Page 6 | Schools - Christmas jumper day - wear an Xmas jumper and raise £1 for charity

PineappleRox · 2024-12-09T14:58:58+00:00

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?

StrawberryWater · 09/12/2024 18:32

Always buy ours second hand. Never paid more than about £3 for an X-Mas jumper. I get them from the charity shop.

Ilikemymenlikeilikemycoffee · 09/12/2024 20:16

AwardGiselePelicotTheNobelPeacePrize · 09/12/2024 18:12

A £3 Primark jumper is made in a sweatshop from oil-based acrylic. It was quite possibly made by a late primary age child. I don't think it's a great look for a fundraiser personally.

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So sorry to offend!

MumChp · 09/12/2024 22:39

PineappleRox · 09/12/2024 16:01

Two jumpers when they are small men’s and ladies’ are likely to be £17 each plus a couple of quid for the charity.

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Never paid that money!

itsmylife7 · 09/12/2024 22:43

NerrSnerr · 09/12/2024 15:06

As others said, charity shops have plenty of Christmas jumpers or pin some tinsel to a normal jumper.

my local charity shops are charging £5.50 for a child's Christmas jumper. The rail is still full with them.

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PineappleRox · 09/12/2024 23:18

Seashor · 09/12/2024 17:34

Yes you are being unreasonable, very unreasonable actually. This is all about your child, I can assure you none of us teachers want to be in a Christmas jumper all day, but we do it because the children LOVE it.
It’s VERY lazy of you not to pimp a jumper you already have with some Christmas themed bits and bobs, it will cost you next to nothing.

You know nothing about me and nothing about whether my children would even wear that! For a teacher, I’m surprised you are blinkered enough to make a total assumption about my children & whether they would be prepared to wear that.

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PineappleRox · 09/12/2024 23:27

GridlockonMain · 09/12/2024 15:15

It’s bloody stupid. The environmental / human labour cost of even a few people in the school buying a shitty, acrylic and glitter Christmas jumper for this purpose would immediately dwarf the few measly quid this will raise for charity. Schools should avoid fundraisers which require people to buy cheap, poor quality clothing or props as far as possible because they put people under financial pressure and do more harm than good.

I couldn’t agree more. The whole thing is ludicrous.

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TizerorFizz · 09/12/2024 23:32

So you have fussy children who must have new jumpers? That’s the real problem here. You won’t help them make a jumper they own look Christmassy and they turn their noses up at anything not new. And yet it’s the school’s fault?

WearyAuldWumman · 09/12/2024 23:39

TizerorFizz · 09/12/2024 23:32

So you have fussy children who must have new jumpers? That’s the real problem here. You won’t help them make a jumper they own look Christmassy and they turn their noses up at anything not new. And yet it’s the school’s fault?

They're not "fussy" - you obviously haven't read all of the OP's posts.

Psychologymam · 09/12/2024 23:41

SuperfluousHen · 09/12/2024 15:12

Absolutely agree with you.
Any excuse to gouge money out of parents.

I see other posters advocating a charity shop jumper - sorry, I’m not a fan, you quite literally don’t know where it’s been. Flame away if you love shopping in charity shops!

Well if you’re okay with fast fashion, primark are selling long sleeved Xmas t-shirts for 2 euro or just if you’re creative make an old one Christmassy. Xmas is expensive time of year but you don’t have to spend 40 pounds on jumpers if you prefer not to and charity shops aren’t the only option!

Blondeshavemorefun · 09/12/2024 23:45

Love Christmas jumper day

Kids love it

But I don't buy new

Charity shops for for £1/2

And our school Xmas fair has a stall for Xmas clothes that we have donated to

and mini blondes got her lovely one for Xmas dinner /jumper day for £1

Wheelz46 · 09/12/2024 23:50

PineappleRox · 09/12/2024 16:18

I bet a bunch of women volunteers are expected to jump in and run these things and clean and iron and sort. Women are viewed as having nothing better to do.

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I understand how hard it can be if someone is struggling financially and this is why our PTA also have a christmas jumper donation.

There is no expectation for any money to be exchanged for the jumpers and for what it's worth, there are quite a few dad's on our PTA who offer alot of their spare time to meetings, events and fundraisers.

Also if any parent/carer does not have the time to look through the christmas jumpers due to other commitments, they can just bob an email to school and their child will be allowed to go and choose one, this can be discreet if the parents so wish.

saraclara · 09/12/2024 23:51

I called into my local charity shops at the weekend, and it seemed like half of each shop was Christmas jumpers for £1, or £2 at the most.

