Goodbye angels, hello Ozempic needles – what’s behind the boom in bizarre Christmas baubles?
"This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?"
"This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?"
"The multiples and chain stores have been growing since the beginning of the century, and in the past 15 years they have grown very fast."
Editor's Note: Another brilliant upload to the BBC Archive YouTube Channel, this looks at where Tesco and WH Smith were in 1970. Smoky boardrooms filled with men shouting over women, brutalist concrete shopping centres, retail floors where hygiene is anathema and sales meetings in which the livelihoods of producers and authors are shot down on a whim. Watch out for the very TV Creamy cameo at a store opening.
"Knowsley food aid organisations have been badly hit by the demise of the Knowsley Foodbank distributer. We are raising ££ to help the Stockbridge Village pantry give people a nicer Christmas."
"The double-bill premiere saw the military organisation UNIT forced to deal with the arrival of an ancient species..."
"Since breaking into their convent near Salzburg, Austria, Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita have been busy."
"Kylie is the biggest challenger for Christmas number one 2025. Her new song XMAS, was recorded for the 10th anniversary edition of her Kylie Christmas album."
"Mariah Carey has lodged a record-tying 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as “All I Want for Christmas Is You” rides the holiday wave back to the top of the charts."
"Writer Billie Schwab Dunn doesn't live in the same country as her family, which can make the holiday season a tricky time of year."
"Spokesperson for the city says 9-metre Christmas tree should be back up mid-week."
"For many Swiss, the Christmas tree is part of the Christmas tradition. According to the Forest Owners Association, around 1.7 million Christmas trees are sold every year. The Nordmann fir is by far the most popular."
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