Today is ‘frazzled Friday’ – the day the festive excesses finally get the better of us, a study found. Overdosing on food, booze and unwelcome relatives coupled with a realisation there is very little left in the bank to get through January means today will be a struggle. The study also found as many as [...]
Brit’s have officially kept their Christmas spending conservative this year- with the big day just creeping it’s way around the corner, research has revealed that a third of Brits are spending less this festive season, with the rest sticking to the same budget as last year. In fact, a third of frugal Brits will be [...]
Forget the 21st, it’s judgement day today- at least when it comes to Christmas shopping. Today is the day when millions of Brits will be hit by an attack of festive panic – because they have done little or no Christmas shopping. With just five days to go until the 25th and even the next [...]
Staff who work remotely are more likely to cause scandal at the office Xmas party by smooching with a colleague, it has been revealed. A poll of more than 2,000 office workers found those who work from home or out in the field have a ‘devil may care’ attitude as they won’t have to face [...]
Batteries, Sellotape and crackers have topped the list of the most commonly forgotten items at Christmas, research has shown. The study also reminded us that brandy, gravy and napkins also escape many of us by the time the day of festivities is upon us. Running out of gift tags is commonplace, while pigs in blankets, [...]
We’ll soon all be striving to complete the biggest cooking challenge of the year- but million will fail to perfect the Christmas dinner this year, a study has found. Research revealed around four out of ten people who have cooked a Christmas dinner in the past are yet to pull off the ideal feast. The [...]
Men are officially the best Christmas shoppers, research has shown. A study of 2,000 Brits pitted the genders against one another to discover who has the best approach when it comes to bagging the goods. And men it was who emerged as the winners, with 30% regularly getting all of their Christmas shopping completed in [...]
British families admit they feel burdened by older relatives, including at Christmas, research has revealed. Despite 87% of people feeling it is the responsibility of family to look after older relatives, worries about the financial burden (19%), being too busy (45%) and living too far away (36%) mean that families can’t take the strain. In [...]
The average mum will have spent a staggering 51 hours preparing for Christmas by the time the big day arrives, a study has shown. The research revealed the equivalent of more than two days will be spent choosing, purchasing and wrapping presents, making nativity costumes for the kids and taking care of the food shopping. [...]
Working out where to spend Christmas Day, choosing which family to visit and deciding how much money to spend on one another are the topics most likely to spark a festive argument, research has revealed. The study of 2,000 Brits found the driving factors that are most likely to cause friction at the holidays, with [...]
