Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

HISTORICAL FACTS: 18 - Caught on Camera

Santa shares what it's like to work in a grotto - and says parents are the worst

After six years of working in a number of grottos, this Father Christmas has 10 top tips for parents to help children enjoy the experience

Wales Online

Children's names most likely on Santa's nice list - as Charlie and Sophie take top spot

Children are starting to hike up festive spirits as Christmas Day approaches, but according to data obtained from Real Santa Letters, there are names most likely to make the list

Daily Mirror

Short Story: Christmas Quiz Night, by Becky Manawatu

Silly buggers at Xmas

Newsroom.co.nz

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'I was body-shamed while getting a Santa photo taken with my child - it was humiliating'

A mum claims she was body-shamed while she and her young daughter posed for a picture with Santa, alleging that the photographer loudly told her to 'suck your gut in'

Daily Mirror

What Father Christmas would look like in 2022 - and it's pretty disturbing

Father Christmas' famous style has been given an overhaul by researchers who set themselves the task of imagining how Santa would look today - and the results are pretty bizarre

Daily Mirror

Shoppers can get a free £10 box of Thorntons before Christmas

This deal could see you grab a choccy Santa, a box of chocolates or other seasonal treat for free

Liverpool Echo

Youngsters land dream job testing this year's top toys for Santa

Hundreds of good boys and girls applied to be toy testers at The Entertainer toy store in EK, East Kilbride

Daily Record

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tungsten and tinsel: darts launches its Christmas party at the palace

Crowds in fancy dress made their way to Alexandra Palace for the opening night of the 30th PDC World Darts Championship

The Guardian - UK

Mum explains why she's already told her four-year-old the truth about Father Christmas

Charlie Hayes, 22, from Folkestone decided to confess to four-year-old son Jasper when he began having doubts about the existence of Father Christmas

Daily Mirror

How I’m planning for a conscious Christmas – without depriving my kids of joy and wonder

We need to consider changing the narrative around kids getting everything they want from Santa

The Guardian - AU

'Fyre Festival' Christmas grotto leaves kids in tears over horror Santa with no hands

Families visiting the Enchanted event in East Lothian claim children were put on a ride by "undertrained" staff who then wandered off leaving them trapped "going round and round"

Daily Mirror

East Lothian 'winter wonderland' branded an 'absolute shambles'

AN EAST Lothian "winter wonderland" has been described as an "absolute shambles"

The National (Scotland)

Santa Claus saves man's life after he collapses at Christmas party

The former A&E nurse's skills were called upon while he was dressed as the man in red

Manchester Evening News

Baywatch's Donna D'Errico, 54, slams troll who branded her racy snaps 'thirsty'

Baywatch babe Donna D’Errico has hit out at an online troll who called her 'thirsty' after she posted a racy snap of herself posing in a tight Santa suit

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

'Fuming' Santa given parking ticket for sleigh as he handed out presents to kids

Mick Worrall refuses to cough up and pay the ticket, telling the warden to 'post it to the North Pole' after the Father Christmas, 75, was handing out gifts and collecting for charity in Worcester

Evening Standard

Buy less, give more: How to have a sustainable Christmas

Ditch the work secret santa and swap landfill gifts for food, wool socks or a good book... how to have a planet-friendly festive season, says Michael Spenley

Edinburgh Live

Mum's nightmare as daughter 'stranded' in Edinburgh on diverted Lapland flight

Returning from the Arctic Circle, the plane full of families had been trying to make its way to Humberside Airport in England when they were told they would have to land in Scotland.

The Independent UK

Joe and Jill Biden help pack holiday presents at Toys for Tots event: ‘Giving Santa a run for his money’

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden helped pack presents for children and encouraged holiday cheer as the White House marked the 75th anniversary of Toys for Tots at an event hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Bidens spread holiday cheer at Toys for Tots event

Daily Mirror

Families blast 'awful', 'rushed' Paddington Santa Experience 'rip off' at shopping mall

Angry parents have called the Christmas with Paddington Santa's Grotto experience a rip off which left kids “questioning if Santa was real" as one five-year-old called him “an imposter”

Liverpool Echo

Parents slam 'rip off' Trafford Centre Paddington Christmas experience

Some mums and dads said their children were left questioning if Santa is real, with one saying his 'beard was falling off'

Daily Mirror

Behind-the-scenes at Santa's Grotto - unusual gift requests, naughty list and main rule

Mirror writer Nia Dalton went behind-the-scenes at Santa's Grotto and spent a day in the life as a Christmas elf, to see what it really takes to spread the festive magic and cheer

Wales Online

Mum has to create elaborate story after Elf on the Shelf mysteriously loses leg

Lauren is desperate to keep the magic alive, so she brought in a story involving dinosaurs and a Lego wheelchair

Wales Online

Santa's coming to Westfield - with a device that will make his job a little easier

Mr. Claus and expert lie examiner, "Mr. Fibmas" are heading to Westfield to see if children have been naughty or nice this year

Manchester Evening News

Parents angered at 'rip off' Christmas experience at Trafford Centre

"I am so angry that my kids left feeling rushed, underwhelmed and questioning if Santa was real."

1 … 17 18 19 20

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.