Christmas jumper day moan

[LePetitMarseillais]

Sorry going to get my Scrooge half hour out of the way,have tried to sit on my hands but can't any longer.Feel free to flame.

So we had our belated letter from school proclaiming the last day as Xmas jumper charidee day.Not having a spare £30 to blow on chuck away clothing items that won't survive the washing machine my dc went without a cheap nylon child labour crafted master piece and survived however I do feel the need to grumble.

Many parents will feel pressurised to buy the above from a cut price outlet and I suspect some kids of those that don't will feel a tad awkward.

I'd rather send my £30 to the charity involved instead of Primark.

We're all a tad cash strapped as it is this time of year.

So aibu?

[LadyLuck10]

Yanbu, it's all getting ridiculous now. You did fine, sending them in like that. I doubt many parents would have gone and got one either.

[MaidOfStars]

It costs £30 for a Christmas jumper in Primark ?

...misses point...

[Cabrinha]

Moan away!
The lateness of notice irritated me. We were Xmas jumpers or mufti. I do think it's better if they state mufti too, takes the pressure off. If it was Xmas jumpers I wouldn't have had the time or inclination to bother. I'm not Scrooge - she went in a full on Santa dress! But I'm not interested in this Xmas jumper trend.

[MozzchopsThirty]

Wow some people look way too deeply into stuff

If you don't have one, don't send them in one.
Or buy a nice winter style jumper that they can wear for months which is what mine went in

[DiseasesOfTheSheep]

Surely you could just tack tinsel around a normal jumper and create the ultimate hideous Christmas jumper?

[LePetitMarseillais]

Have 3 kids,it adds up.

[CaptainAnkles]

My DS had a Santa hat to wear to his Christmas jumper day. He doesn't wear Christmas jumpers, and I don't see why on earth I should buy something for him to literally wear once whilst feeling stupid. It's ridiculous for schools to expect every child to own a nasty piece of knitwear with flashing antlers or whatever on it.

[Cabrinha]

I assume £30 was across at least 2 kids?

[SwedishEdith]

Oh, I hate all this. It's a type of bullying isn't it because it's "fun" I think you've given them a good message about not needing to conform.

[LePetitMarseillais]

Just went in mufti,they weren't bothered but I don't like the pressure to buy cheap tat when the money could go to charity instead particularly when they've done a child labour topic at school.Most of the outlets selling them were on the shops using child labour list my kids were shown at school.

[MozzchopsThirty]

Wow round of applause for you then and shame on all those parents who buy 'cheap' clothes for their dcs

Your superiority just smacks of snobbery

[DesperatelySeekingSedatives]

DD doesn't have a Christmas jumper she didn't want to wear her Christmas t shirt today (asda sale in jan £2) so just wore a santa hat she was happy enough. I don't really feel the pressure to buy stuff especially for days like this I just try to tack something together from what we've already got.

[LePetitMarseillais]

Nope not necessary clothing but extra just because it looks nice for charity when the charity don't get it seems madness to me and not a good message to send to kids.

No superiority.I didn't buy because frankly I didn't have the spare cash to fritter,no superiority in that.

[LePetitMarseillais]

Desperately it's the Christmas jumper specification I object to.I have antlers kicking around.

[Cabrinha]

Mozzchops are you reading a different thread? I'm not hearing the snobbery angle at all.

[Mrsgrumble]

I think you did the right thing. I haven't got school age dc but week upon week it seems there is a dressing up day. Pressure on parents. That is before we even get into child labour/ethical issues.

[greenbananas]

yanbu!

This happened to us last year (short notice, we were v. skint, I object to buying rubbish from b&m / primark etc. which was made by somebody else's child in poverty. .)

I gave ds1 (aged 5) a set of washable felt tip pens and let him draw Christmas stuff all over one of his ordinary school shirts. He looked ridiculous, but was very proud of his efforts. problem solved!

[wizzler]

Late notice here also. DS had previously declared he did not want a Christmas jumper when I offered to get him one in early December. Then he tells me on tuesday night that he "needs" one for thursday morning... not one shop I went in had any left... I hate the things anyway!

[emms1981]

Ok so I bought my 2 boys a jumper from primark and they both wore them to school, a family get together and will wear at Christmas. I had no idea I was such a bad mother!

[wilkos]

I got DD's in a charity shop for £2, a lucky find

[OmnipotentQueenOfTheUniverse]

YANBU

And when did christmas jumpers become a "thing"? I've only really noticed them in the shops this year. I think it's come from the US hasn't it? I mean we always had jokes about awful jumpers knitted by relatives in sitcoms etc but that was to do with arms being too long and stuff, this whole bought jumpers with christmas puddings and whatnot on is a new thing isn't it?

So really they are BU as this isn't a "normal" thing that most people have surely and will have to go out and buy that they don't even want or need etc

[ElizabethHoover]

lol at 'mufti'

[greenbananas]

emms,, I for one am not being judgmental about that!

my boys are generally dressed nearly head toe in asda George and stuff from h&m. I get what I can from charity shops, but simply cannot afford to get uppity about child labour most of the time, much as I wish I could. Same as I can't afford to buy ethically sourced food. I would like to. . but we all put out own children first.

If I had the time and money I would send my kids on Christmas jumpers. I don't want to buy unethical jumpers that only get worn once But I was secretly very ashamed of the felt tipped sorry effort my son wore last year (even though he was okay with it).

I didn't mean to make you feel bad, hope it wasn't me that prompted your terrible mother comment.

[DangerousBeanz]

I had this last year, short notice and bought dd the last christmas jumper in the shop, in was two sizes too big. She wore it again today and will again next christmas after which I'll pass it onto a friend with a younger dd. I'll be scouring the charity shops the following January.

[SisterMoonshine]

I had the same worries when I sent my DD in wearing a jumper with tinsel pinned to it - but it turned out half the school didn't have proper xmas jumpers either anyway.