Wedding Pictures on Christmas Cards?

AprilH81 · October 2014

The fact I am questioning this probably tells me what I need to know, but I would like some outside opinions.

DH and I got married in January and since we had beautiful pictures in the snow I would like to use them to make photo Christmas cards this year. By the time we mail these out we will be a few weeks from our 1st anniversary (YEAH!!!) so would it be too over the top to use them?

NYCMercedes · October 2014

I think it's a great idea!

loro929 · October 2014

Not at all, I also think its a nice idea.

OHBride85 · October 2014

A close friend did this last Christmas - I thought it was cute! I say go for it

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

Go for it! Might as well get some extra mileage out of those pictures. I think it might be a little silly to use them a few years from now, but this is still your first Christmas as a married couple, even if it's 11 months in. There are some really cute card designs for wedding pictures... "Married Christmas," "Married and Merry," "Our First Noel," etc.

anjemon · October 2014

I would totally do it. My Mom always does that with wedding photos even though the weddings were in the summer months. I don't think that since it's a few months closer to a year that it would make a difference.

AprilH81 · October 2014

Awesome! I will have to start hunting out places for the best prices.

I really thought everyone would say it was too AWish at that point!

thisismynickname2 · October 2014

Glad you asked, I was wondering the same thing!

"First Noel" is a cute idea for sure.

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

thisismynickname said:

Glad you asked, I was wondering the same thing!
"First Noel" is a cute idea for sure.

I mean, look at how cute.

anjemon · October 2014

lolo883 said:

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thisismynickname said:

Glad you asked, I was wondering the same thing!
"First Noel" is a cute idea for sure.

I mean, look at how cute.

It is so cute I hope I remember to steal this idea. It will be another year before we can, but so cute!

Cookie Pusher · October 2014

DH and I are using one of our wedding pictures for Christmas cards. We had a high decline rate and only put up a handful of pictures to social media (like, maybe 4 or 5?), so most people haven't seen pictures yet.

mschristie123 · October 2014

I think that's a cute idea! Since people don't seem to be side eyeing it, I might like to do that for ours as well, even though we got married in May.

ShesSoCold · October 2014

My brother did this. Said "Marry" Christmas. I guess people thought it was cute.

doeydo · October 2014

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

doeydo said:

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

I'm side-eyeing you for this.

doeydo · October 2014

lolo883 said:

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doeydo said:

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

I'm side-eyeing you for this.

You don't have to make everything about your wedding, especially almost a year later. But, I am also one of those people that hate Christmas photo cards/the ones with the whole family all smiley and whatnot.

thelastdreamer · October 2014

Totally planning on doing this, provided we get our pictures in time.

birdybride2014 · October 2014

Unless we get a super cute, wintery photo taken on our Honeymoon, we will absolutely be using a wedding pic for our first christmas card! It does help that our wedding is in November, so it isn't like it will have been forever ago and forgotten.

I don't think it is aw-ish at all. I feel like it is the same as when people send letters about what their family did during the year. YOU GOT MARRIED. I'd say that's worthy of being on the card.

daria24 · October 2014

I judge a lot of things, but I don't judge a wedding photo for your first holiday card as a married couple. After it's been a year+ yes. But the first one, go for it.

holyguacamole79 · October 2014

We got married in February and used a wedding picture for our Christmas card. I've received plenty of Christmas cards with wedding pictures on them, too.

flyingfoxes · October 2014

Year one, I think it's a big enough deal to be married that it's A-OK to use for your Christmas cards. I think anything after that first Christmas would be a bit strange.

CTYankeeBride · October 2014

Not AW-ish at all.

VulgarGirl · October 2014

Hell I plan to use them this year, next year...maybe the year after. We're paying for them, I'm getting my fucking use out of them!

Hoping we'll have them in time this year.

ohannabelle · October 2014

In the case of the snow pictures, I wouldn't side eye it a bit, because it makes sense.

Pretty, magical snow pictures work.

At the risk of sounding rude, I did get a Christmas card, months after the wedding, showing the honeymooning couple on a tropical beach. And I eye rolled, hard. Because Christmas/holiday cards are about Christmas/ holidays. Not about showing off your honeymoon or wedding pictures. Unless those pictures are specifically winter holiday themed. Maybe their mothers appreciated it. It honestly made my ass ache.

And apologies, but if anyone does do this, I think a tasteful "from our family to yours" or something like is so much more appropriate than Married Christmas or Our First Noel, Merry Married, etc. Because again, the holiday really isn't about your wedding. We were there, we saw it, we know, move on.

I feel kind of Grinchy, but truth.

VulgarGirl · October 2014

doeydo said:

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lolo883 said:

doeydo said:

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

I'm side-eyeing you for this.

You don't have to make everything about your wedding, especially almost a year later. But, I am also one of those people that hate Christmas photo cards/the ones with the whole family all smiley and whatnot.

I don't think it's about the wedding. It's just a picture of you and your spouse looking all fancy and in love.

Damn girl, you got some issues to work through if Christmas cards with smiling people upset you enough to "hate" a card. It's a fucking card.

