這家人7年前開(kāi)始制作“真實(shí)生活”的圣誕賀卡

這家人7年前開(kāi)始制作“真實(shí)生活”的圣誕賀卡，隨著孩子們長(zhǎng)大，他們變得越來(lái)越瘋狂

Most families are trying hard to make the festive season picture-perfect, where everyone is happy, nobody talks politics, and the children don’t complain about their gifts. But the idyllic world is better left to Coca-Cola commercials, since the real-life festive season is often very different.

大多數(shù)家庭都努力使節(jié)日的氣氛完美，每個(gè)人都很開(kāi)心，沒(méi)有人談?wù)撜?，孩子們也不?huì)抱怨他們的禮物。但田園世界最好留給可口可樂(lè)的廣告，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的節(jié)日季節(jié)往往非常不同。

And one family from North Carolina is celebrating precisely the imperfection of family Christmas. For the past 7 years, the Stanleys have been making Christmas cards where every family member participates.

來(lái)自北卡羅來(lái)納州的一個(gè)家庭正在慶祝家庭圣誕節(jié)的不完美之處。在過(guò)去的7年里，史坦利一家一直在制作每個(gè)家庭成員都會(huì)參與的圣誕賀卡。

The result is both cute and hilarious since the little ones are pictured wreaking havoc in the house and things get messy, and oh boy, it does feel out of control. But isn’t that the whole beauty of winter holidays?

結(jié)果既可愛(ài)又搞笑，因?yàn)檎掌系男〖一飩冊(cè)诜孔永锎笏疗茐模虑樽兊靡粓F(tuán)糟，哦，天哪，這確實(shí)讓人感覺(jué)失控了。但這不正是寒假的全部魅力嗎?

“The very first time we tried to take a ‘traditional’ Christmas card photo we had hilariously bad results. From there the tradition was born—instead of trying to send perfect cards, we would send something that represented the chaos of parenting,” the Stanleys told Bored Panda previously. So let’s take a look at what the buzz is all about!

“我們第一次想要拍一張‘傳統(tǒng)’圣誕賀卡的照片，結(jié)果糟糕得可笑。從那以后，這個(gè)傳統(tǒng)就誕生了——與其寄完美的卡片，我們要寄一些代表父母養(yǎng)育混亂的東西，”斯坦利夫婦之前告訴Bored Panda網(wǎng)站。那么，讓我們一起來(lái)看看這些嗡嗡聲都是關(guān)于什么的吧!

The Stanley family from North Carolina has been capturing the essence of raising their kids in Christmas cards for the past 7 years

在過(guò)去的7年里，來(lái)自北卡羅來(lái)納州的斯坦利一家一直在圣誕卡上捕捉養(yǎng)育孩子的精髓

Bored Panda reached out to the creative dad Jonathan Stanley who has been doing these real-life Christmas cards with his family every year since 2014. Jonathan previously told us that the idea came when the traditional photo didn’t go according to plan.

Bored Panda網(wǎng)站找到了富有創(chuàng)意的爸爸喬納森·斯坦利，他從2014年起每年都和家人一起制作這些真實(shí)的圣誕賀卡。喬納森之前告訴我們，當(dāng)傳統(tǒng)照片沒(méi)有按照計(jì)劃進(jìn)行時(shí)，就產(chǎn)生了這個(gè)想法。

“We were new parents with a one-year-old and everything went wrong—baby cried the whole time, it was windy, the lighting kept changing, you name it. If 2 of us looked okay, the third one blinked. We laughed so hard at how bad the photos were that we decided just to send them out as is and our family loved it.”

“我們剛為人父母時(shí)，有一個(gè)一歲大的孩子，一切都搞砸了——嬰兒一直在哭，刮風(fēng)，燈光不停變化，你能想到的都有。如果我們中的兩個(gè)人看起來(lái)沒(méi)問(wèn)題，第三個(gè)人就會(huì)眨眼睛?？吹竭@些糟糕的照片，我們?nèi)滩蛔⌒α?，所以我們決定照原樣郵寄這些照片，我們的家人很喜歡。”

Thus, the Stanleys’ annual Christmas cards turned into a cute family tradition that perfectly sums up how the year has been. Jonathan told us that the biggest change during the past years has been kids. “As they grow older, it opens up more possibilities of what we can shoot. After all, it’s a lot easier to get an 8-year-old to pose with a nail gun than a 2-year-old.”

因此，斯坦利夫婦每年的圣誕賀卡都變成了一個(gè)可愛(ài)的家庭傳統(tǒng)，完美地總結(jié)了這一年的情況。喬納森告訴我們，過(guò)去幾年最大的變化是孩子們。“隨著他們年齡的增長(zhǎng)，我們可以拍攝更多的可能性。”畢竟，讓一個(gè)8歲的孩子拿著射釘槍拍照比讓一個(gè)2歲的孩子拍要容易得多。”

When it comes to inspiration for their annual shoot, the Stanleys look at their kids’ behavior throughout the year. “For example,” dad explained, “in 2019, they were very interested in flying the drone with me, so I simply built on that natural interest and imagined what they might do if we weren’t watching.”

當(dāng)談到他們的年度拍攝靈感時(shí)，斯坦利夫婦會(huì)關(guān)注他們孩子全年的行為。“例如，”爸爸解釋說(shuō)，“2019年，他們對(duì)和我一起駕駛無(wú)人機(jī)很感興趣，所以我就基于他們的自然興趣，想象如果我們不看他們會(huì)做什么。”

Most importantly, as the kids have grown older, they love the annual shoots even more now than when they were young. Dad believes it’s because they now “actually understand it and I can explain what we’re doing. My son got to present the cards to his kindergarten class this year, and he seemed very proud of them.”

最重要的是，隨著孩子們逐漸長(zhǎng)大，他們現(xiàn)在比年輕時(shí)更喜歡每年的拍攝。爸爸認(rèn)為這是因?yàn)樗麄儸F(xiàn)在“真正理解了，我可以解釋我們?cè)谧鍪裁础?rdquo;今年，我兒子把賀卡送給了他所在的幼兒園班級(jí)，他似乎感到非常自豪。”

And here is this year’s Christmas card

這是今年的圣誕卡

And as for the 2020 Christmas card, Jonathan said that his boys became interested in nailing boards together and using hammers. “So naturally a nail gun is very cool to them and provided inspiration for this year’s card.”

至于2020年的圣誕賀卡，喬納森說(shuō)他的孩子們對(duì)釘木板和使用錘子很感興趣。“所以釘槍對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)很酷，為今年的賀卡提供了靈感。”

“Also, we can’t go to the rock climbing wall because of COVID, so they’ve started climbing the moulding/trim around the door frames instead. The pic of my son climbing on the far right… that’s 100% real. No Photoshop needed!”

“另外，因?yàn)镃OVID的原因，我們不能去攀巖墻，所以他們已經(jīng)開(kāi)始沿著門(mén)框攀爬。我兒子爬到最右邊的那張照片，百分百真實(shí)。不需要Photoshop !”

圖片來(lái)源：Jonathan

More info: Instagram (Jonathan Stanley)