How early is Kent getting ready for the festive period?

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Time Christmas is the UK's biggest seasonal store and they're preparing to launch a grand opening over the weekend in Medway.   Oliver Leader de Saxe reports.

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00:00While the sun may be beating down on Medway, across the river Tyne Christmas is firing

00:07up for the festive season with just days away from the grand reopening in a fresh and new

00:14space.

00:15But with more than three months until December, is it a little too early?

00:22It's a big run up so people are thinking about it and it's something to look forward to.

00:26So you know there's not long to go so people are like well what are we doing?

00:30So to be honest it's never too early for us so what I would say is it's only four paychecks

00:36till Christmas.

00:37That's the way to look at it so there's not a lot of time.

00:39It's clear then that Tyne Christmas don't think it's too early to get ready for the

00:45festive season and they have come prepared.

00:49As far as the eye can see there's candy canes, there's baubles, there is wrapping paper and

00:56it is in fact the biggest Christmas shop in the UK now and that means an expanded winter

01:03wonderland experience where they showcase all their lights.

01:07Last year thousands flocked from across the five towns to see the display, to come along

01:12to their Grinch days and this year promises to be even better.

01:17I can't show you any of it just yet, the grand opening is this Saturday so no spoilers from

01:23KMTV.

01:24But I do wonder are people on Rochester high street a little bit more bar humbug about

01:31early Christmas?

01:32When is too early to celebrate Christmas?

01:36Now.

01:37Yeah now.

01:38September.

01:39September as well?

01:40Yes.

01:41Yes.

01:42October I would think.

01:43September.

01:44Me personally I don't like celebrating Christmas until the first of December.

01:51Christmas for me is when the Christmas tree goes up, I like to start getting my Christmas

01:54shopping but it is nice to start seeing some bits up a little bit before.

02:01I think it's a shame when people put it up way too early because then it's a long time

02:05for the children to wait.

02:07Yeah but they don't appreciate what it's for, if it's too early that's why they just get

02:13a bar of chocolate.

02:14I mean when you were a younger mum at Christmas, what was it like for you?

02:19You never waited from October did you?

02:22No.

02:23It was like a week before.

02:25There you have it, Rochester says bar humbug to the August advent.

02:32But love it or hate it, it's clear for some the countdown for Christmas has already begun.

02:40Oliver Leader of the Saks reporting for KMTV.

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