Will everyone please STOP the extremely tone deaf 'Christmas Fridge' threads

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I see these multiple threads every single year and they drive me bonkers. The four days leading up to Christmas Day my feed is inundated with all the stuffed fridges, it's a complete and utter disgrace. Not just a few posters but sometimes literally hundreds of you all joining in with these enormous overflowing fridges, it's barbaric and in incredibly poor taste. I have already seen THREE seperate fridge threads today alone, it's scandalous... please people just think about what you are doing by jumping on this bandwagon. Now I take this a bit personally and here is why.... There are people in this world who are starving and many families, mine included, are having to rely on food banks this year just to keep our children fed. As in dippy eggs and soldiers on Xmas eve. Many of us are in a dire state with finances and the pressures of Xmas. The fridge threads are incredibly upsetting and triggering. By all means have a nice christmas dinner with all the trimmings but why post it and rub it in the faces of those less fortunate? They will be very lucky to scrape together a very basic dinner for the family this year?

I so look forward to seeing everybody's gluttonous greed in full swing, fridges stuffed full of obscene amounts of food and alcohol that will most likely go to waste. (And waistlines. The greed of Christmas it's all totally out of control and I despair)
All the cheese boards, cheesecakes, cheeselets, and on and on and on.
Honestly I wish MNHQ would BAN the threads, they cause many people anguish and distress.
It is one day so please keep some perspective or even better, pop a selection pack or some small treats in a collection trolley to help all the fantastic homeless charities and food banks ensure more people can enjoy a sweet treat on christmas day.

(Thanks to my local foodbank and those who kindly donated, at least me and my children have a lovely box of celebrations that I will bring out on Christmas Day for us) 🙂

I haven't seen any fridge threads this year, just don't click on them. I don't particularly like them but don't see it as worse than those designer handbag threads for instance, or even worse pictures of presents under the tree filling up the whole room.

I personally haven’t seen the threads you mention but you can easily avoid them if you try.

I have seen threads on here asking which house the poster should buy and asking what people think of them with links to rightmove. I personally will never be able to afford a house so it does make me feel sad sometimes especially when I see the price of some of these houses linked. I can easily avoid these threads and look at others (but I’m a nosy cow and choose to look anyway😂).

There is always going to be someone better off than you, it’s up to you whether you choose to read them threads. You can’t control others.

People are allowed to enjoy their Christmas, without having to sanction themselves, because other people are finding it difficult. They are allowed to not feel guilty in doing this.

My fridge is packed to the rafters. I also bought gifts for the charity that was collecting for less well off families at our local Tesco. So..?

This is what annoys me, all the time people ‘triggered’ or upset by what they see online - just stop looking at it then. It’s really very easy.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5463178-christmas-fridge-thread-2025

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5462869-when-does-the-fridge-thread-start

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5462011-christmas-fridge-thread

Here we go for those who are saying they haven't seen any of these awful threads. How to upset those less fortunate at Christmas? SHARE YOUR GREED

There’s a sex board? Ohhh.

Oh dear all that typing just to get people frothing OP?

Surely you have better things to do a few days before Christmas?

I haven’t seen any of these Christmas food threads but I work on a supermarket checkout and am completely astonished at the amount of food people are buying.

Why didn’t you get vouchers for end of term from school? Also the 15p veg from supermarkets?

But it’s clear what those threads are. You’re (presumably) a grown adult - why are you looking at something if you know it’s going to upset you?

Well if you dig about in the Christmas section OP of course you will find people in there talking about Christmas prep. Why are you looking at them?

Don’t open the thread. I collected 2 full car loads for the food bank via work and helped with the distribution, everyone in our town who requested one got one, they also got fresh veg plus supermarkets are selling veg for 8p a bag, people may have full fridges of 8p veg and the generous food bank boxes. Just avoid threads which annoy you, I do

whatever you think of the OP’s position on the fridge threads, and whether you agree with her or not, do so many of you have to be so fucking NASTY???

She’s a mum, like many of us, and she is fucking struggling at Christmas - and there but for the grace of God are any of us.

You have to be a particular kind of arsehole not to be able to shrug off her point if you disagree, and go for the jugular like so many of you have.

If you see a thread ( any thread,) that you do not wish to see then you can hide it and you will not see it in future .
I'm not sure telling others what they can or cannot do is your call tbh .

I volunteer literally hundreds and hundreds of hours for my local baby bank.
I know we are changing people's lives.

I also love christmas with my family and have a full fridge and cool bags full of veg in the garden.
it is ok to enjoy things.

Sorry that you’re in dire straits. Not everyone is, though and people like to celebrate if they can.
Haven’t seen any of the threads that you refer to 🤷‍♀️

Those threads are all clearly titled. If you find them triggering, DO NOT CLICK ON THEM.

HTH.

There’s even a thread about what people are buying their cats for Christmas 🤭

The OP clearly wants a bun fight and that's what she or he is getting 🤷‍♂️

Well I’m sick of people having threads about cycling (I’m disabled and will never be able to). Oh wait the world doesn’t have to pander to me, that’s interesting……..

I think you should come off social media . You wouldn’t see them then .

Seems like a frivolous waste of buns...

Sorry OP but it's quite easy not to click on threads you have no interest in.
I've been at both ends of the scale, but I wouldn't be incensed or begrudge anyone who can afford it, a decent Christmas. And nothing goes to waste in this house, so you can't assume people will be wasting food!
Hope you have as nice a Christmas as you can 🎄