Please don't hate us for saying it, but it's 144 days until Christmas.

Don't worry, that is ages away and we're only really beginning to live our best-summer-lives at the moment, so Christmas trees and the big man in red are the farthest thing from our minds, trust us.

But, that's not the case for this shop in the UK.

Selfridges in London opened their Christmas shop yesterday, 145 days ahead of the big day.

They're thought to be the first department store in the world to launch their Christmas department, which is expected to have most stock in September when shoppers will be able to choose from 3,800 items.

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Selfridges Christmas and home buyer Eleanor Gregory said: “We have so many customers visiting from all over the world, eager to snap up festive decorations and souvenirs on their London summer holidays which they can’t buy at home.

“Our summer Christmas shop launch simply addresses the growing demand for convenience Christmas shopping outside the traditional Christmas season from many of our customers."

Ehm, enough about that now... Who's excited for sunshine and festivals this weekend? Maybe a sea swim? Perfect.