Schools - Christmas jumper day - wear an Xmas jumper and raise £1 for charity

[PineappleRox]

Aibu to be aggravated with notices from two different schools about Xmas jumper day. I would have to buy two Xmas jumpers in order to send in £1 for charity.

It would cost about £40 to send them in with Xmas jumpers and pay the £1 for the privilege.

AIBU to think it’s a tone deaf request from school when people are under pressure with the inflated cost of living?

*oh and I’m not opposed to second hand. All of ds’s baby clothes were from EBay. Sometimes it’s luck of the draw what’s available in the right size at the right time.

YABU I would think most children own a Christmas jumper/ some sort of Christmassy clothing. If not send them in their own clothes with some tinsel. If they don’t want to be different then vinted / marketplace will save money. Get them in a size bigger to last 2 years.

If your kids aren’t bothered and have no desperate need to join in, just don’t do it.
If you can’t afford it, maybe approach school and explain the problem. Hopefully they will have some spares.

You're so negative and making up problems where there are none. Some people don't mind helping with these things. No one is expected or forced. It's just a letter of hanging the stuff up and letting people look through it. There is no.ironing, washing or sorting involved.

And it's optional. If your child doesn't want to do it, they can go in uniform or own clothes.

If they're old enough to wear adult clothes, they can sort it themselves anyway.

@PineappleRox for SEN kids you improvise (like I said with my daughter wearing a t-shirt instead).
Or they go in uniform or a regular jumper from home. That applies to non SEN children too.
You know what..... the school won't really care much for one day.
They also won't expect everyone to turn up with the £1 and they won't turn away any kid in a Christmas jumper but no pound coin.
The school really won't care if a kid doesn't pay up.
Also your comment about the PTA is sexist and childish.

Christmas jumper day is not a new thing, it has been going for years and a lot of people enjoy it..Obviously it isn't for everyone so either partake or don't, nobody is forcing you to buy christmas jumpers if you don't want to.

Exactly what mine did. Got 4 virtually new jumpers for £6. I will donate them in turn next year.

We wear our Christmas jumpers all through December so for us it's worth it, especially when you can buy them pretty cheap from supermarkets etc. Lots of children choose to just go in non uniform, especially some of the older children. I don't think there is any harm and a lot of the children find it really fun.

this is hilarious 😂. lord there is enough clothes made at the mo to clothe the next 6 generations of humans. nothing wrong with charity shops they actually get a lot of new. don't like charity shops then you have vinted depop ebay facebook market place etc. 🙄
by the way ever heard of a washing machine

Yanbu. Donating to charity is fine if it makes children aware of people less well off than them. But contributing to extra stuff by buying an Xmas jumper defeats the purpose.

Charity shops are a pain to get to for people who work full time and all the best Xmas stuff is gone now anyway. Tinsel on a jumper is a great way to make a kid self conscious.

My youngest's school does Christmas jumper day but they can wear non uniform and anything festive if they want. I've got a box of Christmas jumpers in the loft that I have picked up from charity shops over the years. When my youngest grows out of one I donate it to the school.

I’ve literally never heard anyone complain about this! Surely your kids have something they can wear? My son has hand me downs from a nephew, a red jumper we could put something festive on, or even a Christmas hat! I think you’re being a bit miserable unnecessarily! No one says go and spend £40!… I mean where have you seen £20 Xmas jumpers for kids anyway!

My son didn’t actually want to wear the one his cousin handed down but we got one in Primark for £3!

Do you never buy your kids a Christmas dress/top etc? It doesn’t have to be a ‘jumper’ it can be any item of clothing. Surely it’s not a new concept? If moneys tight you could have planned in advance and picked up a bargain on Vinted earlier in the year.

5 min quick search on vinted etc. bang in your address pay and boom it's deliverd to your or postbox. same as online shipping 🤷‍♀️🙈
you can even use filters to make your search quicker 😉
99.99 percent of us work too and have little time

Wow you really are unhappy aren’t you.

Most kids I know have an Xmas jumper/t-shirt/dress in December anyway which will get loads of wear. Sometimes we do Xmas socks or hat/cap/gloves instead.

I always buy one as I know there will be an Xmas jumper day so then we are prepared and like I say they wear it all December anyway

OP, why are you ignoring all the posters telling you to just go low key and have you your DC customise a jumper they already have?
So yes, still £1 to find per child but 99% of families will easily afford that and the large majority of schools won’t turn down DC if they don’t pay it, it is voluntary after all.

Bit of tinsel, red or tartan ribbon pinned on a normal jumper would be fine.

World book day, complete with a mandatory 'come dressed as your favourite character', is another needless exercise in making parents run around jumping through hoops for the fun of it.

It's not compulsory to take part, send them into school in their normal uniform if you would prefer to spend the money on something else.

When my oldest was in year six she made her own Christmas jumper by tacking a couple of baubles onto an ordinary jumper. Looked hideous but she was happy and the jumper mercifully returned to normal the next day.

Pin a big bow on a normal jumper? Vinted and charity shops are full of them and you don't need a new one every year. It's not like Christmas comes as a surprise. Or perhaps you have friends who would lend one for the day?
Primark, Poundland etc. have them under a tenner, even for adult sizes.
Don't participate if you don't want to.

I have only ever bought 2nd hand xmas jumpers for myself and dd

I feel the same about world book day, as it always involves buying something. We buy our Christmas jumpers extra big, so always on hand for a few years.

But our school is actually very good at these sort of days. They always have spare jumpers that they have left over from the Christmas fair donations. Whatever the money or item you are supposed to give is always at the gate, so anyone who can't donate won't be shamed in class.