Pointless Christmas themed stuff

[Notyouthful]

Each year, retailers bring out more Christmas themed stuff, mainly everyday stuff. Use this thread to post what is the most pointless thing, in your opinion you have seen with Christmas stuff on it.

I will start - The Range sell a dustpan and brush set with Christmas stuff on. Home Bargains - a ceramic soap dispenser shaped as a bauble with Merry Christmas on it.

I have a massive loft so I keep the Christmas stuff up there. DS has moved to a double bed so he got a ‘new’ Christmas bedding set from Vinted and the rather faded single bedding set was given away on the local free cycle group. That’s all I’ve bought this year, everything else is reused.

I want those bin bags though! I would be very happy to get them in work secret Santa. At least I’d use them unlike random gift set from boots.

i like the bin bags would make me smile if i saw them at a kerb side waiting for collection!
its nice to have some Christmassy stuff but they do go OTT with it

'Waste' is judgemental.

what you spend your money on I might consider wasteful, but you obviously don't.

i don't have the things the OP described, but I do have Chrudtmas Themed houseware. No I don't 'bin it' at the end of the season, why would u? I enjoy getting it out each year.

what exactly is wasteful & environmentally damaging about my behaviour?

I don't do lots of things others do, but I don't bang on about it.

I have multiple cupboards for storage and lots of space. Unfortunately this means I pile shit in there all year and now need to go in and remove everything to get my decorations out. Got a single bed frame currently, 6 bin bags of clothes and a bunch of old toys on top of it all. 💔 I am very grateful to have storage but I wish I was better organised😂

I've bought these before they're great!
I saw the festive dustpan and brush in B&M and did think that was daft!

I have a very organised loft space!

👏🏻 exactly!!

I always think this about salt and pepper shakers, they're a pain to fill/empty so the thought of doing extra ones is mad to me 😂

Oh, they're horrible. Where are they from please?

They would be rude not to!!

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My 4 year old would like me to buy him Christmas-themed cushions from Morrison's. I said we already had cushions at home and he said 'not round ones with Christmas things on', which was a fairly compelling argument.

As an aside, I've been seeing a lot of adverts for double sided stuff that you can rinse & reuse that apparently doesn't leave marks or damage paint/wall paper.

i haven't tried it (yet) myself but seems like it would be great for someone jn your position.

fortunately when I rented a normal level of living was expected, so it was no bother to put up pictures & shelves etc ! Likewise when I rented out properties, I expected my tenants to LIVE jn them doing things like this. I was also fine with them having pets.

some landlords are too restrictive..

I’ve just bought a little gingerbread house soap dispenser, and we have Christmas salt and pepper shakers, doormat, cushion covers, tea towels and oven gloves…no Christmas bedding yet, but I’m tempted. Have given the pudding bin liners as a joke gift in the past, also loo roll with Christmas jokes on it.

Couldn’t give two tugs of a dead dog’s cock what the MN “ crisp white linen” brigade thinks about it. 😆 Life is quite grim enough, thanks. I’ll take my joy and silliness wherever I can find it.

To be fair, I think the same about Christmas themed things. Why would you get something you can only get out really Nov-Jan.

But I also have acquired a large selection of pumpkin shaped crockery, table mats, decorations and a lovely golden pumpkin teapot that comes out August-October. Not because I am a particularly big fan of Halloween, but I love the harvest season as a gardener, and it makes it really feel like a celebration of that particular time of year. It is tradition on halloween to have pumpkin soup in a pumpkin bowl, made in the pumpkin dutch oven, and topped off with a home made pumpkin spiced latte. Everything fits into 2 storage cubes and is no bother to get out and put away and it's stuff I use year in year out.

So I do now feel very hypocritical. I think if it's something you'll use every year and it's something you treasure then it's worthwhile if it makes you happy, but I still feel that things like christmas dust pans and brushes are a step too far.

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we need a Christmas elf!!

Why not??

if you're going to use rubbish bags anyway, why not fun ones? 🎅🏼

I am admitting that I have 2 Gingerbreadmen soap dispensers and some crockery/ glasses/ biscuit jar/ 3 tins. Have had all for around 20 years,except for soap dispensers( 4 years!).

I used to marvel at the Christmas loo roll in my brother's home!

I have a Christmas cushion - red one at the moment, JOY when I turn it around in December.

No storage needed.

I've bought those before. They're in my loft with Christmas stuff stored inside them. Why not?

Omg i love these 😍

I have a gingerbread man soap dispenser and toothbrush holder I love it

We have a Christmas salt and pepper shakers there snowman

Ideal time to get your curtains dry cleaned.
(But some people's curtains are minging - yes sis they are if you are reading - so I guess they never get swapped out)

I love Christmas tat 😁