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.
Traditional red stockings suit many people more than pink or blue stockings
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?
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!
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.
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!
I agree with you, baby things don’t need to be gender colored, especially at Christmas. When my children were babies, the “baby’s first” things were not popular and hard to find. I had to make my own.which if your a crafty person is something when your child gets older you can pass on to them.
I think hand made for a baby is so much nicer, anyway, pocs.