It’s not a fucking stocking filler!

[YesJs]

I’m getting sick of gift guides with ‘stocking fillers’ that are around £15-20.

‘Perfect stocking filler for a teen’ says Glamour of a £25 lip balm kit. GQ, recommends a Stockings contain at least 10 presents - more likely about 15-20. Therefore (unless you’re super rich) they need, by nature, to be much cheaper than this.

I earn good money, I wouldn’t spend upwards of £250 on a stocking BEFORE the main presents. AIBU

stocking fillers should be up to about £25 for the lot imho.

Ha ha.
I understand what you mean.
You also get the "we only buy token presents like books and chocolates" thing people say.
To me that's not a "token" present - it's an actual present 😂

It could be "a" stocking filler.

You could spend £15 on one stocking filler and a fiver or do on the others.

Agreed, the magic is believing Santa’s elves made the contents in their workshop so it should be little gifts and sweets not L’Oréal’s and Apple’s latest must have

Absolutely

Agree!! I saw a Sol de Janeiro set described as a stocking filler earlier - £46!!!!

for a 15 year old?

Yanbu...it starts earlier and earlier and gets bigger and bigger and people go along with it thinking it's their own choice.

Stocking fillers for teens are stuff like a box of tissues, a bag of crisps, a bottle of shower gel, a bar of chocolate and a satsuma.

It's no wonder people are so grabby. I agree with you OP, those sorts of prices are stupid.

“It’s not a fucking stocking filler”. To You.

It is to me 🤷‍♀️ . I have late teens. I pop in things like lancombe mascara etc.

If the 15 year old still believes in Santa, yes. If they are 15 and don’t believe in Santa perhaps it’s time to have a couple of extra presents and no stocking.

i always do stupid bits like the bag of chocolate coins, a novelty eraser, blind bag lego figure, silly pencil with fluff on the end, wind up x-mas themed toy, maybe a £5 voucher for Roblox..etc. It was always silly, fun, tat.

Tbf I don’t do sticking fillers as in stocking fillers 🤣

I just buy the presents and things I want to buy and then whatever is smaller enough to go in stocking goes in stocking.

it’s not based on cheaper things just smaller sized things. My kids still know what their main present is even if it’s in their stocking.

I used screwed-up newspaper.

YAB ver U
you do you.

Stocking fillers in my book are presents small enough to fit in the stocking.
I am not buying any random tat just to fill them.

Happy to fill a bit with chocolates and token presents that are not a waste, chocolate get eaten, but for the rest?

Since when must we rules on Christmas gifts and what is acceptable or not? Ridiculous.

There is no “should” about this issue at all 😆

I don't disagree with you op but what I tend to do is buy what we're buying then put the small items in a stocking because I also don't want to buy things just for the purpose of filling it. It always has chocolate, a new toothbrush and flannel in it though.

I’ve given up with stocking of tat for DC. Except for some sweets, everything is wanted or needed - ie socks and pyjamas.
Each stocking is £200. Main present similar.

🙄

what 15 year old believes in Santa?

I am an adult, and I still have stocking fillers thank you! I know Santa doesn't fill the others, I do 😂

For any age

why the eyeroll?

Is there a superiority about the kind of presents people give now?

Stockings are the main event in our house. We save big presents for birthdays. We are all adults mind you.

my teens aren't into makeup or expensive little things.

but then i'm mostly skint and their entire xmas haul comes to £150 each... £25 on the stocking £125 on other stuff... and often its an expensive game for swich or PS5, so they only get a few bits from me really.

A stocking full of Lancôme mascaras would be a pretty steep price.