Is it too early to start your Christmas shopping?
Many shops are already stocked with Christmas stock but is September too soon to start getting ready for the big day. We have sent camera crews out across the country for peoples opinion’s.
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00:00 What are your thoughts on Christmas and how early do you think you should start like celebrating
00:06 Christmas things like that?
00:07 Um, way too early. I think about a month ago I saw the first sort of Christmasy stuff in
00:13 a supermarket. In fact I took a photograph and said, you know, what the hell is this?
00:18 Well unless it's a bargain, unless it's unless it's on a 50, 60% sale, then yeah, it's not
00:23 too early.
00:24 I mean I used to work at retail so I know, yeah I worked in John Lewis and you know the
00:28 the Twinkies stuff was always in by the end of September. I think if people want to spread
00:33 their shopping out, that's fine. I don't do a lot of shopping anyway but I'm a miserable
00:37 person but no I think if it helps people it helps people, yeah.
00:40 And people have already got their Christmas cards out, wrapping paper. End of November
00:45 will be fine. Um, I mean we've not even had Halloween. So if we haven't, so as we've not
00:54 had Halloween, then get that out of the way first and then think of Christmas.
01:00 Yes, I think so. Yes, it's in my mind but I won't go and buy anything yet. Maybe October.
01:08 Obviously all the retailers have started like, stuffing the shelves. Christmas stuff happening
01:11 is too soon.
01:12 Well I like to look at it but I can't bring myself to buy anything just yet. It's got
01:16 to be, well it can't be warm like this. It's got to be colder. Yeah.
01:21 Yeah, it is early. It is early because things can change. People's habits, you know, people's
01:25 wants can change, can't they? But you can understand it's a money spinner, isn't it?
01:30 Yes. Too early, yes. We haven't even had Halloween yet.
01:36 When do you recommend you start then?
01:38 Oh, I'd say probably the middle of November and after, maybe after Guy Fawkes night.
01:46 Don't ask me that one.
01:48 I'm in charge of Christmas shopping.
01:50 I just stand well back and let that course, let it take its natural course.
01:56 But yes, October I start.
01:58 I'd still point early, wouldn't you?
01:59 Yeah.
02:00 Yeah, why do you start so early?
02:04 Because there are some, I like to get the Advent calendar type gifts, you know, that
02:13 the perfume companies bring out and you have to get those quite early. Never too early.
02:19 I feel like the earlier you start, the better deals you get. At Christmas time, they increase
02:22 everything. So I don't think it's too early. It's good to start getting little bits here
02:25 and there when you can.
02:27 The closer you get to Christmas, I think that the more expensive things get and like the
02:31 less time you have to think hard about what people want or what you think suits people.
02:36 So I just like to get it done and out of the way.
02:38 I have not started yet. I normally do in like November because I just, I don't know what
02:46 to buy. Like, you never know. So I just leave it a bit last minute.
02:50 Yeah, it's too early to ever start Christmas shopping. Couldn't say. Yeah.
02:57 When will you be doing yours?
03:01 Five minutes before Christmas.