It may only be the third day of spring, but the festive season has already began creeping into the major supermarkets across the country.
Coles and Woolworths are being slammed online for already stocking their shelves with traditional Christmas treats while David Jones has also begun setting up their annual Christmas tree displays.
Despite the big day being more than 100 days away, everything from fruit mince pies to Christmas puddings have been spotted at stores across Australia, creating a social media storm.
Christmas has crept into major supermarkets across the country despite it being September
Both Woolworths and Coles have been slammed online, with photos of stock shared online
Many social media users are shocked that Christmas stock is being sold four months early
People took to social media to slam the super market giants for their premature festive cheer
While many others posted their delight about the Christmas stock being widely available
A mix of Christmas Grinches and festive fans took to social media, sharing their photos of stocked shelves.
One person posted to Facebook toying with the idea the seasonal stock might be ‘left overs from Christmas in July??’.
‘Woolworths just had an ad about Christmas … it’s September … what the f***,’ another person posted.
‘It begins … who’s even eating mince pies in Sep (sic), they’re certainly no choc hot cross bun,’ one wrote.
While many people were not surprised by stock being sold four months before the December 25, others took it in their stride.
‘For ME (sic) the magic starts when the Christmas goodies come out in the shops … 16 Tuesdays. That means only eight pay days … it’s literally just around the corner,’ another posted.
One person toyed with the idea the stock might be ‘left overs from Christmas in July??’
David Jones has started stocking Christmas decorations more than 100 days before the day
Christmas trees and Christmas decorations are being set up at David Jones (pictured)
Many people were frustrated at the early start to Christmas, despite it happening every year
One person even claims to have seen Kmart and Big W stocking the products in August
‘Christmas is the bomb, start cranking [Michael Buble] over the speakers, I’m down like James Brown,’ someone posted.
Coles replied to some of the responses on Twitter, claiming they want to help people prepare for the busy festive season as much as they could.
‘Our customers have informed us they’d prefer to be able to see the availability of Christmas stock earlier in stores to assist with the planning of the festive season and have the option to spread out the costs wherever possible,’ Coles wrote on Twitter.
One man told 7 News Adelaide the premature Christmas displays was part of commercialisation which he thought was ‘slightly nauseating frankly’.
As other despise the early festivities, some can’t wait for the carols to start rolling in (pictured)
Coles replied to some of the responses on Twitter, claiming they want to help people prepare for the busy festive season as much as they could
One man told 7 News Adelaide the premature Christmas displays was part of commercialisation which he thought was ‘slightly nauseating frankly’