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An expectant mum has shared her baby name ideas with fellow parents online and received backlash for choosing a festive theme - despite them being born around Christmas

As Christmas approaches, children in many parts of the world look forward to a visit from the potbellied Santa Claus, who comes down chimneys carrying a sackful of gifts over his shoulder. In Japan, some children also wait for Hotei, a jolly Japanese god with a rotund frame who carries…

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Jonnie and his wife accompanied their youngest to meet Santa Claus

As the Queen Consort met charity bosses and Santa, the Band of the Welsh Guards performed Once In Royal David’s City.

Customers can head to ReindeerReady.co.uk or the McDonald’s app to be in with the chance of winning

Ray Hulse, 78, has been slipping into the red and white suit and dishing out presents since 1962 and has raised more than £50,000 for charity since taking up the festive job

Our Christmas cracker jokes super list will help make your friends and family laugh at the dinner table

78-year-old Ray Hulse has never missed a single year - not even during Covid