51 m. ago As a child, our family Christmas photo was an annual trauma. As a parent, I understand it now | Sean Szeps

In our house, the Christmas photo still exists. But it follows a very different set of rules: Keep it quick, keep it casual, and if it’s not funny what’s the point?In my family, Christmas isn’t just a holiday It’s an obsession. And my mother? She’s the matriarch of mistletoe.Every December, our home transformed into a living snow globe. We didn’t just buy ornaments, we made them. We didn’t watch Christmas movies, we lived them. We’d cut down our own trees, hand-string popcorn garlands and spend full afternoons debating the correct angle of the angel on top of the tree. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Rochelle Humes flaunts her incredibly toned physique in a black bikini as she jets abroad for a tropical holiday with her family

The This Morning host, 36, reposted her husband Marvin's video on her Instagram stories as she played in the pool with her son Blake, five.

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29 h. ago Man punched his own mum in the face five times during family holiday

A row broke out after the defendant's mum heard a discussion about cocaine

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2 d. ago Family outraged after HOA fines them $650 over massive holiday display: ‘This is not a nuisance’

The family says their display is even toned down compared to last year

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4 d. ago Rob Reiner's final moments in heartbreaking family photos just days before tragic death

As police investigate the shocking deaths of Hollywood icon Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, in their Los Angeles mansion, poignant final photos have emerged showing Reiner enjoying a family holiday

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4 d. ago Rob Reiner's heartbreaking final photos: Murdered star and his wife pose on the red carpet with their family and on a group vacation just weeks before daughter Romy found them stabbed to death

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer enjoyed a blissful family holiday with their daughter Romy just weeks before she found their dead bodies at home. 

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4 d. ago 'Tragic' thriller that had fans 'crying after 15 mins' is leaving streaming

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4 d. ago The secrets of Home Alone: All the plot holes, fakeries and filming tricks that you won't be able to unsee

The 1990 classic tells the story eight-year-old Kevin McCallister ( Macaulay Culkin ) fending off robbers after being left home alone while his family holiday in Paris.

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6 d. ago ‘I booked a Christmas family holiday to Lapland and I’ll remember this one moment forever’

You'll create memories you’ll cherish forever on a festive family trip to Lapland in Finland, as our writer discovered on a recent holiday organised by TUI

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6 d. ago 'I took my family to Lapland and one moment will stay with me forever'

You're sure to create memories that'll last a lifetime on a Christmas family holiday to Lapland in Finland, as our writer discovered on a trip with TUI

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6 d. ago Five ways to save money this holiday season from handy browser extensions to grocery store tricks

The holiday season means time with family and new memories, but it can also mean lots of spending — sometimes too much

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7 d. ago Jet2 to offer holiday packages with Eurocamp for the first time

Holidaymakers will be able to secure both flights and accommodation in one purchase

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7 d. ago Leonardo DiCaprio, 51, and girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti, 27, squeeze in holiday shopping with her family at Prada

The Titanic star, 51, and the Italian model, 27 - who have a 24 year age gap - were joined by her mother Francesca Lazzari, and her brother Guglielmo Ceretti for an outing to Prada.

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1 week ago Mum on life support after 'straightforward' cosmetic surgery goes horribly wrong

Chloe Mowday fell sick and briefly died en route to hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam, after receiving two typically straightforward surgeries at the outset of a family holiday

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1 week ago Loose Women’s Katie Piper reveals the ‘hidden gem’ in Spain that’s her new favourite family holiday spot

KATIE Piper has swapped the Loose Women panel to soak up the sun on Spain's Costa Brava. She's battling it out with two of her ITV co-stars to find out who can organise the best excursions from horse riding to making human towers on The Great Escapers. Katie Piper, 42, has ditched the gloomy UK...

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1 week ago Four members of same family killed in Goa nightclub fire that left 25 dead

Officials say the Birch nightclub had contravened multiple safety regulations and that the basement had no fire safety exitFour members of the same family on their first holiday to Goa were among the 25 killed in a deadly fire at a nightclub in the popular Indian tourist state on Saturday night.The massive blaze broke out at just before midnight at Birch by Romeo Lane, a buzzing bar, restaurant and nightclub in north Goa’s Aporna district. Continue reading...

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On Thursday night, actress Sydney Sweeney appeared on a special holiday episode of Celebrity Family Feud - but it was not her answers that turned heads, but rather her elaborate outfit.

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1 week ago Five key moments from Princess Kate’s Together at Christmas concert

The Princess of Wales has spearheaded her fifth annual festive carol service, with the royal family showing up to support the holiday celebration

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1 week ago Middletons en masse! Kate's proud parents Carole and Michael make festive appearance at Princess' Christmas concert, along with supportive sibling James

The Princess of Wales ' family were truly in the holiday spirit as they arrived to support Kate at her annual Christmas Carol service at Westminster Abbey this evening.

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2 w. ago New research reveals how young people will be the death of traditional beach resort holidays

A traditional family holiday used to involve heading off to a sunny destination and spending time by the beach and pool. But that's dying out, according to new research by Antor.

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