To get annoyed by Christmas jumpers

[KellysZeros]

I sort of know I'm being a bit of a grinch here, but I've started to see adverts with Christmas jumpers on, and it winds me up. I know it's just a bit of fun, but I get annoyed to see big retailers selling them to us as if they're some universal timeless tradition, whereas, it's a relatively new phenomenon and way for companies to make money.

I know this a first world problem, but AIBU to be annoyed? Anyone else?

Advent calendars with stuff in on the other hand give me the rage

YABU - Pretty much everything about Christmas is made up so companies can make money. Why is this any different?

Others are NBU about people "having" to wear them for school/work though. Very much not okay to demand somebody buys one.

Yesterday we were sent an email by the 'merry Christmas crowd's at work informing us that Dec 16th was 'wear a Christmas jumper day (yes, it is now a thing ) and 'wouldn't it be fun for us all to be involved' err NO

There were everywhere last year, and most places the year before. All the supermarkets, Matalan, M&S, Next, Primark and others.

None of this stuff is compulsory (expensive advent calendars, Elf on the shelf, christmas jumpers) and it's not necessary to buy new every year.

Now that christmas jumpers are a thing, there's so many of them around in charity shops or just wear the one from last year.

I run a nursery and we're doing a Christmas jumper day this year; it's partly down to unimaginativeness (lots of schools in the area do it too) and partly because parents started asking us if we were going to do it two years ago and there was the feeling that they'd like to take part.

We are aware that not everyone will want to buy a jumper just to donate money but equally don't want any child to feel left out so we broaden it a bit and suggest that dressing might include jazzing up their normal clothes with tinsel or other sparkly accessories.

The photo is taken from the "Christmas jumper day" website and they think along the same lines (although I'd never suggest that parents could simply knit a jumper as an alternative to buying one - they might eat me alive!)

Here's one for you OP!

It's not new though really they just went out of fashion.
I was a child in the eighties loads of people had Christmas jumpers. Mostly they were hand knitted by people Grandmas and Great Aunts but you could buy them too. My favourite was a fluffy blue penguin and snowflake one. My best friend had a fab hand knitted teenage mutant hero turtle one, it was Raphael with a Christmas hat on. He also had a knitted Air Wolf jumper I was really jealous of.

Clashcityrocker - for your jumper I would make an exception.

This has always been a tradition in my family. We have Christmas jumpers every year. Sometimes the same as previous years, sometimes new ones.

The actual Christmas jumper day is relatively new but Christmas jumpers are now and has always been a big thing to us

I don't mind Christmas jumpers as long as they are cheap enough. I just think it's a waste if you spend loads, they are only won a couple of times. Last year my ds was bought one by mil and this year I bought him one last week from a charity store for £1.50.

I hate them. I hate the look of them. I hate the invented tradition around them. I hate the enforced jollity of them.

Couple of years ago went to in-laws for Xmas who all have the hilarious tradition of wearing one on Xmas day. Fuck that, I thought, I want to wear a nice dress or something I choose on Xmas day. So I did. (I did make a concession with a "Bah Humbug" black Santa hat.)

I refuse to wear one, DD has a thin long-sleeve T-shirt style I try to get as cheap as possible.

I hate woolen jumpers generally, the idea to wear one I actually can't stand - you would have to pay a lot to me to do so.

We have a "wear your jumper" day at work, I would say 50% do it. DD has one at the last day of school but I make her wear hers for Santa visit, ice skating, during the school holidays etc.

Whoever invented the idea should be shot.

I like them, but I like jumpers and kitschy tat.

I find the elf on the shelf a bit irritating, where did that creepy fucker come from?

I ended up panic buying one for a jumper day at work last year, but I'll wear it for a few years. I could only get a children's one

DS is very fixed in what he will or won't wear. If it's on the won't list, there's no point in bothering, although this year I've seen a festive Lego t-shirt so we're sorted for a couple of years as it's deliberately on the big side. DS2 gets the pristine rejects from when I've made a token gesture at any thing themed (or indeed any kind of trouser).

If Christmas jumpers float your boat, that's great, but it should be accepted that there are various reasons why people don't participate.

what is this elf on the shelf?!

Well I'm not a fan of them, but have no issues and some are quite cute or funny. I think having an irrational annoyance about them is a bit over the top really. People like wearing them, it's a bit of fun and is quite harmless.

Yep. I got hubby and my DS (5) matching ones this year.

I never had one or bought my kids one until they started school and I was forced to buy one for christmas jumper day at school! It irritated me.

YANBU, they're crap. Spend the money on a lovely pair of warm socks (cashmere if you can stretch to it, mmm) and wear those for charidee instead. As the late, great Ian Dury said, "Every bit of clothing ought to make you pretty".

There's no need to be annoyed by them, op. If you don't like then don't buy one. I haven't got one, nor has my daughter.
For anyone who's skint, poundland sell a christmas sweater 'kit' with christmassy things you can stick on a normal jumper.

Poundland have some 'Christmas Jumper kits' that look like they make you into a human festive fuzzy felt board.

What is an elf on a shelf?never heard of this before.

I think the elf on the shelf is an American thing. my aunt does it who lives in Nebraska as do a lot of the American authors I follow on FB. No idea why though.

YABU: we get good value from ours because DH wears his elf pants and reindeer t shirt at least once a week all year!

It is a bit of a weird thing, partly because the adverts showing them are being broadcast now and it is about 14C in London. I didn't even wear a coat when I went out earlier.