I honestly don't know why anyone feels the need to share any of this. I can understand a family photo or a pic of Christmas Dinner but stuff like your kids opening presents - why does that need to be shared to social media?!
It’s because they live their lives sharing every single detail, so if they don’t they think ‘shit people will think we didn’t get our kids presents / we didn’t have Christmas lunch etc’
![Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes: 🙄](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f644.png)
When actually they are just showing off how much they’ve bought or how insta perfect their table looks with huge plates of food.
On my fb I shared a photo of littlest with the plate of treats for Santa on Christmas Eve, and one yesterday of the dog with her new sprout toy
![Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl: 🤣](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f923.png)
saying happy Christmas from us, and that’s it.
I’ve got photos and videos from yesterday for our own memories, and I sent some to my mum, but I certainly haven’t shared the pile of presents or the table of food on social media.
There’s no need and, while it may make it look like we had a perfect day, it’s unnecessary and doesn’t show the true story.
It doesn’t show the overwhelmed and tired 3yo refusing to eat Christmas dinner, the teen wanting to be in his room with his new gadgets rather than downstairs helping set the table, or the mum hiding in the kitchen for a few minutes so the kids don’t see the tears when it all gets too much.