Christmas tree warning as prices set to rise due to shortage

In the spirit! Princess Kate hosted her second annual holiday concert with some help from her family: Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

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For many households, putting up the Christmas tree is the highlight of the holiday season, with some mega fans doing it as early as mid-November.

With the festive spirit setting in across many households, some may want to share their Christmas joy with visitors.

Feeling festive! Princess Kate wore a red gown to promote Royal Carols: Together at Christmas, the second annual Christmas carol concert sponsored by The Royal Foundation.

It’s a three-horse, festive race for the UK’s Number 1 single this week as Mariah Carey, Wham! and Ed Sheeran & Elton John surge ahead towards the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Thousands of Scottish postal workers are taking a further day of strike action today after talks between union representatives and Royal Mail reached a standstill. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions with the postal service, with little sign of resolve.

A warm — and slightly awkward — Christmas memory. Meghan Markle revealed that her first holiday season with the British royal family didn’t go quite as smoothly as she initially believed.

Festive commuters are facing disruption as a fresh round of rail strikes threaten to shut down a large part of the network over Christmas.

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.Lucky for you, we've gone ahead and done the work for you, rounding up a mix of Christmas brunch recipes—from showstoppers, to dishes you can prep and make ahead, to no-fuss brunches you can whip up in 15 minutes when you need to feed a ravenous crowd.Whatever your holiday morning looks like, it should be enjoyable ('tis the season of comfort and joy, after all). That might mean greeting your family with a jaw-dropping Great British Bakeoff-worthy creation that will have them singing your praises through the New Year. Or perhaps, it means doing as little as humanly possible to feed your guests so you can put your feet up and enjoy a mug of hot chocolate.

Peter Andre revealed the sweet reason his children Junior and Princess Andre are refusing Christmas presents this year.

McDonald's is helping families with little ones get into the festive spirit by teaming up with Elf on the Shelf to create new Happy Meals this Christmas.

Specials of Call the Midwife, EastEnders, Bad Education, Ghosts, Malory Towers, Motherland, Inside No 9, Detectorists and The Cleaner will also be left under the TV tree. The TV adaption of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials novels will conclude, while another part of JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike series - called Strike: Troubled Blood - will be broadcast.

A shortage of accommodation is expected to see Scotland take 2,000 fewer asylum seekers than originally proposed.

People are being warned to thoroughly check their Christmas trees for 'walnut-sized' lumps that contain thousand of insect eggs.