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To think Christmas jumpers should be banned?

85 replies

umbrellaellaella · 12/11/2018 19:22

....well not banned, but I hate the way everyone is pressured to purchase and buy one of these.

Work is taking part in the dreaded 'Christmas jumper day' and it's very much frowned upon if you don't take part.

I don't own an xmas jumper, and I resent paying £20 for a jumper I'll only be able to wear for 3 weeks of the year. I know I can wear it again next year, but to be honest I find the fabrics very uncomfortable. Let's not forget, the designs are mostly hideous.

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Kaykay06 · 12/11/2018 21:00

Deathly I have four kids too so know how expensive it can get. I’ve never bought/worn a Christmas jumper though, what do people wear them for? Work?...

School does a Christmas jumper day, we re use jumpers too and usually they fit 2 years running. It’s a pain, bit like the random dressing up days my kids school have, hate trying to think of things to dress the kids up as

E20mom · 12/11/2018 21:01

This again,

Put a piece or tinsel or a couple of baubles an any old jumper. [santa]

Idontbelieveinthemoon · 12/11/2018 21:01

Both DC have Christmas Jumper Day in their schools and love them. I've always kept DS1's to hand down to DS2, and as DS2 has outgrown them they've gone to cousins/friends DC.

I teach reception so from December 1st I wear something Christmassy every day. It's hard not to feel Christmassy when you're surrounded by 4/5 year olds.

petbear · 12/11/2018 21:04

YABU. You can get one for £8 in many places (Primark/Peacocks/Asda etc...)

And you can wear it every year.

Funnily enough, I find the people who complain about spending a tenner on a Christmas jumper, will happily spend £750 to £1000 or more on a wedding dress that they wear only once (and half the time will end up divorced from that husband anyway!)

I have got 3 Christmas jumpers. Love them all, and I start wearing them around 21st of November.

petbear · 12/11/2018 21:07

It's utterly absurd to ban Christmas jumpers completely because they don't suit you and your family. Hmm

I hate smartphones - they're anti social. and expensive, and are ruining society, so should we ban all them too?!

Daft.

If you are going to bang on about banning something, make it something worthwhile! And make it something that causes harm or distress, not fecking Christmas jumpers!

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 12/11/2018 21:33

Oh I agree! I'm not a massive fan and agree on the cheap material. Why not compromise and buy a nice sparkly jumper (e.g with stars on it or something) that looks seasonal but without the forced joviality.

Ceilingrose · 12/11/2018 22:23

YANB at all U.

SpidersDarkedOnMyWashing · 12/11/2018 22:31

I bloody love Christmas jumpers and unashamedly wear them all year round (albeit try to avoid wearing them publicly from January-October). Definitely get good bang for buck out of mine!

You can get them ethically made (and with organic materials to avoid plastic pollution) or second-hand from charity shop (if cost/waste is the concern).

I honestly get so much joy seeing Christmas stuff, especially socks and jumpers...despite being a Muslim!

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Sunhill4 · 01/12/2018 17:54

I bought mine today!! But i got a t- shirt as it's too hot in work for a jumper & it was only £6 in Primark!

SoyDora · 01/12/2018 17:57

They’re pretty tacky and ugly. And usually made from hideous material.
I have one (a snowflake/fair isle type pattern) and have had it for at least 8 years. Doubt I’ll ever buy another!

QuestionableMouse · 01/12/2018 17:59

I got one for £3 in th sale two or three years ago. It has cats in santa jumpers on. It's cotton.

You're being a miserable git Smile

NamedyChangedy · 01/12/2018 17:59

I don't wear jumpers. Let alone a Christmas jumper. Is there really an official day when everyone wears one? It's somehow passed me by.

ginghamstarfish · 01/12/2018 18:03

Ridiculous tat, especially if it's 'for charity' - just give the money you'd otherwise be forced to spend on a crappy acrylic jumper and surely the charity will benefit more. If you like and wear them of your own free will (and use year after year), then that's great, but otherwise a daft idea.

NoLeslie · 01/12/2018 18:03

I agree about the ethical questions - I have seen loads in charity shops but they were obviously still made at some point- but on a shallow note, they are SO unflattering which pisses me off too....

Picklypickles · 01/12/2018 18:04

My brother bought the kids a Christmas jumper each a couple of years ago and they just about still fit them, although son wore his to a Xmas fayre the other day and got a massive static electric shock from his when he took it off, not so keen on it now! All the children at their school will be wearing them on the day they have their xmas lunch at school, so glad they already have some as I'm really not keen on having to spend money on clothes that will only get worn for a few times a year until they grow out of them. The children love them though.

I do have a Christmas jumper, got it a few years ago for a pre-school thing but I really hate woolly jumpers. It was so hot and itchy I highly doubt I'll ever wear it again.

petapepa · 01/12/2018 18:07

I feel it is a waste of the world's resources too. I suppose I don't begrudge the odd xmas jumper for fun, but its just going way over the top now. They have xmas cushions and xmas towels and xmas kitchen paper and xmas butter and xmas pyjamas and and xmas duvet covers fgs, its all tasteless tat!

LaurieFairyCake · 01/12/2018 18:13

No if you're going to be ethical you just make the next jumper you need to buy yourself a Christmas jumper

And go back in time and not buy some other jumper you probably didn't also need

It's very easy just to sew a bauble on any jumper/t shirt Confused

It's ridiculous to be anti it. Like everything else just find a way to do it in an ethical way.

theymademejoin · 01/12/2018 18:15

Thankfully I work with a load of miserable gits so nobody would even consider suggesting a Christmas jumper day.

I'm short and busty so jumpers generally don't suit me so I don't possess any to add bits of tinsel to. No way in hell I would buy one. We had a thing at work once that involved wearing company t-shirts. Again, crew neck t-shirts don't suit me. I brought mine home for gardening/decorating etc and just dressed as normal for the event, as did at least half my colleagues.

If someone wants to wear a Christmas jumper, fire ahead but don't try and force others to do the same or try and make them feel bad if they don't want to.

museumum · 01/12/2018 18:20

People have been wrapping a bit of tinsel round as a scarf or wearing baubles on their earrings since forever. I don’t see it’s that different. I knitted one for ds that lasted a few years, this year he’ll be wearing a woolly jumper with home made additions :)
I’ve got a sarah Lund Nordic jumper I wear for these things. I also wear it non-ironically other times.

Yura · 01/12/2018 18:35

our school doesn’t do christmas jumper day this year because of the environmental impact. they’ve replaced it by rainbow day - kids to wear tgeir favourite clothes to celebrate how we are all different

CookPassBabtridge · 01/12/2018 19:08

I love Christmas jumpers but can't wear mine long as the material is so itchy!

EdWinchester · 01/12/2018 19:10

We have a christmas jumper day at work. It has never occurred to me to actually take part. No-one in my team does. It's not compulsory.

Girlicorne · 01/12/2018 19:15

I LOVE my Christmas wardrobe!! I have a skirt, three dresses, leggings, a t shirt and about 7 jumpers!! Because they only get worn 6 weeks of the year I bring them out every year so no additional expense either! Though I have just added some festive jamas to the collection!!

Yinv · 01/12/2018 19:40

Like everything, it’s how you do it.
Get a jumper that is decent quality and comfortable that you can wear for 2 or 3 months of the year but it counts as a Christmas jumper. If it lasts for 10+ years and you wear it regularly in winter, it’s not bad for the environment.

Unlike a shit quality, gaudy one that can only be worn as a joke on silly days, with lights in that will end up in landfill