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  1. Katy Perry and Russell Brand spend Christmas 7,000 miles apart

    28 December: Katy brought in Christmas in Hawaii while her husband of just over a year spent the day in Cornwall.

  2. Christmas Kitchen Crackers: making a pudding of yourself with dessert

    22 December: Bryan Burnett is on hand to show you how to create some great food for Christmas day.

  3. Aberdeen's Jack and the Beanstalk breaks records with ticket sales topping £1m

    22 December: Aberdeen’s HMT has seen sales of tickets for this year’s pantomime soar, making it their best ever Christmas.

  4. Ashley Cole increases security to have Cheryl home for Christmas

    22 December: Ashley Cole was reportedly thinking of taking Cheryl abroad for a few days over Christmas but knows that it would be impossible for them not to be...

  5. Christmas crackers: STV viewers’ favourite festive memories

    21 December: We delve into the archives of STV show What Are You Doing For Christmas? to find out viewers’ favourite Christmas traditions, memories and presents of...

  6. Christmas Kitchen Crackers: creating a terrific traditional Christmas dinner

    21 December: Bryan Burnett is on hand to show you how to create some great food for Christmas day – now it’s onto the turkey and the ‘main event’.

  7. Christmas Kitchen Crackers: fish dish – and something for vegetarians

    21 December: Bryan Burnett is on hand to show you how to create some great food for Christmas day – in this programme he’s offering something for fish-lovers and...

  8. Christmas Kitchen Crackers: how to cook up sumptuous soup and starters

    21 December: Bryan Burnett is on hand to show you how to create some great food for Christmas day – for this episode he’s on to the soup and starters.

  9. Christmas Kitchen Crackers: how to make the perfect party food

    21 December: Bryan Burnett was on hand to show you how to create some great food for Christmas day - this time it's party food!

  10. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s luxurious New Year’s Eve plans

    21 December: The Twilight stars are said to be planning to welcome in the New Year in a swanky hotel in West Hollywood.

  11. George Michael might need to spend Christmas in hospital

    21 December: The Fast Love singer is currently being treated for pneumonia in a hospital in Vienna, and might need to remain there over the festive season.

  12. Struggle to get hooked on The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan at the Pavilion

    19 December: Cockney comic Jim Davidson steals the show in lacklustre production

  13. Blow for retailers as poll shows one third of Scots plan to spend less this Christmas

    16 December: Survey finds economic downturn still on customers' minds as shops report record fall in Christmas shopping.

  14. Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Scottish New Year plans revealed

    16 December: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in for a treat this festive season, reportedly planning to bring in the bells in Aberdeenshire.

  15. Panto stars Stott, Gray and Stewart on why Cinderella is a must-see show

    28 December: Grant Stott, Andy Gray and Allan Stewart are starring in the classic fairytale at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh, and explain why they think it’s the...

About Christmas

Christmas is a holiday that’s celebrated every year on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Although traditionally a Christian celebration, many non-Christians around the world mark the holiday too, by exchanging presents, singing carols, exchanging Christmas cards, decorating trees with lights, baubles and tinsel, and having a special meal which his usually turkey-based.