About 20 men took to the streets of Tokyo on Saturday to protest Christmas for discriminating against single men, AFP reports. “Unpopular men, who don’t have a girlfriend or are not married, are overly discriminated,” says the group’s leader, going by the fake name Mark Waters. “We want to break this barrier.” The marchers called themselves “Losers With Women” and ... Read More »
Scrooge was plagued by the ghosts of Christmases past and present. He wouldn’t be too happy about what Christmas future had in store in 2015. It is December 1843 in London. Queen Victoria has been on the throne for six years, Sir Robert Peel is prime minister, and Charles Dickens is about to publish a seasonal novella. A Christmas ... Read More »
Sale signs light up Oxford Street in London as high street stores slash prices to shift stock. Christmas shoppers have been snapping up festive bargains, as retailers slashed prices to cope with tough trading conditions. At Oxford Circus on Sunday, throngs of consumers exiting the tube station to the sound of steel drums playing Jingle Bells, were greeted by ... Read More »
Could the Star Wars’ theme – composed by John Williams – swipe this year’s Christmas Number 1 crown? The film of the year finally hit cinemas this week, so with galactic fever at an all-time high and the campaign currently boasting nearly half a million Facebook likes, there’s the chance they might just pull it off…”If you love Star Wars, then ... Read More »
The NHS Choir continues to lead way in the race for this year’s Christmas Number 1, Official Charts can confirm. The race is far from over yet though, as their lead on yesterday’s update over Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself (which was based on sales only) has reduced to just over 2,000 combined sales and streams. Bieber’s previous single, Sorry, has ... Read More »
The party season maybe all about fun and festivity, but sometimes those two words can seem a long way apart. Here are some tips that you won’t get from anyone else. Game faces: are you in the mood for festiveness? Photograph: Three/Solent News & Photo Agency Sunday 20 December 2015 06.00 GMT As we trudge towards New Year’s Eve, past dim ... Read More »
Many baby boomers wish they could lose some of a lifetime’s festive decorations – but their minimalist offspring beg to differ. Like many baby boomers, Maryann Johnson has worked tirelessly to produce a magical Christmas for her family. The basement of her Bethesda, Maryland, home has a special storage closet for her stash of holiday decorations – 60 Santas, 25 ... Read More »
Hot ham with port and lime sauce. Photograph: Manuel Vazquez. Food Stylist: Oliver Rowe Christmas is a pressured time of year, but I still always want to make it as much like a fairytale as possible – mostly for the children, but not only them. I want family and friends to eat the most delicious food, unwrap the most spoiling ... Read More »
Extraordinary: The Shepherd family with their Christmas lights It has 25,000 lights, musical accompaniment and is for a good cause – and it comes with an electricity bill the owners cannot bear to look at. The Christmas lights of the Shepherd family home, in Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire, have lit up their neighbourhood for more than a decade. The display boasts ... Read More »
Ghostbusters: The Board Game allows you to play as paranormal investigators Dr Peter Venkman, Dr Ray Stantz, Dr Egon Spengler or Winston Zeddemore. Nothing says “festive” quite like gathering round a board game, still the ideal gift to bring the family together for Christmas in loved ones’ company through the mediums of escapism and nonsensical arguments. And 2015 has been ... Read More »
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