Halloween duvet sets. WTF?

I can guarantee it’s better than yours because my bedroom doesn’t look like a fucking theme park 😂😂😂

Oh no it's just more stuff. But then too much stuff makes me anxious. I like Halloween and I used to love taking my DS around trick or treating and later seeing the little ones all dressed up. Unfortunately we don't get trick or treaters now. Now it's chocolate, an autumnal candle and a scary movie.

I do worry that this puts more pressure on people each year.

Can’t be doing with it, nor Christmas bedding for that matter. Utter nonsense.

What a bizarre thing to think.

Bet your sex life is really exciting if all you can think about it's the pattern on the bedspread

Erm, as a lifestyle Goth (vintage to boot) Frankenstein, pumpkins and witches are definitely part of the tradition / aesthetic. We too come in many genres. Did you know it's Mary Shelley's birthday today?

Ok, what sort of bedding is acceptable for shagging in? Plain satin sheets?

My bedding right now is astronaut cats. Have shagged on/under it plenty of times.

Who is shagging in a pumpkin bedspread? Honestly can’t think of anything more strange. It’s up there with all the Disney stuff. Bizarre.

Pretty sure I don't NEED glow in the dark pjs but did I just order them?

Yes

Same I have coffin shaped shelves in my living room full of skulls and bats, there is a tiny pumpkin too. I'm eyeing up a bat shelf for my next purchase🦇🦇🦇.

Because they like it? It’s not that difficult a concept surely, even if you dont personally like it!

You need to gradually start adding spooky bits over time to get him acclimatized, like a goldfish in a new tank.
I started placing the odd pumpkin ornament around the house in late June and now my DP is putting up my maple leaf fairy lights up for me and deciding which autumnal bedding set we should have on the bed. This is a man who when I ask him where to put the Christmas tree, he says the bin. I'm slowly converting him

I have three sets of bedding (one a pale floral, one pumpkin and one Christmas) and use the floral spring/summer, change to pumpkins when the weather changes and then christmas mid November (and then use the others as spare). I’ve had them years and don’t think it’s particularly excessive and it makes me excited for autumn then Christmas. I also have a Christmas mug and a pumpkin mug, and tend to buy seasonally scented diffusers and candles when I run out. I draw the line at a pumpkin bath mat though!

We have one from the late 70s! MIL bought it in Austria.

It’s absolutely hideous, and it is a ground sheet etc for decorating now.

Who needs any type of decorations though? No one needs lamps that aren't plain and functional, ornaments, pretty picture frames, pictures, etc. All wallpaper could be magnolia and all curtains plain grey to match all carpets whilst all sofas are black. I don't need a pretty bookcase, I just need some sheets of wood built into place. People don't need fancy wooden cupboard doors or those tables with the cracks filled in with that clear solid stuff. They don't need clothes that are anything but grey, plain, and functional.

But gosh what a boring world where you only buy the bare basics to meet your needs.

@notedbiscuits Earlier this week I had been wearing winter themed PJs as its Thumper from Bambi playing in the snow!

So themed seasonal pjs are fine but you draw the line at duvet covers? Weird metric.

It's not like someone is putting it on their bed 31st October and chucking it in the bin November 1st is it? It'll just be the one they swap it into when they change the beds that week and it may well go on several times in the year or once a year and last for decades.

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Thank you @TwoLeftSocksWithHoles for making me laugh out loud

My best friend is Halloween & horror obsessed. Her house is decorated with this kind of stuff 24/7 and I’m glad it’s available these days for those who like it. You’re not expected to decorate with this stuff yourself, it’s just on sale for those that do 🤷‍♀️

They only sell it because people buy it. I have no idea why they do, but they do.

Everyday is Halloween in my house. I would never buy Christmas PJ's or duvet covers but love the sales after Halloween when I can often find the duvet sets on sale. Not overly fond of Christmas really but make it nice for the family and just have a tree up decorated in black and silver with various bat and gothic baubles. Not my taste, but I applaud those who have the patience to decorate their whole house for Christmas and take it all down again afterwards.

YABVU

Like a few others on this thread, I have Halloween homeware out all year round. It is my aesthetic... what I buy and use has no impact on you at all.

You spend faaaaar too much time scrutinising other people's shopping habits.

Why is it wasteful?

It's not like people are putting it on just for one day and then binning it, is it?

Most people, I imagine, aren't doing that. I put mine on for a season i.e., I have my autumnal fox bedding for September and then for October, I have my Nightmare before Christmas bedding (which is more focused on the Halloween aspects) for Halloween.

I bring them out year after year, so no, it's not wasteful.

If it makes people happy then what business is it of yours.

Yaaaasss min. Mine is gan on fae 1st September then I’ll change to Christmas bedding fae 1st November. Canna wait.