18 h. ago London tourists warned of 'pickpocket's paradise' as Christmas crowds 'unable to move' on Oxford Street

Dozens of videos shared on social media show masses of visitors shuffling along at a snail's pace along Oxford Circus - an environment described by many as 'hell on earth' and a 'pickpocket's paradise.'

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19 h. ago Discover Amazon Business gift ideas for quick delivery and avoid the Christmas crowds

When it comes to last-minute Christmas shopping, Amazon Business has you covered

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41 h. ago Creme brulee and chocolate bundt cake: Nicola Lamb’s Christmas crowdpleasers – recipes

Make ahead and impress your guests with crunchy-topped hazelnut creme brulees and a centrepiece chocolate fondant bundt cakeEven though our to-do lists are longer and our homes busier than ever, there’s something about Christmas that gives us the extra chutzpah to bake. And not just any baking, but baking for a crowd. So, with this in mind, here are two crowdpleasing recipes – a rich hazelnut “Nutcracker” creme brulee and a resplendent chocolate fondant bundt cake – with a few make-ahead and shortcut secrets to give you a head start.Nicola Lamb is a pastry chef and author of the weekly Kitchen Projects newsletter and Sift, published by Ebury Press at £30. To order a copy for £27, go to guardianbookshop.com Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘A festive tour de force’: Guardian writers on their favorite underrated Christmas movies

From a John Cusack 80s teen comedy to the other Frank Capra Christmas crowd-pleaser, here are some seasonal picks you might not have seenSomething that bugs me about a lot of contemporary Christmas movies is how insistently self-conscious they are about the whole production – the ostentatious decorations, checklist of soundtrack chestnuts, the dialogue about the true meaning of the holidays that sounds canned even when the movie is trying to acknowledge its various stressors. Maybe because the idea of a holiday movie hadn’t yet ossified into routine, I’ve found that the versions of these films that came out in the 1940s tend to approach Christmas from more inventive, less neurotically obsessive angles. One of my favorite discoveries in sifting through 1940s Christmas comedies is It Happened on Fifth Avenue, a 1947 semi-romantic farce with a great starting hook: a cheerful vagrant Aloysius T McKeever (Victor Moore) winters in New York every year, because he knows a way into a particu...

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4 d. ago 'Hellish, underwhelming and a rip off': Christmas market goers battling the crowds and the high prices struggle to get into the festive spirit

Surging crowds, rowdy revellers and 'rip off' prices conspired to dampen the festive spirt at Birmingham 's Frankfurt Christmas Market, disgruntled visitors have claimed.

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6 d. ago Ricky Evans leaves World Darts Championship crowd in hysterics with usual bonkers Christmas show at Ally Pally

The Kettering star always puts on a show for his fans and he gave the obligatory festive performance on night two of Worlds

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6 d. ago Festive tractor run lights up Stirling roads once again as £10k raised for charity

The popular event saw a parade of 90 tractors and other HGVs head along the route, all decorated with special Christmas lights as crowds lined up to grab a look.

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8 d. ago Irvine Christmas light switch on sees Sabrina Carpenter tribute entertain crowds

“This is a big event for Irvine and it’s nice to have it back.”

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9 d. ago Save on Christmas gifts for the whole team with Amazon Business

Stretch your gifting budget further with incredible discounts on a range of gifts

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1 week ago Revealed: the most crowded London pubs to drink at this Christmas

Revealed: the most crowded London pubs to drink at this Christmas  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago Inside historic UK town's Christmas market labelled 'dreadful' with heaving crowds, 'out of hand' food prices and £58 pens

Visitors have taken to social media to document what they call a 'dreadful' and 'chaotic' experience at the annual Christmas event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

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2 w. ago Tourists slam UK Christmas market with 'no atmosphere' and crowds 'packed like sardines'

Bath Christmas Market is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but some visitors have taken to social media to complain about overcrowding, high prices and lack of festive spirit

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2 w. ago Europe's most expensive Christmas market is 'so crowded you can't walk'

The most expensive city for Christmas markets has been revealed, and it's been labelled 'overpriced' with crowds 'packed like sardines. Here's where to go instead...

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2 w. ago Europe's most expensive and 'overpriced' Christmas market is 'so crowded you can't walk'

The most expensive city for Christmas markets has been revealed, and it's been labelled 'overpriced' with crowds 'packed like sardines. Here's where to go instead...

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3 w. ago Electric razor 'best ever bought' with 'good battery life' reduced to under £27

With over 10,000 five-star customer reviews it's not a surprise to discover it's an Amazon's Choice product

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3 w. ago 'I tried the Manchester Christmas Markets stall that's so popular security are managing the crowds'

They've had to bring in extra support to manage the queues

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3 w. ago Concord Christmas lights shooting as 'gunman' opens fire on crowd leaving multiple injured

A Christmas lights switch on in the US was cancelled after a gunman opened fire on the crowd, leaving four people injured. Distressing footage shows families running in fear

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