Google Australia Renames Christmas to Day of the Family?

We have a curious bit of news coming out of Australia today.

Apparently Google has renamed Christmas to “Day of the Family” which is causing a bit of outrage on Twitter.

One of our readers, John brought this to our attention and so we did some research ourselves.  It looks like one of the original posts has come from Reddit from a user called “BeentheredonethatAus”

Who uploaded this image after he was looking up opening hours for stores on Christmas Day

Day of the Family Just an Australian Thing?

Here at eSellerCafe we have tried to recreate that same search and from our team based in the UK the exact search is showing the same result but with “Day of the Family” replaced with “Christmas Day”

It is unsure at this time whether this is an elaborate hoax or perhaps a marketing stunt by someone however it appears that other Australians are seeing the same results as they have taken to Twitter.

At the time of writing it looks more like something directly from Google as Twitter users are now posting more images of “Day of the Family” replacing “Christmas Day” in their search results.

You can keep up to date with the Twitter latest here.

We will keep our eye on this to see whether Google make an announcement on this or if it magically reverts back.  Needless to say many Australian are not happy at losing the Christmas Day name on their calendar.

What do you think?  Is this a mistake and should Australians be right to be getting annoyed? Let us know in the comments below.

Dave Furness

Dave is a Co-Founder of eSeller365. For over 10 years he has been involved with eCommerce with a particular interest in the marketplaces and the huge opportunities available for sellers when utilizing a multi-channel strategy. After a year of being the UK’s youngest eCommerce consultant, he built an education platform called UnderstandingE that showed the world how to utilize Magento as the “Third Generation of Multi-Channel software”.

Dave has also created a YouTube channel dedicated to entrepreneurship and eCommerce as well as a podcast dedicated to mental health awareness. When Dave isn’t working his main interests include learning and playing Chess, researching the Crypto and NFT space, and trying to find the nearest beach.