Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Christmas

5 stylish and unique places to hang Christmas stockings around the home - that aren't a mantelpiece

No mantel? No worries - here's where you can hang your stocking instead

Ideal Home

The best cultural things to do with your kids over Christmas: from panto to ice-skating

We round up the best ways to keep the little ones happy over the festive season

Evening Standard

Have a stately Christmas: 10 historic houses and gardens to get the festive party started

Scrooge, Santa, polar bears, gingerbread and light shows are among this year’s seasonal family delights at castles, palaces and Palladian piles throughout the UK

The Guardian - UK

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

St Pancras Station unveils its Wicked-themed Christmas tree

The 11-foot tree took more than 4,000 hours to be built and hand-painted

Evening Standard

London's Christmas lights 2025: Switch-on dates and best displays from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

From Kew Gardens to Chelsea, here’s your calendar of the best Christmas lights events for this year

Evening Standard

BBC to air two-part Call The Midwife Christmas special for first time

First-look images from the episodes show the Turner children opening their presents at Christmas.

Evening Standard

Netflix unveils trailer for Richard Curtis's festive film That Christmas

The movie will feature Succession’s Brian Cox in a role worlds away from Logan Roy

Evening Standard

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

Best coffee advent calendars for a perfectly caffeinated Christmas countdown

Put a pep in your step with a daily cup of quality Joe

The Independent UK

John Lewis' online Christmas shop is open! These are the baubles we're sure will sell out fast

Is it ever too early for a little Christmas cheer?

Ideal Home

The big picture: Weegee captures lift off for Father Christmas

Photographer Arthur Fellig, AKA Weegee, witnesses one of the last outings for a 45ft inflatable Santa, the headline act in the 1940 Macy’s Thanksgiving parade

The Guardian - UK

‘I cried for hours’: the moments people realised truth about Father Christmas

Suspicions start to become aroused around the age of eight, shows psychology study

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best Christmas movies on Disney Plus to stream this holiday season

These are the best Christmas movies on Disney Plus right now

Total Film

Quick! Tesco's FREE carrots for Rudolph are back while stocks last

Don’t forget to leave a carrot out for Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph this Christmas Eve…

GoodToKnow

The best Christmas films to watch on Disney+ this festive season, from The Chronicles of Narnia to Godmothered

From classics to snowy spin-offs, here's our pick of movies to catapult you into the holiday mood

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

The best Christmas films to watch on Netflix this festive season, from The Grinch to A Very Murray Christmas

The Baileys are readied, the sofa is beckoning, and Netflix has a whole host of fantastic films to enjoy

The Guardian - UK

Rob & Romesh Vs Lapland review – their meeting with Santa is so unfunny it’s painful

The two comics head to the sparklingly weird place dedicated to Father Christmas … and fail to be amusing. Jokes are clearly contrived, rarely funny, and – on occasion – genuinely excruciating to watch

The Guardian - UK

Fancy £600 Christmas lunch at the Ritz? Sorry, sold out months ago

Number of Britons choosing to eat out on 25 December rises, and the wealthy are the most likely to do so

WhatToWatch

Exclusive: All Creatures Great and Small boss previews Christmas special

An interview with All Creatures Great and Small's producer Yvonne Francas about the Christmas special

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Ange Postecoglou hopeful of landing January targets to boost Tottenham ranks

Top of Ange Postecoglou’s Christmas list is the Tottenham hierarchy giving him new players at the start of January.

Evening Standard

LaplandUK: the Christmas experience loved by the Beckhams and Elton John

The Prince and Princess of Wales have even taken their three children to the immersive day out in Ascot

The Independent UK

The 12 weirdest and most wonderful Christmas traditions from around the world

Here are some of the unusual ways countries around the world celebrate the festive season

Evening Standard

"We couldn't find real Lapland - so we built our own"

The Battles have built up a £17m-turnover Christmas world which attracts celebrities including Elton John, Paul McCartney, Idris Elba, the Beckhams, Andy Murray, and the Royal Family

Evening Standard

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash take children to LaplandUK

The television stars took their three youngest children to the Christmas attraction

Zenger

Santa Claus Faces Eviction From Christmas Grotto In Planning Dispute

Council rejects planning permission due to lack of public transport, threatening beloved community tradition

The Independent UK

Unwrap the perfect Christmas with gifts for everyone on your list

Take a look at our round up of the ultimate gifts this festive season

1 2 3 4 5

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.