday season. Not to mention, you can visit family in person or just give them a call. Christmas cards can be cringy and can be mean as well, and only create holiday distress instead of holiday joy. Save the paper and save trees–skip this outdated tradition.