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  1. #1
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    Sep 2008
    South West Sydney, NSW
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    How would you write this Christmas Card???

    Ok so this year is the first year with DD and I am writing out our Christmas Cards... most I have no issue with and are written as below

    Dearest X & Y, All the best for the festive season. Lots of love, T, K & C
    But now comes the point of this post... the cards to our parents. For every other year I have addressed the inside of the cards to our parents as "Mum & Dad" and signed off "T & K" but how do I know include DD on that one? Semantics I know but they aren't her Mum & Dad so that situation isn't correct... if I use Grandma & Grandpa then well they aren't mine & DPs grandparents so that doesn't work either. I don't want to write out two cards.

    I know this is a small thing but if I write mum & dad and then write DDs name on our fathers will be sure to point out that DD isn't their daughter and if I write grandma & grandpa and then include mine and DPs name they will point out they aren't our grandparents - argh!

    So how Should I just write one out from DD or is there a way that I can include the three of us and address mine and DPs parents appropriately?

  2. #2
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    Apr 2008
    Melbourne
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    How about writing from you on one side of the card (the side with the writing) and then on the other side (the blank side) write from your DD and trace around her hand.

  3. #3
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    Feb 2008
    Near the Snowies!
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    with my DF's mum, I just put Dear Mum/Celia/Nana. As we all call her different things...I call her by her name, DF of course calls her mum, and she wants DD to call her Nana.
    With my parent's card, because my brothers are on there as well, I just put dear mum, dad, & brothers names. Easier that way otherwise the card would be taken up by what we each call them!

  4. #4
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    Feb 2006
    Newcastle, NSW
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    We're the same as SS_Storm.

    We write dear Mum/Nanna or Dad/Poppy etc... much easier and everyone gets it. My older 2 often ask to write their own messages though but regardless, I still address them the same way.

  5. #5
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    Jan 2009
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    we do dear grand parents love from ABC,

    we call them "grand.... " any way with the kids around(which is all the time) so they are used to it

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    Oct 2009
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    My parents put "Mum & Dad (Nan & Pa)"

  7. #7
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    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
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    why not give them their own card from your DD? they're not super exxy, and you can then write a simple but meaningful message about your DD and being happy to share her first Christmas with them

    as she gets older, she can then start drawing in her own little card each year...

    this is what we will be doing for DD

  8. #8
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    Jun 2007
    Malabar
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    I guess you could write mum and dad and then at the bottom write from x & y and your grand daughter z?