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More than 50 brave souls kicked off Christmas with a chilling dip.

As always, the Kardashian family pulled out all the stops for their annual Christmas party on December 24. Giving fans an insight into the extravagant party, Kylie Jenner shared a video on her Instagram page of herself, mum Kris Jenner, and sisters Khloe, Kendall and Kourtney. In the clip, they could all be seen singing along to Arian Grande's single Santa Tell Me and pulling their best poses.

The festive spirit is well and truly alive this Christmas for Laura Anderson and Gary Lucy as they celebrated daughter Bonnie’s first Christmas in style with an adorable video on Christmas Eve. The former couple welcomed little Bonnie back in September and although the pair were no longer in a relationship, they continued to co-parent the youngster, with both stars being eager to share every milestone together.

Emmerdale star Charley Webb shared an emotional video on Christmas Eve as she appeared to be feeling nostalgic about the festive season following her split from husband Matthew Wolfenden. The 35 year old star, who officially parted ways with Matthew in September, shared a video of their family Christmas taken in 2021, which featured a glimpse of far happier times with their three sons.

It's finally Christmas Day!

Former Love Island star Amy Hart is preparing for her first Christmas as a proud mum to her adorable son Stanley, and has opened up to OK! about how she plans on navigating the festive season. Amy, 30, welcomed her first child with her fiance Sam Rason in March this year and has since been keeping her fans and followers updated online on her journey as a new mum.

Kim Kardashian is sharing her family’s unique Christmas gifts!

Melissa Barrera is continuing to voice her support from Palestine, following her firing from Scream 7 due to social media posts she made regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The holidays are here, which means various Christmas movies featuring Santa Claus will be playing around the clock!

King Charles III is making a slight tweak to the traditional Christmas Day broadcast!

Technology wasn’t Santa Claus’ best friend this morning, but in the Spirit of Christmas everything is A-OK now, according to NORAD.

Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick Cannon is spreading some Christmas cheer!

While it may have looked Christmassy, a driver who strung their car with fairy lights has been warned by police that it is illegal. The car in Wales was wrapped in fairy lights and also had tinted windows, which Gwent Police compared to “wearing sunglasses at night” as so little light was getting through.

Beyond Paradise will take BBC viewers back to Shipton Abbott where DI Humphrey Goodman and his team investigate a series of burglaries - but everything is not what it seems. The team make a breakthrough with an unexpected connection but a bittersweet discovery makes them reconsider the true meaning of Christmas. Elsewhere, at the station, Kelby is forced to babysit a cheeky young shoplifter while Humphrey feels the pressure when CS Charlie Woods continues to question why their beloved local police station should remain open.

There's only one more sleep to go until Christmas, and if you've got young children, it's likely they'll be fizzing with excitement at the thought of Santa coming to deliver presents.

After enjoying some downtime in The Bahamas, Victoria and David Beckham have headed to Miami with their children to continue their festive celebrations. Victoria, 49, and David, 48, have been holidaying with their eldest son Brooklyn, 24, and his wife Nicola Peltz, 28, as well as their two youngest children, Cruz, 18, and Harper, 11.The pair's son Romeo, 20, has been absent from the festivities so far.

For any parent, a child’s first nativity is an emotional milestone. However, for these four families, the moment is extra special after their little ones were diagnosed with leukaemia. OK! meets the little stars who have overcome all the odds to shine bright….

Children across the country are getting excited for Father Christmas to visit and treat them to load of presents they cannot wait to open - but for three-year-old Arsala, this Christmas is very different, and she is desperate for more than just a visit from Santa.

David and Victoria Beckham celebrated Christmas with their kids a few days early. However, one of them wasn’t able to make it to this year.

Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague shared a special moment with their daughter Bambi, as she met Santa for the first time. The Love Island stars posted adorable photos of the occasion on Instagram, with Tommy captioning it: "BamBam's first Christmas." Boxer Tommy, 24, is a doting dad in the snaps as he holds their eleven-month-old daughter on his lap as she looks curiously at Santa.

The Christmas countdown is officially on and with just a couple of days to go, you’re probably deep in the last-minute tasks like present wrapping, buying food and cleaning your home. But don’t forget to give yourself a little last minute TLC before the big day, too, with these last two days being the perfect time to get yourself feeling pampered and relaxed ready to celebrate.

James Nesbitt is often cast as murder-solving detectives in TV dramas, but this December he’s playing a criminal with a festive twist in Sky’s film The Heist Before Christmas. The Bloodlands star is donning a Santa suit and robbing a bank in this Northern Ireland comedy - and admits that the role is a welcome break from his steady diet of dramas.

(David Schwimmer) gets his son Ben for Christmas, he decides it’s the perfect time to teach his half-Jewish child about the wonders of Hanukkah. Yet Ben is all about Christmas, especially since his mother Susan dresses up like Santa every year and Santa has reindeer that can fly.

Barack Obama, took to social media to share his favorite books of 2023. The former mandatary, also an author, divided his list of favorite things into three parts, continuing his annual tradition by releasing the books he enjoyed the most.

Since it first landed on our screens way back in 2003, Elf has become a Christmas classic.The film follows Buddy, who as an orphan baby crawled into Santa's sack on Christmas Eve and ended up back in the North Pole.There, Santa's elves decide to take him in and raise him as one of their own. Then, when he finds out that his real father, Walter Hobbs is on the naughty list, Buddy travels to New York to meet his real family and spread some Christmas spirit across the city.

a source of psychic strain and emotional damage. Still, crippling carols and all, Christmas music is an enduring piece of our national landscape. In the words of Post columnist Rich Lowry: “American tastes have drastically changed over the decades, yet our Christmas songbook has remained largely the same.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There’s a secret to having a Christmas record that is successful in the 21st century: Put it out before 1970. That’s clear from just looking at the top 10 songs each December, and knowing that Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first two weeks of this month.

Coronation Street star Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald on the ITV soap, has been getting in the festive spirit and helping his wife Emma Gleave after her cafe suffered damage due to a storm. The couple, who got married in 2010, were faced with a devastating situation after intense winds, nicknamed Storm Pia, swept through Morley Tearooms in Cheshire. The eatery featured a number of Christmas additions, including a home-made Santa's Grotto that 49 year old Simon had proudly revealed earlier this month.

Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher and his wife Liz Marsland have opened up on their "whirlwind" two years after they moved their family life to a farm in the Peak District. Kevin, Liz and their four young children – Marnie, six, Milo, four, and 18-month-old twins Mateusz and Maximus have documented their journey on the new ITV1 show Fletcher’s Family Farm.

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