On countdown pages like Christmas Countdown UK, an update pointing out that today leaves only 30 Thursdays before Christmas Eve triggered a wave of retail anxiety. Panic-buyers are flooding the comments, saying, "Please delete this, I haven't even booked summer holiday flights yet and now I feel like I'm behind on gift shopping," while others counter with, "30 Thursdays sounds like a lot, but we all know October and November pass in a blink."
