As I walked around the Trafford Centre a week ago, admiring the Christmas lights, I felt, for a brief moment, all warm and fuzzy and festive. Off I went to Selfridges, where the Christmas decorations are all out on display, gorgeous sparkling baubles - a whole wall of them. And I admit I was stopped in my tracks when I spied a mini Mariah Carey in a Santa outfit, in glossy bauble form.
In a moment of weakness, and Ms Carey being a particular favourite of mine, I thought “I’ll treat myself to this”. Until, that is, I turned around the price tag. READ MORE: The "peaceful" north west Christmas Market named better than Manchester The cost for this glass and glitter homage to the ultimate diva? It was an eye-watering £40.
FORTY POUNDS FOR A BAUBLE. Mariah Carey and Anna Wintour baubles, priced at £40, in Selfridges (Image: MEN) And Mariah was not alone. The wall was festooned with all manner of £40 bauble creations of celebrities, think Amy Winehouse, a bare-chested Harry Styles , Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Freddie Mercury, oh they were all there in bauble form.
As I stood and stared at the bauble image of Miranda Priestly (yep, the baddie from Devil Wears Prada) I thought what the hell has this got to do with Jesus? Yet there she was, glowering behind her designer sunglasses, ready to hang on your Christmas tree. That warm, fuzzy festive feeling I had started out my day with suddenly turned into a burning furnace of rage. I couldn’t justify buying Mariah at a price of .
