To think that Christmas jumper day is a bad way for schools to raise money?

[Pico2]

DD is in reception, so this is her first year of pay £1 to wear a Christmas jumper to school. A Christmas jumper costs about £10 from Tesco (we live rurally, any savings on buying from Primark would be erased by the petrol cost). Much like other children she grows like a weed, so we'd probably only get 2 years max out of a jumper. We wouldn't buy her one otherwise. So a charity will get perhaps £2 over 2 years out of the £12 spent. I appreciate that it isn't obligatory, but like most parents I try to get DD to participate where possible. Am I the only parent to think that this benefits shops far more than charities?

I suppose you have to think about the true meaning of Christmas.Mass sales of cheap Christmas jumpers are a fairly recent thing. Retailers must feel under immense pressure to stock them, but how many to buy given that they have such a short shelf life?

By joining in with the itv text Santa campaign, you can donate £1.50 to Save the children and have an additional opportunity to give £12.50 to Primark, and make sure they don't have loads of excess stock filling up warehouses in January.

Please, think of the owners of Primark. Don't decorate an item of clothing that you already own! Buy a jumper!

Just for clarification . . . was that tongue in cheek merrymouse? ;)