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A baby in Grinch outfit sitting on Santa Claus' lap with their dad next to them.

Santa takes helicopter to visit children's hospice

"It enables us to be a normal family and to enjoy time together within a safe space," said one mum.

Afternoon traffic passes over a bridge on Dawson Street in Manchester. Trees can be seen on one side of the street - with

Drivers complain of 'awful' festive traffic chaos

Manchester drivers urged to get public transport as city centre plagued by Christmas gridlock.

A troupe of mainly female dancers in a variety of bold single-colour short dresses, posing on a stage.

The tiny village hosting £5m Christmas celebration

George Cushing says the Thursford spectacular originally started as a carol concert in a barn.

Dan Noall stands outside of the display in Cornwall. Mr Noall is wearing a blue coat on top of a jumper. He has dark hair and is wearing glases. Red, green, blue and yellow Christmas lights light up the background behind him.

'I do feel proud of what I've achieved'

Dan Noall, 21, says the display has been a tradition for about two decades.

Reindeer lying on straw in a metal fenced enclosure surrounded by the crowds at a previous Beverley Festival of Christmas

Virus causes Christmas market to cancel reindeer

The planned reindeer parade has been called off due to an outbreak of bluetongue disease.

Hull & East Yorkshire

The back window of a tractor, decorated with two light-up Santa Claus figures inside the glass. The rest of the exterior of the tractor is decorated with multicoloured Christmas lights.

Festive tractors set to tour the island's towns

The Christmas Tractor Run sees a convoy of 75 festively decorated tractors take to the roads twice.

A group of people surrounded by bright festive lights, are standing posing for a photograph with a large, red sleigh.

Christmas lights display lights up neighbourhood

Elliot Smith and Tasha Quick decorate their house in Stafford for Halloween and Christmas.

Stoke & Staffordshire

Photo shows a police car and an ambulance parked beside a white tent in Barker's Pool, a public square in Sheffield city centre. It is night time and in the distance there are two people stood outside the tent and once person sitting inside waiting to help people.

City 'safe square' returns for Christmas revellers

Those on nights out in Sheffield city centre can get help from the service over the festive period.

South Yorkshire

A Nativity scene made out of bread arranged in a bakery window. The scene features three sourdough loaves wearing crowns for the three kings, sourdough loaves Mary and Joseph wearing cloth, and a baguette wrapped in cloth sleeping on a rye loaf for baby Jesus.

Bakery's bread nativity scene making people smile

Bakery bosses say their window display has turned a lot of heads.

Gloucestershire