Three days of festive events in Irvine get underway with funfair and stalls

Joe Swash has declared that he is “done” with Stacey Solomon’s festive pranks, after the Loose Women star posted a mischievous Christmas video to her Instagram. The 34-year-old Sort Your Life Out star revealed that her family are taking part in Elf on the Shelf this year.The popular Christmas tradition sees parents and kids adopt a ‘scout elf’ magically sent by Santa to keep an eye on the children’s behaviour and report back to the North Pole each night. Every morning the elf then returns to a different spot in the house, ensuring kids make the ‘good list.’ The mum-of-five has shared a video with her 5.8 million social media followers, where their red-headed family elf named ‘Joe’ could be seen sneakily drawing a moustache on the ‘real’ Joe Swash as he took a nap on the sofa.

Rochelle Humes hilariously edited her husband – I'm A Celeb star, Marvin Humes – into a family photo after he missed out on a big event. The Saturdays singer and This Morning presenter took their three kids - Alaia-Mai, Valentina, and Blake - to Lapland for a Christmas treat, but made sure Marvin wasn't left out by adding him into one of their festive snaps.

The festive season is upon us, meaning many people will be choosing to decorate their homes with Christmas trees adorned in sparkling lights.

Christmas is fast approaching, so if you're keen to have a little reshuffle of the décor in your home, you're going to want to read on. Bright colours and neon lights are all the rage this year so we've had a deep dive to find our favourite Christmas themed décor for you- and much of it is in that style. There's everything from colourful tree toppers to eye-catching gift wrap, garlands and baubles.

A new Christmas light trail has arrived at Heaton Park for the festive season.

Golf It! is back and better than ever - with a new-look range and all new features ready to welcome punters from THIS weekend.

The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck will be coming to Greater Manchester, the drinks giant confirmed today (December 1).

When it comes to party season, you’re going to want makeup that has a little bit of sticking power. Rather than spending all night in the bathroom reapplying your lippy after every drink or snack, you want something you can swipe on in the morning and have it still looking perfect by the end of the night, which is exactly where Wonderstain comes in.

Christmas is just around the corner, and which household with children of a certain age doesn't have a letter to Santa with one (or both) of these famous and fun toys listed? In partnership with Mattel, we've launched a special competition, giving five lucky readers the chance to win the ultimate Christmas present bundle. The bundle - worth over £450 - will include two of the must haves this Christmas from two of Mattel’s iconic brands, Hot Wheels & Barbie.The Hot Wheels City Ultimate Garage has four levels of racing, stunting and storytelling for kids to explore! Each level inspires track-play adventures – for example, the ground floor features cool track-play details like moveable hoses, a car wash with a foam roller, diverters and connectors to connect to other Hot Wheels sets (sold separately).

There’s more than the usual buzz of excitement in Greater Manchester surrounding the festive season.

viewing of “Violent Night.”The “Home Improvement” alum, who is known for his portrayal of Saint Nick in his “The Santa Claus” film franchise, prefers watching more wholesome, family holiday movies — like his own.“I can’t watch another Santa Claus movie. Especially when they’re bad Santas,” Allen, 70, told The Post in a joint interview with his daughter, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, while promoting “The Santa Clauses.”“I know there are people that like the ugly Santa movies but sometimes I’m like, ‘Eh, I don’t know if I like bad Santas.’ You know, dressed up with knives and stabbing,” he added. “I don’t like that.”The comedian stepped into Santa’s shoes as Scott Calvin in 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” going on to make two more films and his Disney+ series, which is now in its second season.While other actors (Ed Asner in “Elf,” Richard Attenborough in “Miracle on 34th Street” and Kurt Russell in “The Christmas Chronicles”) have played a light-hearted Kriss Kringle, David Harbour and Billy Bob Thornton have taken on darker versions in 2022’s “Violent Night” and 2003’s “Bad Santa,” respectively.“I’m not judging other shows,” Allen insisted.

The Beatles have teamed up with Barcelona-based sports brand MEYBA on a new range of football shirts and sportswear.The company, which was formed in 1940, is the former official kit provider for FC Barcelona.In a statement on the brand’s official website, they say: “Our first officially licenced MEYBA x The Beatles collection draws inspiration from the epic back catalogue of music, film & images from the world’s greatest band.”“This initial collection’s main focus is a monochrome deep dive into the Abbey Road album artwork that was produced and released in 1969. The famous zebra crossing and classic black and white The Beatles ‘Long T’ logos are used as inspiration in number of methods and formats across the collection.”Browse the range of items here, including t-shirts, jackets and jerseys.In other Beatles-related fashion news, this week they also launched an official Christmas jumper, paying homage to their iconic ‘Abbey Road’ album cover, with the Fab Four wearing red Santa hats as they stride across the famous zebra crossing.Social enterprise and Christmas Jumper pioneers notjust clothing and Earth Merch have teamed up with Apple Corps Ltd.

Gabriel Iglesias, aka Fluffy, is one of the new stars in the second season of the Disney+ holiday series The Santa Clauses!

If there's one children's character that is loved across all generations it's Paddington, so it's probably not surprising that his inclusion inside McDonald's Happy Meals is creating all kinds of excitement.

in an Instagram Story on Monday. “Here’s a link to my official apology.”The link, which read “Tap to solve your issue,” brought users to a site that is dedicated to selling special needs helmets.

If Christmas is all about cheer, we can see why Christine Lampard is the poster girl for the season.The presenter, 44, is all smiles as she sits down to talk to us about returning as No7’s Christmas gifting ambassador, joking, “Does that make me Mrs Claus?” To her children – Patricia, five, and two-year-old Freddie – we imagine it does. Loose Women star Christine, who is married to football legend Frank, says Christmas is big in their household, and that this year she’ll be making it more magical than ever.The couple will celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary in December – though she says it will be a low-key occasion and she’d rather spend quality time with her husband than be spoiled with lavish presents.

150+ Rockettes Christmas Spectacular shows at Radio City Music Hall.The long-standing tradition, which began in 1933 (!), is already back in Midtown and will run all the way until Jan. 1, 2024.And if you’ve been dreaming of catching the Rockettes and Santa live on stage this year, it isn’t too late to grab your last-minute tickets.As of now, there are still seats for all upcoming performances.Based on our findings, prices for some shows start as low as $65 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.Want to find the Christmas Spectacular that makes the most sense for your schedule?Keep scrolling.We’ve got all the details you’re looking for and more about the Rockettes’ 2023 Radio City Christmas Spectacular below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.From now all the way until the new year, there will be multiple shows every single day at Radio City Music Hall.After scouring the schedule, it appears most high-kicking 90-minute performances (featuring more than 140 performers and an original score to boot) will take place at either 2 p.m., 5 p.m.

Kerry Katona excitedly showed off her Christmas makeover at her £2million Cheshire home, as she got into the festive spirit.The 43 year old former Atomic Kitten star took to Instagram to share a video of her house as she drove down the drive in her £200k green Lamborghini. As the house came into sight, it looked like Santa's grotto, with twinkling lights adorning it.

Prestwick gets into the festive mood next weekend (November 25 and 26) with a two day Prestmas special.

A cosy underground Christmas grotto for adults has opened in the city centre - and it features candy cane cocktails, mulled wine and a comforting fireplace to unwind.