If you’re a curmudgeon who thinks Christmas comes too early each year you’ll be horrified by our examples below of (very) early festive cheer.
Nevertheless, where others have started we will follow, with our offer of 50% off Butlins Christmas holidays. This offer is only available until 31 October, so we hope you’ll forgive us the early start!
So what makes Butlins Christmas holidays so magical?
Butlins transforms their resorts into winter wonderlands throughout December, when children can meet Father Christmas in his grotto, each location is decked out with huge sparkly trees, and there are brilliant live shows to get everyone into the spirit of the season.
Every holiday includes a gift from Santa, festive shows in the daytime and evenings, tickets to Butlins’ family pantomime (oh no it doesn’t, oh yes it does!), plus you can add a yummy five course Christmas dinner to your booking.
Entertaining the children is no problem, with a Splash Waterworld at each resort packed with flumes, wave pools and paddling pools for smaller swimmers.
There’s all the fun of the fair with dodgems, carousels and a host of other rides that are free to take all day long, with a separate indoor funfair especially for under 5s.
50% off Butlins Christmas breaks
Our deal, available to book here, gives you a whopping 50% off Christmas breaks for a variety of dates starting 13 December – meaning you can treat your family from as little as £40 per person.
If you think our Butlins Christmas offer is early, check out these festive firsts:
The town of Tenterden in Kent switched on its Christmas tree lights in August – an incredible 115 days before the December date. The switch-on was even announced by chuffed town councillors!
Mums and dads on the lookout for beachwear for their babies in August were shocked to be confronted by stands of red stockings and reindeer toys during their shopping trips to the Mamas & Papas store in Cardiff.
John Lewis has been just as quick to get its Christmas displays up and running, with eight miles of decorations including 250,000 lights, 5,000 stars and 4,000 black and white cone trees put up overnight in October by teams of technicians.
Christmas and the New Year is a huge period for retailers on Oxford Street, which perhaps explains why the December decorations first appeared in October.
Even the biggest supermarkets are in on the act, stocking advent calendars and mince pies months ahead of Christmas Day.
Kick off your Christmas celebrations by saving 50% off Butlins breaks in December.