Who has time for seasonal bedsheets

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Absolutely not here to cause offence butttttt

Shops are filled with seasonal decor - I understand maybe a Christmas cushion or even a Halloween door mat but who has the time for seasonal bedsheets? Do you use them all year round? Who looks at your bed? I've seen Halloween ones, Xmas, even Easter. I just don't get it!

I like your mindset @PartingGift .
I need to be more like you.

I'm the same. Different bedding for different times of year. I have a chest I keep it in and that sits nicely at the end of my bed. Zero hassle. Always makes me smile.

What does summer bedding look like? 🤔 Am I missing a treat?

I thought you meant changing from cotton to flannelette.

That's the only seasonal change I would make.

I never had Christmas bedding until I had DGC, and I got some for the double beds as well, so now it comes out for December visitors or when they stay at Christmas and lives in a drawer on the landing the rest of the year. Two of my DC live abroad so I like it to be festive when they come home in December. It’s just part and parcel of Christmas stuff in our house.

We also have a Christmas shower curtain, goes on at the start of December. Bright red, garish, goes with absolutely nothing that we own... but it brings a smile to everyone's face when they see it (one bathroom containing the only loo, so everyone sees it).

Bizarre concept that you decorate your house for other people’s benefit. My sheets are chosen to compliment the bedroom decor, by your logic I shouldn’t bother doing that as no one sees them.

Bought a double peppa pig Christmas bedding set for DS years ago when he was a young ned sharing tot, and it's made its way into the normal bedsheet changing routine so every 3 or 4 weeks I get to enjoy the spirit of a bacon-y Christmas even in spring.

Bedding? I’ve just garaged my standard CX90 and brought out the pumpkin orange one. That’ll go back into storage next month and then the red one with green trim comes out 😂

Yay capitalism!

@AutumnLeaves24 So don't you change your bedding over autumn/winter? my bedding is just washed and ironed and put back on. why the hell would i waste money on bedding for all the beds for use only for two weeks of the year! no wonder so many people are skint!!

Me! My house has good storage and I love having Christmas sheets!

@HebburnPokemon What does summer bedding look like? 🤔 Am I missing a treat? you are missing nothing! presumably summer bedding is sprinkled with sunshine and is basically yellow!! honestly cant believe some of this shit!! decorate whole house for halloween, decorate whole house for christmas, decorate whole house for easter! who has time and money to waste on this? lol

I have a festive / Scandi winter duvet cover that goes on for Dec - Feb half term. It's so cheery and it drags me through the darkest days. Have to wash, dry and put it back on the same day but it's not too much hassle. It'll last me for thirty years or so I expect.

@allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld you do realise people have different levels of income right?

That's just a crazy rude assumption. I change my bedding weekly, just not specifically patterned to a holiday 🤗

That's just a crazy rude assumption. I change my bedding weekly, just not specifically patterned to a holiday

As I assumed, so what extra effort do you think seasonable bedding requires?

@tuberole I answered this several times in my previous replies

But it’s re-used every year so it’s hardly wasteful. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have a cupboard in the guest bedroom with all the bedding in so there’s plenty of Duvet covers for the different times of year.

Christmassy bedding for all the beds goes on in December and when DC were little, the Santa Claus bedding would be put out on their beds on Christmas Eve and swapped on January 1st for the winter themed bedding.

I’m not interested in matching my bedding to the room decor. I prefer to follow the seasons instead.

Where do you shop that only sells cheap polycotton bedding?
Brentford Nylons? 😂

I only buy minimum 200 thread count cotton bedding, preferably higher.

You sound very angry for some reason with your “honestly can’t believe some of this shit” comment. I’m not skint. I also don’t decorate the whole house for autumn. I do, however, have cushion covers for the sofa with an autumn pattern (takes 5 mins to change), a faux autumn bouquet from Little Buds which is quite realistic and always gets compliments (takes 5 mins to swap from
the rest of the year bouquet) I also have 2 ceramic pumpkins on the table in the hall and a wreath for the door (5 mins to put out). All of these things, with the exception of the bedding set I’ve just got, have been reused for years (and obviously the new bedding will also be reused for years). And the bedding gets changed weekly, the same as the non seasonal bedding.

At Christmas we tend to have a bit more in terms of decorations, but again, most of our stuff has been going years.

I spend a lot of time in my house due to illnesses and this sort of thing makes me happy. Why does it bother you so much?

It's just something else to enjoy about the season if you're really into it. And yeah no-one sees it apart from me, but it's me its for! I don't do anything for other peoples eyes

Whatever makes people happy and isn't harming anyone!

I’ve posted this a couple of times before now, on different threads. It’s a shame it’s needed really.

Fully agree with this! There are lots of stuff I'm not into, but I'd never dream of mocking people for it the way you get on some of these threads. It's harmless and it makes people happy!

The denigrating comments about plastic tat - well I don't buy that either, but you know what? I've got a friend who does and my God does she get excited to show me her bargains! I've another American friend who goes ALL OUT for each season, more than me, and seeing her face when she's made a display? It makes me happy.

What's the big bloody deal? I hate cleaning and have zero interest in discussing the finer points of Zoflora. But you know what? That makes some people happy!

Fun sponges.

I put seasonal bedding firmly in the category of things done by Women who Don't Work (alongside those complicated bento lunchboxes).

Sorry, no. I do work, which is why I have a house with a good sized linen closet and the money to fill it with bedding.