to vow never to go to a Craft Fair again?

[grovel]

I went to one this morning. Crammed, as they always are, with twee crap that no-one could possibly need.

My fault for going, I know. But never again.

My dad used to call the annual Christmas fair at our school a Fête worse than death.

I myself am gearing up to bake Christmas tree ornament cookies for the Ladies Auxiliary Annual Craft Fair and Christmas Bake Sale that funds the Ladies' annual St Patrick's Day piss up. I will slip in as usual with my burnt offering and wander through the stalls when I'm there with the phrase 'you have got to be kidding' going through my mind.

Jingle
sorry but you are wrong
fare is food
fayre is an alternate spelling of fair as in amusement
the "bill of fare" being the old term for "menu"

I think you are right TalkinPeace.
From Wiki:
'Fayre is an archaic spelling of fair, used mostly from the 15th to the 17th century. This spelling is now confusingly used for both fair and fare, the latter in the sense of 'food and drink'. In itself, the word means a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment. The alternate spelling is an old-fashioned affectation and is used in order to remind revellers and participants of medieval fayres and markets. It is mainly used for fairs that are essentially leisure rather than business events like trade fairs.'

However I thoroughly applaud Jingle's attempts to stamp out the ghastly affected 'fayre' using whatever means is necessary. Go Jingle!

Agrees with talkin, it is an archaic form of Fair so perfectly justifiable, just a bit twee. Which is appropriate for the tat sold.

I prefer Olde Christmas Fayre.

whatever the name above the door, most of what is for sale is just future landfill

Yes, TalkinPeace, but why do so many of us keep going to these miserable affayres?

same reason we get into debt
mindless optimism and irrational exubrance

well I go for the lovely applewood turned bowls, personally.
I can't really believe that you don't like the turned woods.

Elderberry, I've got a feeling you're a lovely person with just a teeny obsession with turned bowls. How many (none) can anyone need?

well you can have all different sizes to put different things in.
The smooth carved wooden apples and pears are nice too, but too frivolous for my house.

I can understand why people like to make the sort of stuff you find in craft fairs, but why would you want to buy most of the stuff. There are children in the far east who could make better stuff for a hundredth of the price.

mindless optimism and irrational exubrance

that is my new favorite it will be the excuse I use on sunday to explain what might happen tonight

:-)
J K Galbraith said it long before I did

JKG also said:

"A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions."

No need for Craft Fairs then.