{"id":69822,"date":"2023-12-01T16:06:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=69822"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:06:46","slug":"people-say-christmas-is-already-ruined-after-opening-advent-calendars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/people-say-christmas-is-already-ruined-after-opening-advent-calendars\/","title":{"rendered":"People say Christmas is already ruined after opening advent calendars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> People say Christmas is already ruined after opening their Celebrations advent calendars to a Bounty<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Celebrations 2023 advent calendar has angered Britons on its first day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Celebration time! New limited edition tub contains nothing but Bounty chocolates\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s December 1 and that means it&#8217;s time for millions of people will be opening up their advent calendars and starting the countdown to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>But those who picked up a \u00a37 Celebration calendar have joked their Christmas is &#8216;already ruined&#8217;.\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Taking to social media, people complained the first day included the nation&#8217;s most divisive chocolate &#8211; the Bounty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While few welcomed the &#8216;bold&#8217; choice to include the coconut-chocolate treat, the majority of people were not best pleased, and questioned manufacturer Mars Wrigley&#8217;s choice to include the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One user on X, formerly known as Twitter\u00a0whined: &#8216;A bounty as day one in the Celebrations advent calendar are you kidding me?&#8217;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/10\/78463599-12813707-image-a-16_1701427395635.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans have complained that Celebrations have &#8216;ruined Christmas&#8217; by putting Bounty in the advent calendar<\/p>\n<p>Another chimed in to repeat the disheartened sentiment: &#8216;Celebrations advent calendar day one is a f***ing bounty. Are you kidding me?&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A devastated user took to the platform to ask: &#8216;Did you start off with a Bounty in the Celebrations advent calendar too?&#8217; before finishing his post with a sad emoji.<\/p>\n<p>One user said: &#8216;I opened the first door on my Celebrations advent calendar and I got a bounty&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It seems similar scenes erupted in 2019 when one woman tweeted: &#8216;Christmas is officially ruined&#8217; after finding the same sweet treat allocated for December 1.<\/p>\n<p>One fan became so disgruntled by the decision to start the month off with bounties that he said: &#8216;<span>Roll on the second&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, it turns out that not everybody was bothered by the manufacturer&#8217;s decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A user put whingers in their place as he proclaimed: &#8216;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&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Another quipped: &#8216;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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463937-12813707-image-a-32_1701436480029.jpg\" height=\"80\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78464219-12813707-image-a-33_1701436481906.jpg\" height=\"86\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463933-12813707-image-a-34_1701436483281.jpg\" height=\"107\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463931-12813707-image-a-35_1701436484846.jpg\" height=\"85\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463921-12813707-image-a-38_1701436491733.jpg\" height=\"85\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463911-12813707-image-a-44_1701436510317.jpg\" height=\"95\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78463915-12813707-image-a-47_1701436517800.jpg\" height=\"144\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/15\/78463929-12813707-image-a-7_1701443708597.jpg\" height=\"122\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media, people complained the first day included the nation&#8217;s most divisive chocolate &#8211; the Bounty<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Celebrations are set prizes to customers this Christmas, including a a Bounty bar worth a whopping \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n<p>The solid gold bar, which is\u00a010cm long and 4cm wide, the same as a real life Bounty,\u00a0 weighs a whopping 1kg.\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It took ten days to craft by an expert\u00a0jeweller in\u00a0<\/span>London<span>&#8216;s renowned Hatton Garden district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cash prizes up to \u00a310,000 are also up for grabs in the festive giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will be placed into random tubs of the chocolate treats this Christmas, available only at Tesco, with one winner taking the golden prize.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78195581-12786981-image-a-18_1700826451403.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/14\/78194359-12786981-Keen_The_mark_the_competition_s_launch_Bargain_Hunt_star_Danny_S-a-12_1700836413246.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/14\/78194361-12786981-Keen_The_mark_the_competition_s_launch_Bargain_Hunt_star_Danny_S-m-11_1700836406421.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Keen duo : The mark the competition&#8217;s launch, Bargain Hunt star Danny Sebastian will star in a spoof antique show to promote the neglected bar and try to change its reputation<\/p>\n<p>The mark the competition&#8217;s launch, Bargain Hunt star Danny Sebastian will star in a spoof antique show with mascot Mr Bounty to promote the neglected bar and try to change its reputation.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;As a Bounty lover myself it&#8217;s been hard to see the treatment the poor coconut choc has received over the years so I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;re pushing for #BringHomeTheBounty this time round&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;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 \u2013 it&#8217;s a wonderfully unique decorative display piece that will dazzle and delight all who look upon it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first attempt from Mars to sway the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move comes shortly after\u00a0the company released the &#8216;Bounty Centrepiece&#8217;, the limited-edition hexagonal boxes only containing the mini coconut-filled bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coconut bars have long divided the nation \u2013 with 39 per cent of Britons confessing in a survey carried out last year that they want to banish the sweets from assorted tubs.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194367-12786981-image-a-19_1700826798654.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Valued at a whopping \u00a325,000, the solid gold bar is 10cm long and 4cm wide and took ten whole days to craft by an expert jeweller in London &#8216;s renowned Hatton Garden district<\/p>\n<p>In response to this, Mars Wrigley teamed up with Tesco last November to trial &#8216;No Bounty&#8217; tubs in the lead up to the festive season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Cavanaugh, of Mars Wrigley&#8217;s UK, said: &#8216;Every year, we love seeing the debate rage over our beloved Celebrations tubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This year, our much-loved Bounty bar has gone gold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The bar is worth \u00a325,000, which surely is enough to make even the most dedicated Bounty-haters reconsider their stance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re excited to hear the publics verdict \u2013 would you treasure, or would you trade? 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