Santa Clause is already in town…

I’m not the only one who has been seeing Christmas decorations since the beginning of November, right? Christmas is here, and has been for the last month and a half.

Since early— very early—November, we’ve been seeing seeing an uptick of Christmas-related photos on social media that confirm that the holiday season is in full force. A little early, perhaps? Not necessarily. For retailers, the holiday season can represent up to 30% of annual sales. To get a head start, many retailers introduce Christmas-themed merchandise long before the official start of the holiday season.

It’s not just retailers though. I used image recognition to search social media for posts related to Christmas, and it seems like consumers are embracing the holiday spirit just as early.

Let’s take a look at the early Christmas offenders, shall we?
All images were collected on November 20th 2017.

Yes.

I guess I would do the same too with a tree that big…

*Cringe*

Well, there you have it — some people who should probably be on the naughty list.

On the other hand, here are some people who just get it

And my personal favorite…

Whether you’re a Christmas fanatic or hate the early celebrations, my team at Netra and I wish you a happy holiday season!

All images collected with Netra’s image recognition software.
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