I was struck when I was posting my Christmas cards – ever the optimist, given the mail strike – that our stamps still have the late Queen’s head on them, even the ones specially printed for the festive season. Our coins still have her face embossed on them, and she …
Read More »The Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal 2021: Who we are supporting and how you can donate
Last posting dates for Christmas 2021: when are the Royal Mail deadlines? By Precious Adesina 5 Nov 2021, 10:18am. Source link
Read More »How to find perfect last-minute Christmas gifts over the next 48 hours – without needing delivery
But, before you start worrying about the etiquette of an empty-handed Christmas, fear not. Allow us to introduce our 48-hour gift guide because, if you can’t bestow friends and family with your presence, you can at least offer them presents… Click and Collect While many shops are closed in Tier …
Read More »Seven steps to arranging a last minute ‘all-change’ Christmas
Remember back in July, when Boris Johnson expressed his wild hopes for “a more significant return to normality… possibly in time for Christmas”? Suffice to say that there is nothing remotely normal about festive offerings in 2020 – unless you consider it normal to be obliged to choose between a …
Read More »End of the Christmas jumper as pyjamas become the must-have Yuletide essential
“You think when you are walking around London at Christmas in normal times, you always see colleagues off out in their Christmas jumpers.” He said: “A lot of people are planning smaller Christmas celebrations with just very close family so they are buying pyjamas.” The site has seen sales of …
Read More »When are the Royal Mail deadlines for the UK and internationally?
Christmas is coming, and this year there’s a possibility that we may not see all our loved ones on the big day. That doesn’t mean we have to skip on the present-giving side of things, though. To make sure your Christmas post arrives in plenty of time, it is worth noting …
Read More »‘It’s good to be eco-conscious, but I’m not banning Christmas cards’
Researchers estimate that 1.5 billion Christmas Cards are thrown away every year in the UK, so is it time to stop sending them? No, says Gillian Harvey. In the midst of depression, Christmas cards landing on her doormat were the one thing that helped to pull her through At a time when environmental …
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