Keep Christmas colours, not gender nonsense
I hope it’s ok that I have a whinge here! But it really annoys me that so much of the ‘first Christmas’ stuff is only in pink and blue.
For one thing, I am still pregnant so don’t know if I’m having a boy or girl (I’m due on 20 December so buying in advance is pretty necessary!). But I don’t want lots of pink or blue according to gender anyway.
I see no reason to distinguish between genders with colours at the best of times, but at Christmas I would much prefer red or green to stick with Christmas – or maybe purple as that is a trendy Christmas theme colour.
Is it just me or can we tell shops to get rid of gender-based Christmas gimmicks and concentrate on Christmas as the only necessary theme?
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Tags: blue, first christmas, gender, pink
October 31st, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Hi Estelle – red and green and other bright colours do seem to fit the Christmas mood better, don’t they? I guess some people like the pink and blue or else shops wouldn’t still stock them – maybe some people will change to Christmas colours if you inspire them to think about what they’re doing…
Merry Christmas to those new babies and parents, though!
November 9th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Have to agree – go with bright Christmassy colours for fun and they’re easier to use next year, too. I like to treat all kids as equal 9different but equal) so don’t like stereotypgin colours, either Estelle – did you know blue used to be for girls until some marketing person swapped the colours over and the pink for girls stuck? Proves gender colour is silly to me.
November 16th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Thanks for sharing your ideas, Akela (that is my cub name, too!) That is very interesting to know ‘blue for boys’ was deliberately introduced for a marketing campaign – all the more reason to enjoy those bright Christmas reds and greens!
November 30th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
[...] For starters, the baby can’t read and doesn’t really care – sorry to disappoint you but it’s true. If the baby is old enough to sit up and watch Christmas around them, they’ll be more interested in the wrapping paper, people and decorations than a stocking (especially as many are insipid pastel things for some silly gender bias). [...]