People of London: ‘We’ve lost the meaning of Christmas’

With supermarkets already stocking up on Christmas snacks and decorations, we ask Londoners if September is too early to start Christmas shopping.

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00:00It's less than 100 days until Christmas, mince pies, Christmas decorations and boxes

00:05of chocolates are already front and centre at some supermarkets.

00:10But when is it acceptable to start doing Christmas shopping?

00:13It's too early to start Christmas shopping, and Wendy, have you thought about that yet?

00:19No.

00:20Deals are starting to go up in supermarkets.

00:22I saw mince pies yesterday, I think it's too early.

00:26Considering the way the economy is and the difficulty that people, it just puts more

00:31pressure on people who can't afford to spend huge amounts at Christmas.

00:37I think the meaning of Christmas has been lost, and we should be more thinking about

00:43what we can do to help people and putting more back into the community rather than buying

00:48big expensive presents for one another.

00:51Any time before December.

00:52Yeah.

00:53Yeah.

00:54Far too early.

00:55Far too early, yeah.

00:56I've seen mince pies in the supermarket and just no.