Shoppers furious over Celebrations advent calendar as ‘Christmas is ruined’ after opening up doors
SHOPPERS were left fuming after finding an unpopular chocolate behind the first, second and third door of their Celebrations advent calendar.
The "love-it-or-hate-it" chocolate was slammed by shoppers who said they "can't take much more" and complaining that Christmas has been ruined.
The Celebrations advent calendar has a mini Mars sweet treat behind each door.
In the 24-day countdown to Christmas, shoppers get a range of different chocolates including Mars, Milky Way, Galaxy and Maltesers.
But it got off to a bad start for some Mars fans, who took to social media to complain that Bounty was behind December 1, 2 and 3.
Disgruntled customers said the divisive chocolate had "ruined Christmas" and asked if it was a "sick joke".
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One Facebook user said: "Does anyone else have a Celebrations advent calendar?
"Highly disappointed that day one was a Bounty, day two was a Bounty, oh s*** day three three is a f-ing Bounty bar as well."
Another wrote: "Never buying the Celebrations advent calendar ever again!
"I thought it was tragic enough getting Bounty on day one.. to then open door number two today to see another Bounty!
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"I've had to dismantle the whole blasted thing to make sure I wasn't part of some sick joke."
Writing on X, a third cried: "Bought a Celebrations advent calendar.
"A Bounty behind the first door. F*** off. Christmas ruined."
A fourth added: "This is the worst Christmas."
But some shoppers were thrilled to find the chocolate behind the first three doors.
"Oh I love a Bounty," one satisfied customer said.
Another Bounty fan added: ";This would be my dream... they are my favourite!"
A Celebrations spokesperson said: "Christmas isn’t Christmas without the annual chocolate debate.
"Whilst we know Bounty isn't everyone's cup of tea, we also know that for some of you these first few days will have gone straight on the nice list.
"Our calendars are all about sharing and surprises, so rest assured more variety is on the way behind the other doors."
The Celebrations advent calendar costs between £4 and £8 at supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's.
It's not the first time that an advent calendar has left some customers disappointed.
The Christmas countdown got off to a bad start for chocoholics with Celebrations calendars in previous years.
The first door revealed a miniature Bounty bar in 2018 and in 2019 the coconut chocolate was the treat for December 1 and 2.
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Bounty-haters were given a break the following year when they kicked off the the countdown with a Maltesers chocolate.
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Go own brand - if you're not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you'll save by going for the supermarket's own brand bars.
Shop around - if you've spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it's cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you're getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers - supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they've been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars - most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you've got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.