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Prima's products are very rarely for me, and this collection is not different in that regard.

That is a big ol' heck no from me.

I like old-style Santas, I like traditional red/green Christmas colours...but for some reason I don't really care for this collection

I love the dark colors and florals but can skip the Santa gingerbread and dead Rudolph horns. 🫥

I don't need any more Christmas themed supplies. But I like the traditional colours and the richness of the reds and the flowers.

This is going to sound so incredibly ridiculous, so I apologize in advance, but the way they design the cover sheets for their paper pads is actually part of my issue with the company as a whole. Some companies arrange the images of each paper (and its B side) in squares, and some show long narrow strips. And either of those methods work well for my eye/brain. I can see the individual patterns and colors quite easily that way.

But Prima instead does that off-set diagonal cut to show off each set of 2 patterns, and for whatever reason, my eyes/brain take that and see just a splotch of colors all mixed up together without really seeing any patterns at all. And even if I click on the thumbnail to see the larger image, I still have trouble sorting out the patterns. Since paper is my favorite supply of all, the fact that it's hard for me to digest each line as a whole really make me less likely to even look closely at their offerings. I just see that "splotch" and think "Oh, gosh, no." and I move on.

So there's my entitled whine about that.

I generally like Prima’s collections but I’ll pass on this one. I also tend to steer clear from collections with non diverse icons of people. I understand these may be licensed images and I don’t know how much control they have over shade of skin tone, but that’s a choice they make when they choose their imagery. I get to make a choice too. If Santa’s in the collection I make a point of buying ones that include at least 1 brown or black Santa.

It's way too dark and dreary for me, this is an easy pass.

That would be great- I love Frank Garcia lines. They have such lovely colors and are more whimsical.

25 & Peppermint is exactly what I'd expect from Prima. I quite like the pink star print b-sides, but I doubt I'll end up buying anything.

25 & Peppermint: My immediate thought just from the paper pack thumbnail pictures is that I much prefer these colors to the darker ones from the other line, BUT I don't know that these colors would ever work for me. Not for photos, anyway. There's just never anything pink in my Christmas celebrations at all. Even years when we had baby girls in the family, they all wore other colors. If I wanted to make a holiday themed journal or cards, then that would be different, of course.

I appreciate when lines offer a number sheet in their holiday pack, and both of these Prima lines do have one. I do prefer the set-up of this line more, with each number being the same size & shape.

There are a few b-sides that are NOT pink---2 red dot, 1 red stripe, and a gingerbread & snowflake cookie design, and I really like that gingerbread one. I'd be willing to grab that single sheet for sure, and probably the one with the red stripe as well. I do love a candy cane stripe paper.

Ew. Sorry to those who love it. This is why variety is so important but to not sound privileged...no thakk you.

Aside from being such a strange name that makes no sense, 25 and Peppermint:  Creepy vintage Santa images and dolls. The stuff nightmares and horror movies are made of. Shudder.

I'm glad that there is a variety of lines available so more people have the opportunity to find the line that works best for them but...I'm very firmly in the traditional dark green/cranberry red Christmas camp and bright green/red is about as out there as I get. Pink and cream isn't my favourite in general and definitely not for Christmas. I don't think I'm really in Prima's customer base though