Richard said: “We didn't think anything when our neighbour put up a display at Christmas as many people do. Most take theirs down around January 6, but hers stayed up and up and up. It's now April, ...

Lights committee is looking for former schoolchildren who previously switched on the annual display to come forward.

When Edison patented the light bulb in 1880 ... had introduced Britain to the Teutonic tannenbaum—the Christmas tree—and the idea spread. In the States, President Franklin Pierce put one ...

Despite knocking the price down to a mere six quid, Del Boy can't shift his telescopic Christmas trees (lights, bangles, beads and baubles inclusive). He only has 149 more to sell to make a tidy ...