RebeccaFlower · October 2014

I think it's fine for the first married Christmas. After that, I might wonder why you're using an 'old' photo, but I would do that for any picture I knew that was more than a year old.

birdybride2014 · October 2014

MagicInk said:

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doeydo said:

lolo883 said:

doeydo said:

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

I'm side-eyeing you for this.

You don't have to make everything about your wedding, especially almost a year later. But, I am also one of those people that hate Christmas photo cards/the ones with the whole family all smiley and whatnot.

I don't think it's about the wedding. It's just a picture of you and your spouse looking all fancy and in love.

Damn girl, you got some issues to work through if Christmas cards with smiling people upset you enough to "hate" a card. It's a fucking card.

DAMN BOX

nope, we are supposed to frown around holidays and send upsetting photographs.

VulgarGirl · October 2014

ohannabelle said:

In the case of the snow pictures, I wouldn't side eye it a bit, because it makes sense.
Pretty, magical snow pictures work.

At the risk of sounding rude, I did get a Christmas card, months after the wedding, showing the honeymooning couple on a tropical beach. And I eye rolled, hard. Because Christmas/holiday cards are about Christmas/ holidays. Not about showing off your honeymoon or wedding pictures. Unless those pictures are specifically winter holiday themed. Maybe their mothers appreciated it. It honestly made my ass ache.

And apologies, but if anyone does do this, I think a tasteful "from our family to yours" or something like is so much more appropriate than Married Christmas or Our First Noel, Merry Married, etc. Because again, the holiday really isn't about your wedding. We were there, we saw it, we know, move on.

I feel kind of Grinchy, but truth.

Um...what if you don't live in a place that snows ever at all? No Christmas pictures for you? I gotta drive up north to take a picture with my spouse to put on our Christmas card?

Meh, I like pictures. I like cards. I like holidays. I'm an easily pleased girl.

holyguacamole79 · October 2014

MagicInk said:

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ohannabelle said:

In the case of the snow pictures, I wouldn't side eye it a bit, because it makes sense.
Pretty, magical snow pictures work.

At the risk of sounding rude, I did get a Christmas card, months after the wedding, showing the honeymooning couple on a tropical beach. And I eye rolled, hard. Because Christmas/holiday cards are about Christmas/ holidays. Not about showing off your honeymoon or wedding pictures. Unless those pictures are specifically winter holiday themed. Maybe their mothers appreciated it. It honestly made my ass ache.

And apologies, but if anyone does do this, I think a tasteful "from our family to yours" or something like is so much more appropriate than Married Christmas or Our First Noel, Merry Married, etc. Because again, the holiday really isn't about your wedding. We were there, we saw it, we know, move on.

I feel kind of Grinchy, but truth.

Um...what if you don't live in a place that snows ever at all? No Christmas pictures for you? I gotta drive up north to take a picture with my spouse to put on our Christmas card?

Meh, I like pictures. I like cards. I like holidays. I'm an easily pleased girl.

I live in Houston. I'm used to wearing shorts and flip flops while Christmas shopping. Our Christmas card 2 years ago was of us standing in front of the lake wearing short-sleeved shirts and pants.

sophhabobopha · October 2014

MagicInk said:

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ohannabelle said:

In the case of the snow pictures, I wouldn't side eye it a bit, because it makes sense.
Pretty, magical snow pictures work.

At the risk of sounding rude, I did get a Christmas card, months after the wedding, showing the honeymooning couple on a tropical beach. And I eye rolled, hard. Because Christmas/holiday cards are about Christmas/ holidays. Not about showing off your honeymoon or wedding pictures. Unless those pictures are specifically winter holiday themed. Maybe their mothers appreciated it. It honestly made my ass ache.

And apologies, but if anyone does do this, I think a tasteful "from our family to yours" or something like is so much more appropriate than Married Christmas or Our First Noel, Merry Married, etc. Because again, the holiday really isn't about your wedding. We were there, we saw it, we know, move on.

I feel kind of Grinchy, but truth.

Um...what if you don't live in a place that snows ever at all? No Christmas pictures for you? I gotta drive up north to take a picture with my spouse to put on our Christmas card?

Meh, I like pictures. I like cards. I like holidays. I'm an easily pleased girl.

SITB

Me too.

VulgarGirl · October 2014

birdybride2014 said:

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MagicInk said:

doeydo said:

lolo883 said:

doeydo said:

I'd side-eye it. A bit of an AWish, IMO.

I'm side-eyeing you for this.

You don't have to make everything about your wedding, especially almost a year later. But, I am also one of those people that hate Christmas photo cards/the ones with the whole family all smiley and whatnot.

I don't think it's about the wedding. It's just a picture of you and your spouse looking all fancy and in love.

Damn girl, you got some issues to work through if Christmas cards with smiling people upset you enough to "hate" a card. It's a fucking card.

DAMN BOX

nope, we are supposed to frown around holidays and send upsetting photographs.

I have been doing Christmas wrong for so many years....

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