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When is Christmas Jumper Day?
Christmas jumper day 2023 will be here sooner than you think. Thursday 7 December is the day to send the kids to school in their festive sweaters, or to make sure you’ve done your wool wash including your prize knit to wear to work.
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What is Christmas Jumper Day?
Christmas Jumper Day happens every year, or at least it has for the last 10 years. It’s an annual fundraiser. Specifically, it’s a fundraising event for Save the Children. But many charities have found that people use the day to get dressed up and support them, which is lovely. On one day in December, millions of people across the UK dig out their Christmas jumpers to wear at work, school or with their mates, and make a donation to help change the world with a cause that’s close to their hearts.
As a parent, we’ve sent the kids to school in their Christmas jumpers for years. The date creeps up on us and the kids have invariably grown but not at the right rate for hand me downs. So there’s an inevitable minor panic to get the jumper that fits and that they like enough to wear it.
Why is it just one day?
As a family, we do like to have a jumper for the season, just for fun. And I do wear mine to work on Christmas Jumper Day because it’s fun to dress down a bit. In one of my jobs, I had a colleague who has at least one Christmas jumper for every working day in advent. The most impressive thing about the collection was that she had matching Christmas earrings to go with each of them! Her Christmas Jumper Day pairing was always something ‘extra’, which I guess means the day is still special and different.
My other half treats Christmas jumpers like dogs. They’re for life, not just for Christmas. He makes sure they get out regularly, no matter which month or season we happen to be in. His football mates love it when he turns up on a spring evening in his Santa sweatshirt. Even he commits on Christmas Jumper Day though. I guess it’s the charity aspect, and the fact that everyone is wearing one at the same time.
Who is Christmas Jumper Day for?
Save the Children has definitely made the most of Christmas Jumper Day since 2012. They’ve encouraged supporters to don their fanciest festive knits on the day, donating just £2 to the charity to make things better for children in the UK and around the world.
Excitingly this year, the UK government is matching donations to Save the Children for Christmas Jumper Day so the charity will literally double their appeal income without any more of us dressing up and donating our £2. If we needed an incentive to give during a cost of living crisis, they’ve nailed it.
People choose to support many charities with their Christmas Jumper Days, from school PTAs to local food banks. And in the spirit of Christmas, I’m pretty sure Save the Children don’t mind. So while the day is for Save the Children, lots of people will benefit from Christmas Jumper Day – not least from the fun of festive wear all around them on 8 December.
