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From the food eaten on Christmas day to the style and colour of decorations, many aspects make the festive period unlike any other. Everyone wants to make Christmas the perfect holiday, and this excitement often results in us going overboard, but what do our Christmas spending habits look like as a nation?

Taking statistics from the UK’s average Christmas usage, we can reveal how much we use (and waste) every year. We have paired our findings with a range of tips to help make your Christmas sustainable without missing out on what makes this time of the year so special.

 

Brits drink enough beer over the festive season to fill 57 Olympic-sized swimming pools

The most festive time of the year brings loved ones together to celebrate, relax and have a good time. As December nears, people start anticipating the month's festivities as they decorate their Christmas trees and adorn them with Christmas decorations, ready for the big day. 

Of course, as most people grow older, they stop believing in the fantastical tale as the truth is revealed to them. But where do most people still believe in Santa’s existence? By looking at Google search data from countries across the globe, as well as in the UK and US, we have been able to determine those who still believe in the magic of Santa the most.

Christmas is that special time of year when you come together with the people you love to celebrate the festive season. There’s no better way of enjoying a winter evening in the run up to the festivities than getting cosy by your Christmas tree and enjoying a festive movie with the people you love most to get you into the spirit of Christmas.  

But which Christmas classics can be crowned as THE best? We’ve delved into reviews from audiences and critics, and Google searches too, to find the top festive films that are guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit.

To coincide with the season for giving, Christmas Tree World has been raising thousands of pounds for a very special cause.

As the UK’s leading supplier of artificial Christmas trees, we pledged to plant a tree in Borneo for every order from our website. Christmas Tree World joined forces with Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) in a bid to help save the south-east Asian rainforest.

Each order we received this year has raised money to plant a new tree in Borneo, helping to save the island’s critically endangered orangutans.

It’s a question which has stood the test of time: ‘When is the right time to put my Christmas tree up?’.

Start of December? First of the month? Just ahead of the family arriving? Before the neighbours? There’s a wide range of answers and opinions.

There are traditions involved also, and we’ll break them all down along with some of our favourite artificial Christmas trees for this festive season.

Read about How to make my artificial Christmas tree look fuller?

London has today been crowned the most festive city in the UK.

Despite the ongoing Brexit turmoil in Westminster, Londoners have got themselves into the Christmas spirit quicker than any other city in the UK this year.

In analysis conducted by Christmas Tree World, the leading retailer of artificial Christmas trees, Londoners were found to be searching online for their 2019 festive decorations earlier than anywhere else.

During the month of August, 13% of all traffic to the christmastreeworld.co.uk website came from London, with Liverpool and Glasgow following behind in second and third places respectively.

Christmas Tree World has revealed it is making a very special pledge for the festive season this year.

The UK’s leading supplier of artificial Christmas trees has joined forces with Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) in a bid to help save the south-east Asian rainforest and the island’s critically endangered orangutans.

Borneo’s 600,000-hectare Sebangau Rainforest has been ravaged by deforestation by illegal logging, forest fires caused by dry peat, and the rapid development of palm oil plantations.

Christmas is supposed to be a time of cheer and joy, a time to get together with family and friends and eat, drink and be merry. However, many of us will attest to this not always being the case. Sometimes Christmas means slightly fraught and tense atmospheres, and tempers can become frayed - especially after a glass or three of eggnog! Here at Christmas Tree World, we've conducted some research into what grinds our gears at Christmas and what's most likely to cause tempers to fray around the dinner table. Take a look at the graphic below to see what's going to make our blood boil this festive period... As you can see, it's our family who cause us the most irritation at Christmas, with 29.6% of arguments being caused by our nearest and dearest in

Some may think that Christmas trends are the same each year, and that people just stick an artificial Christmas tree in the corner, throw up some Christmas garlands and be done with it. However, you might be surprised! Christmas trends do in fact differ from year to year. Here, our very own Stephen Evans, managing director at Christmas Tree World, comments on the top Christmas trends for the home this year. Have you noticed how, with each passing Christmas, life seems to get more hectic? But Christmas is the high spot in the dull, dark and long winter, and the Christmas tree lights, tree, decorations and, of course, the parties help to lift our spirits.

There are lots of components that go into making Christmas what it is. Tons of food, cheesy films, awkward office parties, increasingly elaborate TV adverts, redecorating the artificial Christmas tree when the kids have gone to bed - and, of course, Christmas songs. Christmas just isn't the same without the radio, offices, shops and restaurants pumping out all your favourite festive hits, but just how have these songs changed over the years? We've dug into the yuletide archives (looked on the internet) and researched how Christmas number ones have changed over the years, starting in 1970 and going right up to the present day. The following infographic looks at various aspects of the Christmas songs that have topped the charts, including common themes, the key it's written in, length, and more...