To be mildly, very mildly, miffed by this advert?

[FlyingPirates]

And yes, this is petty, and no this is not all I have to worry about!

Was sitting in traffic at commute time (as in, the time people would have picked up their DC's from nursery/day care/cm and be driving home with them in the car) and a advert omes on the radio.

It was about I want such and such for Christmas, who is going to get it for me...Mummy! And how lovely Mummy was for getting it for them (It was a song and cant remember the exact words) Then a little speil about how if we dont want to disapoint our darling children at Christmas then we can buy them what they want at cheap prices/ with this amazing deal.

Basically, I was a little annoyed that it was revealing to the DC that the fat man does not exist. Sure this is fine for older children but for children travelling home at that time who are young enough to still believe it could cause some awkward questions!

(And I know everyone does not celebrate Christmas/perpetuate the red man myth, but we do so I was a little bit annoyed!)

AIBU to think they could promote their Christmas goods without revealing the secret behind the magic for many young children?

(And even more annoyingly, I was miffed and thinking this over so I cant even remember that bloody company that was advertising!! )

[Fenouille]

Catgirl, that's exactly what I thought the first post was going to be saying. Not to say that the OP doesn't have a point, but why is it only 'Mother' who gets to do any of the Christmas present buying?

[DesperatelySeekingPomBears]

"why is it only 'mother' who gets to do any of the Christmas present buying?"

Because 'mother' rhymes with 'brother' which was the original song?

[Maisiethemorningsidecat]

It does parody the original song - which was just as irritating - but why not "Favver" doing the present buying? The rhyming is near enough for no-one to get upset about, surely?

Didn't Colleen I'm married to the arsehole Rooney front previous campaigns? Reason enough to boycott them completely from now on, I think.

[aldiwhore]

We're one of those families who works hrad to give Father Christmas present money and he decides if the boys have been naughty or nice, and delivers the gifts he believes they deserve... the boys also have a gift just from DH and I, and an 'elf made' gift from Father Christmas himself, usually its a bauble with their names on, or a 'genuine' reindeer bell, or something wooden. And in their eyes shit. So we're still top dogs!!

[spiderpig8]

i find it bizarre when people choose to lie to their kids about FC, and then expect the whole world to do the same.
i remember some parents being a bit miffed when my then 5 yo Ds2 put his reception teacher right and told all his reception class that santa wasn't real and it was just your mum and dad.