Xmas charity jumper campaigns ..wasteful?

[lolaflores]

Is there not enough waste? Buy another jumper, then throw it out come spring? Aren't there better ways to fund charities?

People discuss how they are going to decorate their trees - what a whole new set of decoration? What happens to last years baubles and lights?

I actually can't believe that people do this. Surely half the joy of christmas decorations is seeing the old favourites come out.

I've started buying the DC a decoration each year so that by the time they leave home they have a set for their own tree complete with memories.

People discuss how they are going to decorate their trees - what a whole new set of decoration? What happens to last years baubles and lights?

I know. It must be incredibly expensive to keep buying new themed Christmas decorations. It cost us an arm and 3 legs, but we bought 'forever' decorations that never date or get boring, they're lovely birds and animals (owls, robins, mice etc). Can't wait to get them out each year!!

I’ve had people ask what my house deco theme is... errr Christmas? Or Tree deco colour scheme. It’s not as bad here as in the us though where it can be nuts!

inevitable, isn’t it a little bit positive if a charity benefits?

The charity won't benefit if we're all burning to death in global warming caused by overconsumption.

I've got a pixie jumper with bells on from Tesco F+F that still looks fine after 6 years.

Asda are doing Adult and Child outfits so everyone in the family can dress up the same. That's really wasteful because the kids will grow out of theirs before next year. I guess you could buy the kids ones in very big sizes so they last a few years but it's still wasteful.

Giving them to charity isn’t throwing them away?
My kids wear theirs pretty much the whole of December and pass them on if they grow.
Just like any other woolly jumper that only gets worn for a few weeks when it’s really cold. Or shorts that only get worn for the tiny amount of time it’s hot enough.

Pudsey bear merchandise etc I agree with you is wasteful.
But Christmas jumpers ok imo

@lolaflores I agree completely, people do throw them away and arguably the 'really cheap barely fit for purpose static throwaway' Christmas jumper market has taken off on the back of charity days. I would be happier if everyone had a long lasting Christmas top which they brought out and enjoyed every year but it's not like that. My team all rush out to supermarkets and Primark and buy theirs the night before charity day, and it's a new one every year.

I don't understand why you would "throw it out" in the Spring.

I have warm jumpers that I only wear in cold weather- I pack them into a box in the Spring and get them out the next year - along with all the hats, scarves, gloves, winter coats etc etc.
DC do the same, then if they've outgrown them over the summer they get passed on.

I like the DC to always have at least one warm woolly jumper; buying one with a festive design is no problem, if that's what they want, they'll still wear them as long as the weather is cold,

We do have a massive problem with "fast fashion" in this country, but it's certainly not mainly to do with Christmas jumpers.

kjhkj Yes, exactly. Lots of posters saying they wear theirs for years, but children can't do that.
There's a Christmas jumper day at DDs chook every year. I got one for £2 on eBay (big enough to do 3 years... I hope) but others turn up in brand new ones. It's not enough to say "just don't then", because not everyone is environmentally aware; there are people who will buy regardless and these Christmas jumper days encourage such people.
A Christmas jumper costs, say, £12 in Tesco. Child takes £2 into school to wear it. It's not the charities that are the big winners here!