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To hate Christmas jumpers and pyjamas

215 replies

GaucheCaviar · 02/12/2017 19:59

They weren't a thing when I was growing up, so no warm fuzzy memories attached to them. I look at them and all I see is the worst of disposable fashion made for pennies in Bangladeshi sweatshops. FFS, clothes specifically designed to be worn once as a joke? No wonder the world is goung to hell in a handcart.

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GingerbreadMa · 02/12/2017 22:15

If you donate Christmas jumpers to Charity shops in January they go to the rag man. They don't have the capacity to store stuff for a year.

HoneyDragon · 02/12/2017 22:15

I miss out old little house at Xmas as it had big seventies upvc windows and I used to paint them and add lights. People 7sed o walk their littlies up our road to show them the mad Christmas womans house Xmas Smile

rosy71 · 02/12/2017 22:21

My boys have some Christmas pyjamas they've had for a few years that are too small and they still wear them. This year, ds2 has started wearing ds1's Christmas jumper because his is too small. He got it 2 years ago tho. I think most people make them last.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 02/12/2017 22:22

Ooh you're gonna hate my Christmas dress then!

The style of the dress is lovely; the pattern on the other hand....

thefairyfellersmasterstroke · 02/12/2017 22:33

Aw, don't hate things. It's just a bit of fun, and no more a commercial rip-off than most other Christmas items. My teen DS loves the jumpers, and gets a new one every year and wears them all year round, along with his elf slippers, Christmas socks, pants and T-shirts. So definitely not worn once, definitely not a joke. Yes, they're 'new' to us older folks but for the next generation it's becoming traditional so why not lighten up and stop hating stuff at Christmas time!

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 02/12/2017 22:43

I don't like any Christmas items (aka Christmas tat)

I do however very much like the picture which inspired your username.

Goldenbear · 02/12/2017 22:43

I bought a Christmas style Emma Bridgewater duvet for my 5 year old DD last year but it's penguins and snow and she's used it all year.

Draylon · 02/12/2017 22:44

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nibora · 02/12/2017 22:54

This thread has just cost me £11 for a triple snowman shower curtain complete with carrot noses. It may not get here until the 2nd jan.

The DC are grown up and our home is pale and tasteful. I've lost the plot.

Aweektilltheseason · 02/12/2017 23:39

Op dint reserve your ire for Xmas jumpers and bedding. Easter and Halloween now have plenty of stuff to wear and kit house out too. Bedding etc.

Has anyone ever looked at the stuff on pottery barn? Mouth watering bedding for Xmas, glorious, amazing stuff fro Halloween.

Ecureuil · 03/12/2017 06:33

If you donate Christmas jumpers to Charity shops in January they go to the rag man. They don't have the capacity to store stuff for a year

I pack it all up in the loft with my Christmas decorations, take it down at the beginning of December and anything that doesn’t fit/won’t fit anyone we know to be handed down to it goes to the charity shop then.

Shutupanddance1 · 03/12/2017 06:47

I don’t know anyone in RL that throws stuff out after Christmas - I’m from Ireland so granted we all usually have attics to store Christmas stuff in. All our stuff goes up to attic and comes down every year. Christmas jumpers my DD has have been her big cousins and I’ll keep them for her new sibling/cousins for the future. Surely other families do this?

Ecureuil · 03/12/2017 07:30

Surely other families do this?

Yes, all families I know do this.

ReturnOfTheMackYesItIs · 03/12/2017 07:44

All families I know do this too. In my experience, Christmas themed stuff is less wasted than non-themed because it's used year after year. And for a few weeks so people don't get bored of it and forget they have a lot of it till they bring down the Christmas boxes again so things often feel new every year.

TheHolidayArmadillo · 03/12/2017 07:44

Last year I bought DC fair isle style wooly jumpers that could pass as Christmas jumpers but won’t look ridiculous for the rest of winter. They’re getting a second winter out of them this year. I refuse to buy outright Christmas jumpers because they seem like a massive waste, especially when I already have to buy a dress/shoes (Dd normally exclusively in wellies or sensible shoes/trainers so doesn’t have dressy shoes) and a smart shirt/maybe new jeans for their Christmas parties.

I tend not to participate in the increasing mass of traditions that will invariably involve having to spend money though.

Ecureuil · 03/12/2017 07:47

In fact, one of my best friends sent me a picture yesterday of all 4 of her DC (aged between 7 and 1) in the same Christmas outfit at the same age. We also had it the Christmas she didn’t have any children that fitted it, and I passed it back.

Imbroglio · 03/12/2017 07:48

Christmas jumpers with lights are definitely not intended to last long enough to need a wash, and yes, very wasteful. It annoys me too.

Platypusfattypus · 03/12/2017 07:56

Ive got last years jumper to wear (and will have it next year too), the girls have jumpers they had on last year. And my baby has one second hand from eBay. When we are done theirs will be sold on eBay too. So yabu on that one.

ZenNudist · 03/12/2017 08:11

Yes i hate them for adults but dc love them.

PIL have asked if the whole family can wear them for a photo op on Christmas eve. I said dh and i wouldnt. I dont care if it makes me look like a grinch. I dont want a random piece of wear once tat and i dont want to look like a tit.

Apologies to those adults who think they look good, they dont. Fair isle type of pattern with reindeer or snow flakes look alright and cam be worn all winter. Just about.

ReturnOfTheMackYesItIs · 03/12/2017 08:15

People don't think they look good though. They think they look fun/silly/Christmassy.

DeloresJaneUmbridge · 03/12/2017 08:15

I don't mind them as long as they are not bought, worn once and discarded.
DS has just had a new Christmas jumper as his old one (which he wore for the previous four years) is Now too small.

This year for the first time ever I have bought one to wear in December. I will probably wear it Xmas Day too. After that it will be kept and probably rolled out every December for the next few years.

I don't do festive bedding though....too much.

LunasSpectreSpecs · 03/12/2017 08:24

Christmas themed stuff is less wasted than non-themed because it's used year after year.

So who are the people who have donated enough stuff to our charity shop to fill about 50 large boxes? No exaggeration. We've had Christmas baubles, jigsaws and other tat stacked in the staff loo since January.

ReturnOfTheMackYesItIs · 03/12/2017 08:35

Perhaps those people have used those things for several years and have now bought new? Maybe they're emigrating or downsizing so know they won't use it next year? Maybe not.

My post included 'in my experience'. That all the families I know use their Christmas themed things again and again.

That's not to say that some people maybe don't. But then some people also buy a new summer/winter wardrobe every year and discard the previous. Some people redecorate their lounge/bedroom every year. Some people buy a new winter coat every year and new 'summer holiday' clothes before they go abroad. Those people who have a completely new Christmas 'theme' every year are probably the same people.

I see people wearing the same Christmas themed outfit year after year. Something being Christmas themed doesn't automatically mean it's going to waste.

Runningoutofusernames · 03/12/2017 08:38

Agree. I love me some Christmas tat - but earrings and the like are fun and can get used again and again... While for all the people on her saying they reuse their Christmas stuff, the sheer volume of ones on sale, plus the sequins and things that clearly won't wash a lot, suggest otherwise.

Ecureuil · 03/12/2017 08:46

While for all the people on her saying they reuse their Christmas stuff, the sheer volume of ones on sale, plus the sequins and things that clearly won't wash a lot, suggest otherwise

But that’s the same with everything. Some people clothe their newborns in hand me downs and second hand bundles, some buy everything brand new. Some people buy a new summer wardrobe every year, some people don’t. Some people buy a new winter coat/scarf/gloves every year, some don’t.