14 h. ago ‘I can’t hear Mariah Carey for the 1,000th time!’ Professional Santas on their most loved – and hated – Christmas hits

A flock of Father Christmases share the seasonal songs that capture the magic, merriment and occasional heartbreak that comes with donning the red suit My father was a Santa and my wife got me into doing it. It’s the best thing I ever did. I do schools, universities, supermarkets, Christmas lights switch-ons As soon as Santa comes along, everybody melts. One little girl brought her guinea pig, who leapt off her hand and dived straight into my Santa beard. The parents were in stitches while we tried to get him out. My favourite Christmas songs are Eartha Kitt’s sultry version of Santa Baby, because it gets all the adults in the mood to get up and have a boogie with Santa, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, because the lyrics are so pure. No Christmas songs drive me mad. It’s Christmas: they’re all great. Paul Fessi Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Archaeologists make groundbreaking Father Christmas discovery

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered the burial site of St. Nicholas in 2022, before his remains were infamously stolen and moved to Italy in 1087

Politics

15 h. ago Archaeologists uncover Father Christmas resting place in massive breakthrough

St. Nicholas, the real-life figure who inspired the legend of Father Christmas, was buried in what is now modern-day Turkey but his remains are no longer in his original grave

Politics

15 h. ago Father Christmas location breakthrough made by archaeologists

Archaeologists have uncovered the original grave of St Nicholas in Turkey – the 4th-century saint who inspired Father Christmas. But his remains were stolen by Italian sailors in 1087 and taken to Bari, Italy, where they remain today

Politics

24 h. ago Little boys charm the internet with adorable reaction to father's beautiful Christmas lights display

A viral wholesome video showed the moment two little boys squealed in pure excitement as they took in their parents' shimmering Christmas decorations.

Politics

24 h. ago Moment 'Father Christmas' is arrested at Palestine Action protest

The man, who has not been named, shouted 'these guys are going on the naughty list' as four officers detained him in Norwich city centre.

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35 h. ago Santa Tracker launches today: How to follow Father Christmas

Christmas is coming — don’t miss a moment of Santa’s route

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41 h. ago Police drag 'Santa' through the streets as he says they're 'on the naughty list'

Father Christmas appeared to feel the strong arm of the law when police made arrests at a Palestine Action protest, as Saint Nick insisted 'I've got presents to make'

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3 d. ago Kelly Osbourne shares a heartbreaking clip of her father Ozzy putting up their Christmas decorations as they spend their first year without him

The Black Sabbath legend passed away aged 76 on July 22 at his UK home, surrounded by his loved ones.

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3 d. ago ‘Proud father’: Robbie Williams on daughter Teddy’s debut in Christmas film Tinsel Town

Robbie Williams has spoken of his pride as his daughter Teddy makes her acting debut in new Christmas movie Tinsel Town.

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2 w. ago The festive Greater Manchester steam train ride that’s a ‘magical adventure’

Passengers can meet Father Christmas, Mrs Claus and a host of festive characters on board

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2 w. ago Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog

Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducingKeen though I always am to indulge any and every new riff on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and keen also to hear from Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha, this cynically Christmassy movie is leaden, unconvincingly acted and about as welcome as a dead rat in the eggnog. It’s the worst Christmas film since last year’s Red One, in which Dwayne Johnson played the head of security for Santa Claus and more or less had us all rooting for anyone who could beat up Father Christmas.In this one, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar lifelessly and joylessly plays a Scrooge variant called Mr Sood, part of the Ugandan south Asian community expelled by Idi Amin in his childhood, and embittered by early poverty. An early romance soured because of his obsession with money, and he has become a grasping and unpleasant old guy in London (cue stock footage of the London skyline) in the ra...

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3 w. ago Wales' top Santa's grottos near you to book for Christmas 2025

With a chance to meet the big man in Cardiff, Swansea, and beyond Father Christmas is all over Wales this festive season

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4 w. ago Watch tearjerker John Lewis Christmas advert as father and teenage son bond over ’90s club hit

John Lewis' highly-anticipated Christmas advert for 2025 has been released and is a tearjerker as it focuses on a father and son relationship, with a teen trying to connect with his dad by giving him a ’90s vinyl

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4 w. ago John Lewis Christmas advert LIVE: Tearjerking father and son reunion featuring 90s club classic

John Lewis has kickstarted the countdown to Christmas with the unveiling of their highly-anticipated 2025 advert

Society

4 w. ago John Lewis Christmas advert 2025 is a father and son tearjerker

It is the first time the department store has focused on a father and son relationship for its Christmas ad

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4 w. ago John Lewis Christmas advert sees a father and son bond over 90s hit

The department store has released a Christmas advert every year since 2007

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4 w. ago Will Ferrell’s Elf costume could fetch up to £200,000 at auction

The film about a man raised as one of Father Christmas’s elves is considered to be one of the top festive films of all time.

Economics