People say Christmas is already ruined after opening their Celebrations advent calendars to a Bounty

• The Celebrations 2023 advent calendar has angered Britons on its first day
• READ MORE: Celebration time! New limited edition tub contains nothing but Bounty chocolates 

It’s December 1 and that means it’s time for millions of people will be opening up their advent calendars and starting the countdown to Christmas.

But those who picked up a £7 Celebration calendar have joked their Christmas is ‘already ruined’.  

Taking to social media, people complained the first day included the nation’s most divisive chocolate – the Bounty.

While few welcomed the ‘bold’ choice to include the coconut-chocolate treat, the majority of people were not best pleased, and questioned manufacturer Mars Wrigley’s choice to include the bar. 

One user on X, formerly known as Twitter whined: ‘A bounty as day one in the Celebrations advent calendar are you kidding me?’          

Fans have complained that Celebrations have ‘ruined Christmas’ by putting Bounty in the advent calendar

Another chimed in to repeat the disheartened sentiment: ‘Celebrations advent calendar day one is a f***ing bounty. Are you kidding me?’ 

A devastated user took to the platform to ask: ‘Did you start off with a Bounty in the Celebrations advent calendar too?’ before finishing his post with a sad emoji.

One user said: ‘I opened the first door on my Celebrations advent calendar and I got a bounty…’

It seems similar scenes erupted in 2019 when one woman tweeted: ‘Christmas is officially ruined’ after finding the same sweet treat allocated for December 1.

One fan became so disgruntled by the decision to start the month off with bounties that he said: ‘Roll on the second’.

However, it turns out that not everybody was bothered by the manufacturer’s decision. 

A user put whingers in their place as he proclaimed: ‘As December 1 approaches, I just want to remind you all that there are worse things in life than finding a bounty in your Celebrations advent calendar’.

Another quipped: ‘Prepare yourself for the angry tweets tomorrow morning about people being annoyed and surprised the first chocolate in their Celebrations advent calendar is a bounty.

Taking to social media, people complained the first day included the nation’s most divisive chocolate – the Bounty

It comes as Celebrations are set prizes to customers this Christmas, including a a Bounty bar worth a whopping £25,000.

The solid gold bar, which is 10cm long and 4cm wide, the same as a real life Bounty,  weighs a whopping 1kg.  

It took ten days to craft by an expert jeweller in London‘s renowned Hatton Garden district.

Cash prizes up to £10,000 are also up for grabs in the festive giveaway.

Tickets will be placed into random tubs of the chocolate treats this Christmas, available only at Tesco, with one winner taking the golden prize.

Makers of the iconic British chocolate Celebrations, Mars, Incorporated, recently announced that they will be including a nine-carat Bounty in one of their tubs, only available at Tesco

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He said: ‘As a Bounty lover myself it’s been hard to see the treatment the poor coconut choc has received over the years so I’m glad we’re pushing for #BringHomeTheBounty this time round’.

‘I’ve seen lots of valuable items in my time, but this one-of-a-kind golden Bounty bar is up there with the best of them – it’s a wonderfully unique decorative display piece that will dazzle and delight all who look upon it’.

This isn’t the first attempt from Mars to sway the nation. 

The move comes shortly after the company released the ‘Bounty Centrepiece’, the limited-edition hexagonal boxes only containing the mini coconut-filled bars. 

The coconut bars have long divided the nation – with 39 per cent of Britons confessing in a survey carried out last year that they want to banish the sweets from assorted tubs.

In fact, the study of 2,000 adults revealed 18 per cent would feel irritated if they opened a Celebrations tub to find only Bounty bars left, while 58 per cent said this would lead to a family argument.

Valued at a whopping £25,000, the solid gold bar is 10cm long and 4cm wide and took ten whole days to craft by an expert jeweller in London ‘s renowned Hatton Garden district

In response to this, Mars Wrigley teamed up with Tesco last November to trial ‘No Bounty’ tubs in the lead up to the festive season. 

Kerry Cavanaugh, of Mars Wrigley’s UK, said: ‘Every year, we love seeing the debate rage over our beloved Celebrations tubs. 

‘This year, our much-loved Bounty bar has gone gold.

‘The bar is worth £25,000, which surely is enough to make even the most dedicated Bounty-haters reconsider their stance.

‘We’re excited to hear the publics verdict – would you treasure, or would you trade? Bring Home The Bounty’.

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