The Sunday papers were littered with inserts touting products for the festive period today - 19th October!
Heavily discounted items were being offered by M&S, The Book People, The Cotswold Company and WHSmith.
They've probably been listening to the IMRG who said that consumers will be shopping earlier this year in order to spread the cost.
The Money section in the Times felt a little thin this week though. You'd have thought they could have rustled up more than 10 pages of advice when there are so many folk struggling to make ends meet!
