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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:23 AM
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Your least favorite type of Xmas cards?
Mine would be the ones of a couple on some foreign trip in front of some obscure monument, just a picture card saying "Seasons Greetings" with no news or explanatory notes on the back!!

Also ones just showing the kids with a generic greeting and no news on the blank reverse side. You know they have kids but what else is going on??
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reformedrepub Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:24 AM
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1. The religious ones....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:33 AM
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12. I'm not too fond of those either, though if I know that the sender
tends to be religious, then I can accept that.
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WernhamHogg Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 02:23 PM
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18. Agree on the religious ones
Thankfully, most of the people who I get Christmas cards from are not very religious so I don't usually get those cards.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:58 PM
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21. same here
everyone in my family knows that I'm an Atheist. a certain born again in my family insists on sending me overly religious cards. so last year instead of a cutesy Christmas card, I sent a bland "season's greetings" card to him.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:48 AM
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2. The ones that "sing"
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:56 AM
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3. Glittery ones
I hate getting that crap all over my hands & everywhere else it may fall.
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reformedrepub Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:57 AM
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4. Hey
what kind of women does Santa like????
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:58 AM
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5. Hey
I don't know? :shrug:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:59 AM
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:00 AM
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7. LOL
No wonder he keeps skipping me every year. :P
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reformedrepub Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:07 AM
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8. You gotta
put out da goods for the fat red man....
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 02:17 PM
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16. I guess I didn't check this post back fast enough!
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 02:18 PM
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17. I hate those too.
Annoying powdery stuff. Reminds me too much of the itchy old angel hair on the trees!
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:27 AM
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9. The ones from the funeral home our family has used through the years
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 04:28 AM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody
They've got their whole family, the kids, everyone in front of the place.

"Merry Christmas, hope not TOO Happy a New Year!!!!!"

I mean really, that IS what they are getting at.
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:32 AM
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11. We got one from our old vet's
the year that one of our kittens died due largely to their grotesque negligence. We never got one before and never got one after. It was kind of a "Sorry we killed your kitten, but enjoy the holidays anyway." I probably don't need to explain why they are now our ex-veterinarian.
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justice1 Donating Member (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:30 AM
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10. I hate the ones written by the baby.
There is a couple of people who do this. They used to be normal people at one time, after they had kids I would have to read pages about the Teletubbies and other nonsense.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 08:30 AM
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14. Dear Abby once said something wise about this...
When somebody asked her if she should show her co-workers the latest pictures of her baby, she replied "One think to keep in mind is that people either have children of their own, or they don't". I thought that was terrific.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:35 PM
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19. or the dog. nt
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 03:35 PM by antfarm
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 08:10 AM
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13. From the dentist
He also sends birthday cards.
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 08:47 AM
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15. Messy, Preachy, Guilt-Tripping, or Greedy
Messy - do we really need a pound of glitter or fake snow to fall out of the envelope?

Preachy - I don't mean a religious message. I mean a "thou art damned, heathen" card with a patronizing "we're praying for you."

Guilt-Tripping - "Even though you don't return my billions of messages, I still miss you soooooooo much. Even though I've only met you once."

Greedy - seriously, I have a cousin that sends out a "wish list" every year, full of outrageously expensive gifts. (PS3 anyone?). Just not appropriate in a Christmas card. Fool.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 03:38 PM
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20. all of them
tree-murdering bastids...
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:04 PM
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22. The ones with the bragging newsletters. n/t
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:13 PM
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23. The ones that are just family pictures
We've gotten two of them so far, just a picture, nothing else, not signed, no kiss our merry ass nothing. I'd rather they spen .25 at the thrift store for a package of old cards and sent us family pictures in one of them.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 07:33 PM
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24. Yes, a picture is NOT worth a thousand words
or even a few patagraphs, in this case.
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