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Christmas is exhausting. I grew up in a Muslim household where my parents made it an act of faith to wilfully ignore Christmas. There was no tree, no presents and no family Christmas lunch around the dining table. I missed out on these rituals, but now that I am married…

Darren Lucas and his family launch an incredible festive display every year to raise money for charity, but uptake has been very slow this year.

“The sad reality is that many children across Northern Ireland are set to wake up without presents under the tree this year if they’ve been lucky enough to get a tree at all."

The expert lifted the lid on how the Royal family celebrate the festive season

Having no money and no clue, I took my gifting advice from Blue Peter. My mother put the homemade object in a drawer – and we never spoke of it again

Reese Fletcher, a father-of-two from Leeds, says ‘no child should be without a gift at Christmas’

Reese Fletcher and his team raised £22,000 by turning timber into Christmas trees, with the money spent on Christmas presents for needy children and a suicide prevention charity

Critics on their social media soap boxes have spent the past month loudly proclaiming that Christmas is too commercial. The nub of their complaint is that the true meaning of Christmas is lost amid the buying frenzy that marks the holiday. They claim the essence of Christmas lies not in…

Each box contains a full Christmas dinner and other goodies to help lighten up what are bleak times for many

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