{"id":30512,"date":"2023-12-12T01:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T01:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/the-wales-familys-2023-christmas-card-was-done-like-a-classic-mall-portrait\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T01:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T01:31:01","slug":"the-wales-familys-2023-christmas-card-was-done-like-a-classic-mall-portrait","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/the-wales-familys-2023-christmas-card-was-done-like-a-classic-mall-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wales family’s 2023 Christmas card was done like a classic mall portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behold, the Wales family Christmas card for 2023. I cannot believe this is real and something which William and Kate both signed off on. Everybody’s already made the jokes – it’s giving Olan Mills 1984, it’s giving JC Penney mall studio, it’s giving no imagination whatsoever. While many can make a case for the Wales family copy-keening the Sussexes’ 2021 Christmas card, a better case could probably be made for the Wales family copying the Danish royals, who did a similar card a few years ago. One thing that flies under the radar is that Kate really does copy everything Crown Princess Mary does, it’s just that Kate also style-stalks Meghan constantly too.<\/p>\n

What bugs me about this card is the same thing that bugged me about last year’s Christmas card, which was so obviously taken in the summer months: it’s not festive or Christmasy or seasonal in the least. If you’re going to do family photos in a studio – why would you even do that if you’re royal – then can you at least make the backdrop festive or seasonally appropriate? Put the family next to a Christmas tree or a green-and-red background. Something else besides all of this grey dead space. My guess is that we’re supposed to think that they’re so modern, doing this edgy black-and-white card. But it looks dated and like an image from a true-crime docuseries.<\/p>\n

Also: the British papers have decided, en masse, to call this Kate’s attempt at “California cool.” Which is… weird. I guess it’s their way of saying that Kate & William stalk everything Harry & Meghan do and wear.<\/p>\n

I’m including some pics from Kate’s Christmas concert – for many of the bigger events these days, photo agencies include black-and-white images for some reason. I guess the palace is dictating that? Also: at the Together at Christmas event, Kate had a little mailbox set up so all of the rich children could send holiday cards to poor children. Like… does the UK not have Angel Trees? This was a perfect opportunity to ask people to bring gifts for poor kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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