Christmas decorations at Australian stores in October spark online debate
Christmas is still more than two months away – and some Aussies are not ready yet to embrace the spirit of the festivities.
An online debate has been kicked off over whether it is too soon to bring out the Christmas decorations after a Sydneysider shared a picture on Reddit of workers preparing to install a Christmas tree at the city’s Macquarie Centre mall.
Other people shared that the trend extended to other shopping centres as well.
“Is there some universal signal? North Rocks Shopping centre was setting up too,” one informed.
“Myer at Parramatta has basically the entire bottom floor as Christmas stuff, has been for at least a few weeks as well,” another wrote.
Some argued that the decorations should wait at least until after Halloween wrapped up.
“This time of year you see retail places trying to service both Halloween and Christmas being just around the corner,” one wrote. “It’s the weirdest crossover. ‘Don’t forget the birth of our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ but also zombies!’”
“Couldn’t they at least wait until November? Really ruins the whole Christmas charm when you’re advertising over 2 months in advanced,” another commented.
Some joked that the Christmas ornaments meant that Easter was coming soon.
“You know what that means, a month or two away from hot cross buns in Woolies,” one wrote, with another responding, “And mini eggs!”