4 h. ago Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year winner features skiing mice and Grinch bedroom

A judge praised the home’s attention to detail, especially the animal-themed displays, calling it full of family Christmas magic

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35 h. ago World's longest serving Santa Claus celebrates 64 years of making Christmas magic

Ray Hulse, 81, has given out thousands of presents and never missed a single year of donning the red costume and beard despite battling his own health issues over the years

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36 h. ago Home Bargains has a £69.99 display that instantly creates Christmas magic

The festive display is ideal indoors or outdoors this Christmas

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39 h. ago What Christmas film locations REALLY look like for the rest of the year

For those craving a taste of Christmas magic beyond the TV screen this season, these real-life filming locations from seven iconic festive flicks make for the perfect set-jetting holiday.

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59 h. ago Woman was dead for eight minutes but time felt like months in afterlife

Pronounced dead for eight minutes, Brianna Lafferty shared her near-death experience, revealing a realm where time doesn't exist and thoughts instantly create reality

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66 h. ago The hidden Lake District hotel with its own ice rink that’s magic at Christmas

Nestled away from the crowds, Another Place overlooks the stunning Ullswater

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3 d. ago Dobbies’ Livingston store announces Christmas tree donation winners

St Nicholas Nursery, Whitdale Primary School, Seafield Nursery Class and Polkemmet Primary School headed along to the Livingston store to pick up their free Christmas tree, bringing festive magic to their local community this December.

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3 d. ago I visited a Christmas Market with unique gifts and festive magic by the sea

A Christmas market in a seaside city features unique gifts, delicious food stalls and live music with traders from across the UK and Ireland. It's a great place to find presents

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6 d. ago Michelle Keegan fans cry 'the cutest' after 'magic' Christmas update with baby girl

The actress shared a sweet update on social media a she made a rare appearance alongside her husband Mark Wright and their daugher

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6 d. ago Christmas light up gift box decorations full of festive magic down to £24 with special code

Designed to look like pre-wrapped presents adorned with fairy lights that look stunning under a Christmas tree

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7 d. ago Christmas gift box lights 'add a touch of festive magic' and 'bring a special charm'

This set will give Christmas decor an extra sparkle

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8 d. ago 60 magic photos as Manchester Christmas Parade brightens rainy day with city streets packed

Manchester's Christmas Parade was the biggest yet - and was full of fun and playful festive characters cheered on by thousands through the city streets

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8 d. ago Brits ruin Christmas surprises by 'accidentally' walking in on key festive moment

A third of British adults have accidentally walked in on Christmas gift wrapping, spoiling surprises for loved ones, so a major hotel chain is going to help families preserve the Christmas magic

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8 d. ago Robot allows seriously ill children to appear virtually in the playground

Mirror campaign to raise vital funds for Lifelites and ‘Unwrap the Magic of Christmas’ will help thousands of children to experience the wonder of life-changing technology and feel less lonely - with special robots allowing them to join in virtually with their friends.

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9 d. ago Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim

He made buildings that looked like slouching drunks and quarrelling couples but it was the Spanish museum that secured his ‘starchitect’ status – a creation that became something of a curseFrank Gehry once had a cameo in The Simpsons in which he designed buildings by scrunching up pieces of paper. There was a bit more to it than that, but from Prague to Panama City, his scrunched contours were instantly recognisable, expressed in an exuberant parade of buildings that cranked and slumped as if hit by a wrecking ball, or crashed and whirled like dervishes, defying laws of gravity and structural logic. Though Gehry, who has died aged 96, came of age in the era of modernism, it was as if he were physically incapable of drawing a straight line.In his prime, Gehry’s architecture was a rebuff to modernist imperators such as Mies van der Rohe and his po-faced injunction, “less is more”. The American postmodern theorist and architect Robert Venturi turned it on its head, quipping “less is a ...

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1 week ago ITV viewers fume at 2026 Christmas television schedule and say 'magic has gone'

ITV's Christmas Day TV schedule has sparked backlash from viewers, calling the lineup 'abysmal' and claiming Christmas TV has 'lost its magic' saying there's a lack of festive fun

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1 week ago Five huge movies on Film 4 this weekend from Christmas magic to revenge epic

Christmas is now fully upon us but if you’re struggling to rediscover your festive spirit, Film 4 is airing some seasonal classics to help get you in the mood plus some alternatives for the Grinches among us

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1 week ago A Very London Christmas: Jet Across the Pond for Festive Magic

A Very London Christmas: Jet Across the Pond for Festive Magic  Sacramento Bee

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1 week ago ‘Sprinkle of festive magic for everyone’ as Bolton’s Christmas programme unveiled

Pantos, brass bands and multiple Santa's grottos all feature

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1 week 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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