There's really no need to make a drama of it. It's a bit of fun for the kids.

RB68 · 10/12/2024 00:50

Ididnt have a problem buying my daughter a jumper but she hated Christmas ones but loved a penguin one - so I just made a hat brooch and she pinned that on

But as others have said charity shops make a point of having them in - try some of the childrens ones specifically

FanofLeaves · 10/12/2024 07:01

saraclara · 09/12/2024 23:51

I called into my local charity shops at the weekend, and it seemed like half of each shop was Christmas jumpers for £1, or £2 at the most.

There's really no need to make a drama of it. It's a bit of fun for the kids.

Oh, but OP doesn’t have time to go to charity shops because she has a job and children 🙄😂

UpTheMagicChristmasTree · 10/12/2024 07:07

Seashor · 09/12/2024 17:34

Yes you are being unreasonable, very unreasonable actually. This is all about your child, I can assure you none of us teachers want to be in a Christmas jumper all day, but we do it because the children LOVE it.
It’s VERY lazy of you not to pimp a jumper you already have with some Christmas themed bits and bobs, it will cost you next to nothing.

Speak for yourself, I work in a school and I love wearing my Christmas jumpers/dresses every day throughout December!

Nolegusta · 10/12/2024 07:08

FanofLeaves · 10/12/2024 07:01

Oh, but OP doesn’t have time to go to charity shops because she has a job and children 🙄😂

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Isn't it more that she loiks down on charity shops? 🤔

ClaudineMallory · 10/12/2024 07:14

If you don't want your children to join in, that's fine. It's not compulsory. It's just a bit of fun at Christmas time, and the opportunity to give something to charity.
Lots of good suggestions for cheap ways to do it, but your choice.

ICarriedTheWatermelon · 10/12/2024 07:16

YANBU - I’m fed up of endless charities using schools as platforms for making money. Many parents are struggling enough as it is.

FiveWhatByFiveWhat · 10/12/2024 07:20

SuperfluousHen · 09/12/2024 15:12

Absolutely agree with you.
Any excuse to gouge money out of parents.

I see other posters advocating a charity shop jumper - sorry, I’m not a fan, you quite literally don’t know where it’s been. Flame away if you love shopping in charity shops!

Wash it. Make one. Get one from Vinted etc. Use hand me downstairs if applicable. Keep it for future years.

And "gouge" money out of you? It's £1 for a charity not £10 towards lazy boys for the staff room.

Or just opt out as it's totally optional. Preferably quietly.

Some people just aren't happy unless they've got something to moan about.

VodkaCola · 10/12/2024 07:24

lanthanum · 09/12/2024 15:23

Our local primary has a collection point for outgrown Christmas jumper - I presume they sell them for 50p or something towards PTA funds. There have also been a fair number changing hands on Facebook, often free.
The secondary has "wear something Christmassy", which means that some tinsel will do - that seems more sensible.

My mother would have really struggled with kitting four of us out with Christmas jumpers, although after a while we'd have had hand-me-downs. At least now it's been going a while there are plenty of secondhand ones around. When schools first started doing it, that wasn't the case.

A school near me does this too. They have a rail in the playground at hometime with donated Christmas jumpers, hats etc.

mamajong · 10/12/2024 07:26

Ours love Xmas jumper day and you can pick them up dirt cheap on vinted or on charity shops. People also choose to wear Xmas colours with a festive brooch or santa hat - the schools aren't that picky. You really don't have to spend £40 to participate imo

ClaudineMallory · 10/12/2024 07:28

ICarriedTheWatermelon · 10/12/2024 07:16

YANBU - I’m fed up of endless charities using schools as platforms for making money. Many parents are struggling enough as it is.

I think the charities are to help people with even more struggles, aren't they?
Still, it's a free choice. Don't donate money if you don't want to.

Marshtit · 10/12/2024 07:34

this is something you will have to get used to
trawl charity shops
or put tinsel/baubles on a jumper

DreamW3aver · 10/12/2024 07:40

Marshtit · 10/12/2024 07:34

this is something you will have to get used to
trawl charity shops
or put tinsel/baubles on a jumper

Has wearing the jumpers become compulsory since my children left primary school? I've never bought a Christmas jumper, my children wouldn't have worn one, I was happy to give the £1 but never found the need to get used to buying stuff I had no need for

Just don't do it if you don't want to

AwardGiselePelicotTheNobelPeacePrize · 10/12/2024 08:11

I find Save the Children Xmas Jumper day to be a bit like Cut Down a Tree in The Amazon to Support the Woodland Trust Day personally.