Love Actually-style greeting service launched as half plan virtual Christmas

p NOW TV and Martine McCutcheon have today launched a new #x2018;Greetings Gram#x2019; service designed to spread Christmas cheer to friends and families that can#x2019;t meet in person. u/ u/ /p pInspired by the hit Christmas movie Love Actually the new greetings service lets fans of the film send a free, personalised message direct to the doorstep of their loved one./p pThe festive greeting is printed in sequence on large cards and performed, in a socially distant fashion, by a friendly messenger on the doorstep of the recipient./p pLaunched to celebrate NOW TV#x2019;s new Christmas movie season, the bookable service will be available in London, Manchester and Birmingham and is subject to availability./p pA video promoting the service sees Martine surprise an unsuspecting member of the public with a festive Christmas message, in tribute to Andrew Lincoln and Keira Knightley#x2019;s famous scene in the festive flick./p p/ p/ p Members of the public can apply via a href=http://www.greetingsgram.nowtv.com rel=Follow target=_blankwww.greetingsgram.nowtv.com/a to send friends or family a Christmas message to remember. /p pThe streaming service is also offering a digital #x2018;Greetings Gram#x2019; alternative on the same site. Users can upload a picture of themselves and star in their own digital Greetings Gram with a range of fun festive messages to choose between. The gram is then animated and downloadable to share via social media or text message./p pMartine McCutcheon said: #x201C;This year has been tricky for us all, so all the more reason to go the extra mile and make your loved ones feel special. With NOW TV#x2019;s new Greetings Gram service, you can treat your boyfriend, auntie, mum or dad to a Christmas doorstep delivery they won#x2019;t forget in a hurry.#x201D;/p pMarina Storti, MD of NOW TV said: #x201C;This Christmas NOW TV has got you covered! Not only do we have an amazing range of Christmas films available, but we#x2019;re also providing members of the public with a once in a lifetime chance to send their loved one a Love Actually inspired greeting! We hope our new Greetings Gram service helps spread some cheer this Christmas.#x201D;/p pNew research from NOW TV also found that the most re-watched Christmas films ever are Home Alone, Love Actually and Die Hard, with the average adult watching 11 festive films over the holidays./p pThe study of 2,000 British adults reveals how the nation is preparing to spread festive cheer virtually this year, with 56% of us planning online celebrations and 75% looking for new and alternative ways to make this Christmas the best it can possibly be./p pAlmost half of us (49%) will be exchanging gifts virtually with people we#x2019;re not able to see in person, and predict we#x2019;ll be spending over five hours on festive zoom calls./p p/ p/ pResearch also showed 49% of us will be taking part in a Christmas quiz over zoom and 32% will be attending an online work Christmas party. Interestingly, with the addition of multiple video calls with members of friends and family to our Christmas schedules, 50% of us think this may actually be the busiest Christmas ever./p pAlmost three quarters of Brits (72%) admitted they are secretly relieved that they won#x2019;t have to attend as many gatherings in person this year and instead will have more time to relax with a quarter of us (24%) most looking forward to just bingeing Christmas films by ourselves./p pThree in ten (29%) said they will be indulging in more festive films this year than ever before with over half (52%) citing them as the perfect distraction from current events./p p bThe Most Re-Watched Christmas Films of all time, as voted for by Brits, are:/b /p table tbody tr td style=font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; width: 150.25pt; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 16pt;p Home Alone 1 u/ u/ /p/td td style=font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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