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Dd wants a (in my opinion) rubbish present for Christmas.

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Florencenotflo · 21/10/2021 09:02

Dd is only 5 and already doing her Christmas list. She asks for the (attached) present every time we go into the toy shop and has even asked to buy it from her own money.

I am usually quite happy for let her spend her money on things she chooses, but I think this is really rubbish! And I know it will be top of her list again this year. Our budget this year for Dd is around £100 on presents for Christmas so to spend £40 of that on one present seems daft. The reviews of it are terrible, the case is pretty flimsy (not really usable as a suitcase) and the contents are mainly paper.

But at the end of the day, she's 5, it will make her happy, do I just suck it up?

(Plus, I can now see why my parents never bought me a Mr Frosty for Christmas when I was a child, although I'm still salty about it 😂)

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AnnaSW1 · 21/10/2021 09:40

Oh I'd definitely get it her. I still remember the injustice of not getting a mr frosty too.

As an aside my daughter has a different Disney case to that one but she plays with it all the time making up little stories.

I'm getting one of mine something I think is total rubbish but it's what she really wants so I'm going to get it. They are only little once.

Blackmagicqueen · 21/10/2021 09:40

Sorry @HalfShrunkMoreToGo but as a 5 year old girl the first one would have been much more exciting to me...practicality doesn't come into it at that age

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Florencenotflo · 21/10/2021 09:41

@Itsbeen84yearss amazing! Thank you, I will have a look now!

I have no problem with second hand, off to have a look now!

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Hushabyelullaby · 21/10/2021 09:41

To her this is as important as your Mr Frosty was to you. By not getting it you could be making it more desirable (you know what kids are like), but if not she obviously REALLY wants it anyway.

At your age you still remember how gutted you were about Mr Frosty, when she reaches your age she may be gutted that she never got a Disney Princess Style Collection.

Shadedog · 21/10/2021 09:41

I would buy it but it is utter shite. I wouldn’t cobble together a home made version, it’s not what she wants, no matter how sensible it seems. My mother pulls this shit, drives me up the wall. My choices are frivolous nonsense, hers are sensible, so I can’t have things which are valuable to me. I’m nearly 50 btw. My whole life is a mr frosty moment.

ShinyHappyPoster · 21/10/2021 09:41

I'd get it for her.
Children do remember Christmas presents. You remember your Mr Frosty (or lack of one!). I remember one year overhearing something incorrectly and thinking I was getting a dog. I didn't get a dog. I still remember how disappointed I felt. Sad
My point is DCs might forget the individual good Christmases but they always remember the disappointing ones Grin

coodawoodashooda · 21/10/2021 09:41

@Shadedog

I would buy it but it is utter shite. I wouldn’t cobble together a home made version, it’s not what she wants, no matter how sensible it seems. My mother pulls this shit, drives me up the wall. My choices are frivolous nonsense, hers are sensible, so I can’t have things which are valuable to me. I’m nearly 50 btw. My whole life is a mr frosty moment.
That's funny. Im sorry!
ittakes2 · 21/10/2021 09:42

have a look for a 2ndhand one in good condition on ebay.

Blackmagicqueen · 21/10/2021 09:42

Op you cant put a price on the amazing memory your dd will have of this incredible feeling...please don't deny her of it. I still remember getting a doll i wanted at a similar age!

imnotacelebritygetmeoutofhere · 21/10/2021 09:43

I also never got Mr Frosty and I'm still gutted Sad Get her the pink tat.

KrispyKale · 21/10/2021 09:43

I got something as a kid off the back of a TV advert.
It was extremely flimsy and not at all what I expected: my mum says I was a quiet soul but I really let rip when I realised how rubbish it was!
All I remember was the brilliant lesson it taught me about advertising. Like losing big at the casino I've not been tempted much since😄.
I'd buy it, it might even be a hit longer term for imaginative play as a pp said.

iseeu · 21/10/2021 09:43

Also saying definitely buy! I remember wanting awful plastic things, my mother saying she wanted to guide me to good taste - I would have been so happy with the pink plastic tat! I still have a secret appreciation of pink plastic tat.

EdmontinaDonsAutumnalHues · 21/10/2021 09:44

Meanwhile tell her no everytime she asks and surprise the heck out of her on Xmas morn.

You’ve never been 5, have you? Hmm Just imagine how the worry would cloud her days and nights.

Couldhavebeenme3 · 21/10/2021 09:44

@Elllicam

I’m 40 and I still want a mr frosty. I would get her it.
My SIL never had a Mr frosty, we bought her one a few years ago, she was thrilled!

I never got jelly shoes, my mum bought me some as an adult, shite.

My dd at 5 wanted only sellotape. I think we're still using it now.

Buy a nicer case and fill it with more useful (possibly more expensive but lasts longer) tat, decent brushes, bobbles etc?

Dippydinosaurus · 21/10/2021 09:44

I had a Mr frosty and loved it. I still remember it now. Sorry but you'll have to buy it! I hate plastic crap too but it's sounds like her heart is set on it

ZombeaArthur · 21/10/2021 09:45

My three year old asked this year for a money box. A pretty expensive Japanese money box. I was on the fence due to the expense and the fact that there really isn’t much she can do with it. However, she’s been asking for months and is just as keen now as she was when she first asked, so I caved and bought it. I can’t wait to see her little face light up on Christmas morning!

Itsbeen84yearss · 21/10/2021 09:45

You’re welcome. I got dd a toy hoover from a charity shop when she was four. She didn’t notice the lack of official packaging. Make the most of it before they clue up 😂

Chipsinthewoods · 21/10/2021 09:45

@CyclingIsNotOuting

We have this. The problem with it is there is no room inside, it’s a plastic backing that holds the toys so you can’t use as a case. The ear phone lead is too short for my 3 yo to get around their ears. She likes the eye mask but I won’t let her use it in bed in case she strangles herself. Yeah it’s definitely not worth the money but then I brought it so maybe not the best person to advise …
This is a really helpful review… I think PP ideas to make your own version out of a real suitcase is a really good one. You could really carefully choose the contents for things she’d love and use.

Maybe tell her the toy shop one is just a toy but the one you/Santa brings is the real deal

Blackmagicqueen · 21/10/2021 09:45

Yes and agree with the mr frosty references. I never got it and always remember how i asked for it and my parents fot me other stuff they probably deemed more useful! I don't remember that just the disappointment of not getting frosty! They bloody worked back then too not like today's excuse for a cone machine!

Goshitstricky · 21/10/2021 09:45

I feel for you OP, I have a 6 yr old and I was determined she wouldn't do the whole pink, Disney princess shite thing ... then she was born with the strongest mind of anyone I know and she doesn't give a toss what I think, she loves the pink plastic tat and now I find my house awash with it, this year is a Barbie house if some kind (which is better than last years LOL Doll craze)

prettybird · 21/10/2021 09:46

I never forgave forgot my parents for not getting me Tiny Tears even though in hindsight she was too expensive for them at that time Shock

I'm 60 now Grin

Blackmagicqueen · 21/10/2021 09:46

got^

jessycake · 21/10/2021 09:46

I'm 63 and still bear a grudge for not having a Jacko Monkey from Woolowrths , despite it being on my list to santa for a few years running .

AliceinBorderland · 21/10/2021 09:46

I wouldn't. It is cheap tat. A suitcase and eye mask etc is not that exciting to a 3 yo. What's she going to do.? Put toys in it and take them put again? That gets old.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 21/10/2021 09:47

@Cantstopthewaves

Ps. I had Mr Frosty. He was fabulous. SorryGrin
No he wasn’t, he was absolute crap! Worst toy ever.
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