Halloween duvet sets. WTF?

Sorry, this is my fault, I'm absolutely the target market for this! But I have autumnal bits and bobs out from beginning of September to end of November, use it year after year and sell on Vinted if I get bored of it.

Autumn jumpers, PJs, puzzles, colouring books, tickets to a pumpkin festival, a cabin in the woods in October, bedding, candles with whimsical names involving rain and pumpkins and leaves and libraries. I'm a sucker for it.

Not so bothered about christmas.

But who would want to?

If i found a nice one for my teen I might get it and use it for all of October. She loves the time of year but is far too old for tick or treat.

@Beginningless

Yeah. I was looking for Christmas Advent Calendars & loads of halloween
ones came up, I did find that idea a bit odd.

Didn't realise you were forced to buy it

Love my spooky bedding

Depends if it's made from polyester or not.

I have seasonal bedding. My seasonal bedding is years old! We still use the winter/Christmas until April because is brushed cotton.
I also have seasonal pjs which I wear all year long.
As only me and DH use our bedroom I can do whatever I like. Youngest DD likes goth so her Halloween stuff is out all year.
If people don’t like it, don’t buy it.
If someone can let me know where I can buy eco/uk/eu made bedding let me know.

How is a duvet cover plastic crap?

My Halloween ghost duvet cover has been on my chair duvet all year......

I love it!

I don’t think it’s wasteful as you can use it year on year, and disagree with the poster who said about only using it for 4 weeks, as last year I bought some lovely pumpkin bedding from Dunelm and I can’t wait to whip it out on 1st September and will easily get two months use from it, before the Christmas bedding comes out in November!

Each to their own, just don’t go down those aisles of you don’t like it! Whereas I have thoroughly enjoyed picking out all my pumpkin spice and halloweeny candles, ready for the season to begin! 🍂🎃👻🐈‍⬛🍁

misthios I entirely agree.

Consumerism gone mad 🙄
They can never produce enough plastic crap can they?

@LoobyDoop2

Disposable crap? A duvet cover, mug, hand towel aren't disposable crap!

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles hahahahahaah 🤣

My son was just disappointed they didn't have single sets. He's very into seasons. He has a collection of Xmas duvet sets and throws. He came home with a throw, door wreath, bug and beetle juice pants. Each to their own 😁

@notedbiscuits

If YOU need a non Christmas bedroom, then look at how excessive your other rooms are.

I don't need a non Christmas bedroom.

I like Autumn so I have items that I like to use or display for a couple of months before the Christmas bits come out.

Thanks for the Morrison heads up, I don't usually shop there & hadn't considered them for things like that.

I found an Autumn duvet cover I liked in Matalan the other day, but didn't buy it as I've had issues with the dye running with a candy striped duvet cover previously.

must look at home Bargains too, I want a black cat for the lounge window sill.

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It's so wasteful! It's even worse than Christmas bedding because at least you can use Christmas ones for 6 weeks or so

Even if it's just used at Halloween it could be used again and again for years. It's not designed to be used once and thrown away.

We have different duvet covers for each of the 'festivals' throughout the year.
We begin on January 1st with the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ.

I have to admit it's not my favorite set as the pillow cases seem to be too short and consequently the pillow pokes out the end.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision_of_Christ

Not quite sure why Halloween bedding is any worse than Hello Kitty, WWE, Ben 10 and the various Disney ones in the airing cupboard or the Sugar Skulls set currently on my bed.

They need lots of bedding because they have accidents there are nights when we have changed 3 or sets and I can only wash and dry it so fast, and sometimes they just like it.

We were given some when family members updated their kids bedroom, but usually I just buy it when it's reduced. There is definitely glow in the dark sets somewhere from when they went through a stage of finding that comforting. There is fleece stuff from the old house which was cold. Honestly some of it has been kicking around for the last two decades.

It was all quite useful when the kids wanted to build Dens during lockdown. Although given that I am currently using a set of nursery curtains as a sofa cover because they were the perfect size to do the job, it's probably safe to say I am not good at being tied into specific things for specific times.

@Rory17384949 my daughter is a big Halloween fan so she is now switching her autistic obsessive mind from Summer to Autumn/Halloween. So any Halloween stuff is going to get 2 months of use before being put away until next year (November 1st she will go into Christmas mode).
People have seasonal clothes and things like summer weight/winter weight quilts etc. I like changing with the seasons. I don't want a life where everything is the same all through the 12 months of the year.

An advert came up for me today of a Halloween advent calendar! Wtf

A pumpkin is for life, not just Halloween.

The idea maybe. Nothing wrong with the idea.

But you asked "what's the harm?"

Well that's the harm. The slave labour, the plastic, the unnecessary carbon emissions.

No, but the idea behind it is the same.

Many people decorate their homes according to the seasons (which is actually not dissimilar to what our pagan ancestors used to do).

Yes, but our pagan ancestors didn't use excessive amounts of plastic that had been shipped halfway around the globe and made by slaves. This is not the same as a flower wreath or a holly branch.