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To wonder why christmas has become a 'fancy dress' party and to want it to stop

87 replies

PeriodFeatures · 27/12/2013 00:43

seriously, people dressing up their babies as elves and santas and hideous christmas jumpers that are going to be worn once or twice then binned? What a waste of 'stuff'.

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IneedAsockamnesty · 27/12/2013 01:35

Brilliant, my male teenagers almost live in onesies and I also don't care what anyone thinks of that.

Alisvolatpropiis · 27/12/2013 01:38

Personally, I don't care if anybody wears a onesie. It isn't for me. People will certainly twitch at future "babies dressed as puddings" photos I have.

DizzyZebra · 27/12/2013 01:40

I am less judgemental of teens in onesies. Its a fashion thing at the moment it seems. I think most teens would wear dog shit on their head if it was 'in'. Thats just teens.

Adults out in public in them though... Judge judge judge!

IneedAsockamnesty · 27/12/2013 01:41

I occasionally wear matching socks,but its not good and it makes me feel out of sorts

IneedAsockamnesty · 27/12/2013 01:45

Dizzy. Mine couldn't give a stuff about fashion wouldn't know fashion if it bashed them round the head. (Possibly something to do with the Christmas jumpers I inflicted on them all)

Its the only thing that half of them can actually dress themselves in with ease and no help and the others started doing it to show solidarity and carried on because they decided they liked them.

DizzyZebra · 27/12/2013 01:54

Pixie - I know its not always the reason, it just seems to be the in thing at the moment. So thats what i'd assume the reason is unless another were given (And i don't go around quizzing teens on their choice of clothes so no other reason is likely to be given lol!).

Personally i got my 4 year old one because she refuses to wear PJs if they dont match, and i have a habit of just chucking things in the wash without looking so sometimes only the trousers of one set are clean. So a onesie removes that problem.

I probably wont buy another when she gets out of this, They are a right pain to put on (Hers is a footless, fitted one, rather than a baggy fleecey one, which on reflection would have probably been better).

YoureBeingASillyBilly · 27/12/2013 02:00

The waste? Wow- i think christmas jumpers are waaay down the list of things filling up landfills around the world.

Btw I'm posting in a onesie Grin

BuffyxSummers · 27/12/2013 02:20

I don't understand this thing of being bothered what other people do in their own little lives. If it really does make you twitch, you probably have a few issues!

hedwiggywiggerson · 27/12/2013 08:33

Why is it waste? Our xmas jumpers were worn for various occasions in December and will be put away for next Xmas. My Primark special is on its second year and still going strong. When I think about it is actually been worn more than some other items in the depths of my wardrobe. . . . so YABU.

hazeyjane · 27/12/2013 08:38

Christmas jumpers, onesies, babies dressed as elves - who cares!

People can walk around in a tinsel thong if they so desire (although it may be a little scratchy).

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IneedAsockamnesty · 27/12/2013 08:45

Hazey,

Ours are just treated like normal winter jumpers just the same as any other winter jumper as well the kids ones get put away to be handed down just like the other clothes, as well.

I can't see the waste thing either

natwebb79 · 27/12/2013 08:54

Wow, bet you're the life and soul OP! Grin

ithaka · 27/12/2013 08:56

I wore a santa hat on Xmas eve & to my surprise & pleasure it meant I got free ice skating at the 'winter wonderland'.

It is called having festive fun, OP - try it sometime Grin

TheBrotherHoodOfSteel · 27/12/2013 08:57

Oh no it's the fashion police!Hmm
FFS get a life Scrooge!

WhenSarahAndStuckUpTheChimney · 27/12/2013 09:04

The babies would cry in church (or wherever) sooner or later regardless of what they were wearing.

The miserable people sitting in Costa are old enough to buy a proper jumper that isn't ironic if they like, nobody is forcing them.

Onesies are better on people who are completely potty trained and dry all night.

And I say this as the only member of my extended family not have inflicted antlers, hats or festive jumpers on their dog*.

I do object to some of the Christmas jumpers though. Ironically shite but naice is better than just plain, ugly shite that is not naice. I never realised I was a Christmas jumper snob before and I don't even have a Christmas jumper Xmas Grin

*nb - tiny dog has very thin fur and he feels the cold. He has a proper dog coat for cold weather that is designed only to stop him from freezing to death and in no way is meant to make him look cute although he does.

Said coat is apparently what mountain climbing dogs wear, and it has a picture of three mountains and a wolf on it. I believe it is the canine equivalent of a 'The North Face' anorak and I laugh at tiny dog every time he has to wear it. He is about four inches tall. He's never going to climb a mountain or be mistaken for a wolf, but he's also not going to freeze to death while doing his business in cold weather.

WhenSarahAndStuckUpTheChimney · 27/12/2013 09:06

So to sum up, I have no idea whether I just agreed with you or not OP, but I have a cute dog.

Merry Christmas Xmas Grin

Rhubarbgarden · 27/12/2013 09:20

Yanbu, op. dd's nursery sent a letter home saying that for the final week of term the children were to be sent in in 'Christmassy' clothes or fancy dress instead of uniform. Annoyed me intensely - she doesn't have any Christmas jumpers because I think they are utterly pointless and she doesn't have any dressing up clothes because she's not interested in dressing up. I sent her in in a plain red dress, because I wasn't about to start buying any of this crap. The others were all in Christmas jumpers and elf etc costumes. I'm sure the other parents all think I'm a miserable sod now.

HoneyDragon · 27/12/2013 09:59

I just stuck tinsel in Ds's ponytail. Ergo, one of the few mums at pick up not desperately trying to pick bits of glue and play dough off nice out fits.

Grin
Trills · 27/12/2013 10:09

Why do you keep going on about landfill?

People don't put jumpers in bins.

Not even hideous ones.

OOAOML · 27/12/2013 10:10

Our school had a 'winter woolly' day and my children really wanted to wear Christmas jumpers. I bought them from Asda and got them big so they will do next year as well. And they are fairly restrained so can be used for the next month or so. Makes them happy. Couldn't be doing with finding a week's worth of Christmas outfits though.

Trills · 27/12/2013 10:12

I remember school "themed" non uniform days being quite stressful (as a child).

Rooners · 27/12/2013 10:15

I've always found fancy dress particularly disturbing too.

You're not alone OP.

I don't care what teenagers wear, they will always be weird, and it's funny, but putting dressing up costumes on babies is pure yuk.

They don't find it funny so they're not included in the joke, which just makes me sad. And they look very uncomfortable.

Babies do funny stuff, of course, and I laugh sometimes like anyone would - but making them look funny intentionally so we can laugh at them? Wrong.

OOAOML · 27/12/2013 10:16

I know Trills I quite often get grumpy about the themed non uniform days, but also know that my children don't like being 'different'. We do our best to pull stuff together with what we have (particular colours etc) but sometimes do end up buying stuff (which we try to ensure we can get more use out of).

Personally I prefer a bog standard 'dress down day', not special theme ones.

RooRooTaToot · 27/12/2013 10:21

I love Christmas jumpers. I've been wearing them for years, though until this year it was hard to find them. I wear them throughout December and then they are packed away for the following year. I will wear them until they have holes that are unable to be darned and then I will donate them for rags. No landfill for my jumpers!

They put a smile on my face. I'm sorry that my choice of clothing makes you twitch, but I stopped giving a crap about what the self-designated clothing police thought of my clothes when I was 15 (after years of trying to buy/wear clothes that I thought were ugly because that's what the 'cool kids' - aka bullies - liked), so I will continue to wear them.

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