Just stop all this crap buying?

[PassingStranger]

Woman in front of me today at shop buying a load of secret santa stuff this morning. I heard her telling the assistant. She also mentioned some of it was for a lucky dip. It was all sweets and chocolate too.

Can people not make a stand now and refuse to get sucked into all this crap.

Just because of a fairytale about a virgin birth sometime in December possibly the whole countries been brainwashed for years,into thinking people have got to have presents and secret santas and lucky díps etc?

Does anyone actually need any of this stuff anyway and more chocolate?
Will the world end if we start to push back?

Its so heavily entrenched into people's minds, they feel its Just something they must do.

I look forward to the day more people start to reject these things and think for themselves?

Is this really want I want to do or am im doing it because its something I have always done?

Do people really need what i am buying?
Martin Lewis seems to be on track with it.
Its ugly.

The final straw for me was a packet of reindeer dust for about £7 that was basically glitter mixed with some sort of powder. Honestly it's ridiculous. I hate excesses and i hate the rubbish the shops sell marked stocking fillers. It actually stresses me out when I see it

In the 70's/80's we were still using Gt Gran's precious, fragile Victorian glass baubles on the tree.

I don't know anyone who buys everything new every year. The whole point is getting it all out, infused with memories?

Booooooooring

Urgh bore off Scrooge

Man is the word ‘tat’ arse-clenchingly overused.

No

A lot of it is crap. And is relatively recent too - things like the aforementioned "reindeer dust" and a full set of matching pyjamas. But I really don't think it's an enormous effort to spend £1.79 on a Cadbury's advent calendar for a child.

TBH I just don’t buy tat. All our decorations are lovely, but we’ve had most of them for many years. All I’ll be buying, decoration-wise, is a fresh wreath (which I’ll decorate) for the front door, and a real tree.
I still buy and send charity cards, and like receiving them.

Except for the sort of ‘treat’ consumables we probably wouldn’t buy for ourselves, we’ve stopped doing adult presents, Nobody wants any more ‘stuff’, and unless you know of something very specific, most adults prefer to choose their own clothes and accessories.

You may think it is a fairytale however, some of us do not. Insulting and controlling. Let others celebrate how they wish.

I agree OP

the buying and buying and buying is obscene

I thought evryone was skint? Cost of living crisis my arse

I agree. I've told my team this isn't happening this year for exactly this reason and they have all been a pain in the arse this year

@PassingStranger agree 100% it’s all a massive rip off and people just go long with it as if they have been brainwashed.

OI Op that could be my mum!
We’ve decided not to do presents but to a lucky dip type game.
It’s to make the day a funnier in the tradition of presents as we all said we don’t need stuff.
My dad only likes what he likes, my mum never gets anything new. My DH spends a fortune on himself and I hate waste!Don’t judge.

You sound miserable, hope this helps

This is all a bit sad though. I’m not conditioned because I buy presents. It’s not brainwashing by the media, my family and I have always shared presents and we love the tradition. I find out what people would like and use and enjoy giving gifts at Christmas and family coming together.

Be careful that you don’t strip your life of joy while stripping out sources of stress!

I agree.
This huge consumption, then we throw so much out afterwards because our homes and fridges are so full.
Sad.

I'm a Christian and I don't do Christmas. Just another excuse to rinse people of money. Nowhere in the bible does it say to celebrate Christmas.

I guess it's a case of "you do you." Yeah some people go completely over the top and some people hardly bother. I'm somewhere in between the two. But if buying a load of plastic crap and chocolate makes someone happy, who am I to tell then what to do with their own money?

People are in very different situations. Christmas for some is filled with nostalgia and happiness. For others is painful. And for others they couldn't give a crap. Neither is right or wrong. I don't do the religious stuff but if others do, or if someone wants to spend £100s on decorating their home, good luck to them

I totally agree with you and yes I buy crap.

It's not Christmas until 25th December (hence the term Christmas Eve).....and doesn't end until Twelfth Night on 5th Jan.....but it seems that Christmas now starts in mid November and promptly ends at midnight on Christmas Day....with people taking their tree down in Boxing Day when it's actually only the 2nd day of Christmas! Bonkers!

Why do couples buy each other a Christmas present, absolutely no need, total waste of money and more tat

Agree! Have had people who think (for example) 6 people all giving a card with £20 to each other is still nice… why bother??

buying crap for the sake is the worst thing about Christmas to be fair. Unnecessary

-import duties swells the tax coffers

• income for uk customs handling/Airport warehousing companies

-income for onward logistics companies and couriers in the uk

I agree with your general thought of buying lots of presents is pointless.

I am not religious, but I think your tone, delivery and mocking towards Christianity is not right.

You should maybe reserve your ire towards the commercial marketing behemoths.