Aisles of random tat that appear in shops at Christmas....

[Sparklingbrook]

AIBU to be a bit sad about it? BHS usually excel in it, I noticed today Asda had an aisle of it.

It's all so, well, crap.

I wouldn't buy any of it for anyone-it looks like you went down the random Christmas tat aisle and bought the first thing you saw. Who buys it?

Sorry about mentioning the C word-but it's out there.

I take the parcel sticker off, I thought everyone did!

The talk of bath sets reminds me of the Men Behaving Badly Xmas special where the boys bought loads of useless tat. Gary gave Dorothy a deep fat fryer! And Dorothy and Debs gave each other exactly the same Boots gift set :o

The best received gifts I ever gave were hampers with homemade bath bombs, soap, marmalade, chutney and Xmas cake. I did them as we were skint, but it turned out it cost me more than just buying them!

Im guessing im the only one who likes going around looking at the Christmas Tat.

My bil loves the marmite stuff so i add to his collection each year....

Mrsjay... a few things I remember from the local MenKind:
Superhero slankets
50 shades of grey board game
Mouldable chocolate
A mug where the handle is a knuckleduster

But Just if you have bought a 'gift set' from Boots it will be in the 3 for 2-everyone knows that without the sticker. because they have dragged round Boots too.

FGS don't go in Menkind. DS1 treated himself to a gun that fires rubber bands last week. and watch out for their 'saucy' section down the end.

My bil loves the marmite stuff so i add to his collection each year....

Me too! I have a white kitchen with all the tea towels, tins, oven gloves....you name it in the Pop Art Marmite design. If you find anything new can you please send me a link?!

DH liked that stupid knuckleduster mug fuzz.

I admit i love the tat. Just been drinking my cuppa tea out of my sherbet mug from last year

I think they have them again Jersey and a Love Hearts one. At least you are making use of it.

This thread is holding up a mirror to the tragedy of my life. I love Boots 3 for 2 gifts too. Two years ago my favourite gift (given to me) was an invalid pillow. I was a bit worried that DH would find this a passion killer, but he liked it so much that the next year my mum bought him one too.

I am genuinely pleased with the things I get for Christmas. I am getting a new dressing gown this year.

BHS Marmite

I've seen some hideous sweaters. I assume they are bough ironically.

Superhero slankets
50 shades of grey board game
Mouldable chocolate
A mug where the handle is a knuckleduster

my dds and dds boyfriend would love the majority of that I am going in next time i am in town, not sure about the board game and mug though

Sweaters and Onesies. Everywhere they are nkf. A jumper you can wear for one day of the year. Marvellous.

Don't forget to go down the end and look at the willy warmers mrsjay.

oh Christmas Jumpers I saw them the other day --and will buy one for works christmas party I do work with children though

follow my lead and go vintage. I'm making shit this year...everything...crackers, tablecloth....gifts....except the kid's gifts because they're materialistic little things and would disown me otherwise.

oh heck, the marmite!! our BHS was full of the stuff last year - a whole bloody marmite tatt aisle!! marmite in chocolate

Looked at the "Lovely wedged shoe which also has another use as a mobile phone holder" (shoot the copywriter) and noticed that it "Contains Sulphates" So it's frigging pug ugly AND dangerous. Oooh...I'll have THREE!

And lest we forget, the king of all Tat

I give you the Chocolate Fountain.

Why?
Who?

Actually, that would be me. From MIL one year. I quite like a piece of chocolate now and then. Therefore, I must want to splatter my entire house with cheap runny chocolate.

It never left the box and has now made it through through two Christmas/Summer School Fairs.

Also Robert Dyas is a bad offender.

the chocolate fountain that doesn't work I remember it well

I only get Christmas presents from my parents, sister and my niece, she's 3 so it is a joint effort with my sister which is good because I get what I want and none of it is tat.

I like Christmas Jumpers both my dd's have them and christmas gloves me for me DD1

I cant help it. I love Christmas

pop art marmite

This is the stuff I like!