Everyone enjoys brightening up the home with beautiful Christmas lights and decorations but some people go much further than others in their quest to add a bit of sparkle to the dark winter nights.

Hundreds of Christmas gifts compete each December to be the item that shoppers must get their hands on, often reducing parents to fighting in the aisles. These crazes sometimes get out of hand and are regularly just passing fads, but the must-have gift becomes something you'll always remember fondly, especially if you were a kid when it came out.

It’s late afternoon on Christmas Eve and you’re running around in a cold sweat trying to find something, anything, for the woman you love. Don’t risk it this year. Make sure you get something she’s going to appreciate and give yourself a break, for once, by thinking about it NOW!

Like it or not, your Christmas tree says more about you than you might realise. Read on to find out what your festive foliage is saying to the neighbours!

We're offering Dotcomgiftshop customers the chance to win a pair of tickets for this season’s most exclusive Christmas shopping event, the Spirit of Christmas Fair at London’s beautiful Olympia exhibition centre.

Everybody loves Christmas, including our pets! But this time of year isn't without its hazards for our furry friends, so we've put together some top safety tips to keep your pet happy and healthy during the Christmas period.

From giant stockings to unbelievably expensive fruitcakes, when it comes to celebrating the holidays there are all sorts of unusual Christmas world records out there. This is our rundown of the most bizarre and brilliant festive records we've ever seen!

From light-up snowflakes to neon Rudolphs, nothing says Christmas quite like a good light display. That's why we're bringing you this guide to the UK's greatest public Christmas lights, so you can get in the festive mood wherever you are in the country!