Father David: Merry Christmas!

A powerful message.

Michael Bublé : It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | Official Music Video

Nov 5, 2021 | Views on YouTube: 65,108,108

Festive Flavours with Famous Friends | Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas | Full Episode | Mary Berry

Dec 11, 2025 | Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas Full Episode: Much loved home cook Dame Mary Berry is joined by some famous friends for her ultimate Christmas feast, packed with tips to plan and get ahead for the big day.

Planning is Mary’s top tip for a successful and enjoyable day and here she shares her definitive recipes perfected over 50 years. Mary will begin her festive feast with a deliciously simple Stilton and Sage Mini Scone Canape, followed by her traditional Christmas feast including her Lemon and Herb Roast Turkey with all the trimmings. Her Crispy Roast Potatoes, honey glazed carrots and parsnips, Ruby Red Cabbage and Apricot and Chestnut Stuffing are all complimented by turkey gravy. To complete the meal Mary is joined by friend Rylan as they visit a pick your own vegetable farm where they cook up Brussels Sprouts with peas and cashews to try and convert some Brussels hating kids.

Mary will also be joined by some chef friends who share festive recipes from their own heritage. She visits Angela Hartnett at home, where she cooks up rich Pumpkin Ricotta Tortelli, a seasonal tradition for her Italian family. Monica Galetti welcomes Mary to her restaurant kitchen where she prepares a twist on Samoan Palusami with Smoked Haddock, Cavolo Nero and Sourdough which she’ll be serving to her family on Christmas Day.

To create the perfect table setting Mary also shows us how to create a sustainable and cost-conscious centrepiece from foraged greenery before Rylan joins her at home to share a festive cocktail with fizz and cranberries.

To complete the festive feast are two sumptuous desserts. Mary’s traditional British Christmas pudding recipe goes back to medieval times – a rich mix of dried fruit and nuts which is steamed for 8 hours before serving alongside a boozy cream. Alongside this is a Festive Trifle with layers of custard, cream, sponge and pear, topped with spun sugar.

Jamie Oliver: 12 Christmas Recipes & Ideas to Cook This Year

December 11, 2025

Nigella's Christmas Kitchen: Short & Sweet

Apr 25, 2022

Traditional Roast | Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites Episode 2 | Full Episode | Mary Berry

Nov 24, 2025 | Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites E02 Full Episode: Like many, Christmas is Mary Berry’s favourite time of year. But all that cooking and preparation comes with a lot of pressure. No matter how many times you’ve cooked for it before, it can all seem a bit daunting.

So in the second episode of this two part series, Mary Berry comes to the rescue with her plan for the big day itself. Five delicious, indulgent but easy classics that will give you a stress-free Christmas day and an enviable feast!

To start, Mary gets everyone in the mood with her mulled wine and mini filo Beef Wellington canapés. Then it’s on to Christmas dinner itself, and this year Mary’s roasting a Turkey Crown and serving it with all the trimmings - fail-safe sage and onion stuffing balls, a simple yet delicious cranberry sauce and a recipe for Brussels sprouts that everyone will want to eat. And for a final mouth-watering treat, Mary cooks her very special take on the traditional Christmas Mince pie. It couldn’t be any more simple or delicious.

As well as cooking her Christmas Day favourites, Mary tells stories from her past and visits some specialist artisans getting ready for a busy Christmas. First up, she samples a seasonal tipple at the Wiston Estate winery, before visiting Hampton Court to find out whether her Christmas in any way resembles the Christmas celebrated by the Tudors.

Mary Christmas!

1914 | Sainsbury's Ad | Christmas 2014

Nov 12, 2014 | Sainsbury’s Christmas advert, 1914. Made in partnership with The Royal British Legion. Inspired by real events from 100 years ago.

2014’s Christmas ad from Sainsbury’s – Christmas is for sharing. Made in partnership with The Royal British Legion, it commemorates the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914, when the guns fell silent and two armies met in no-man’s land, sharing gifts – and even playing football together.

The chocolate bar featured in the ad was on sale at Sainsbury’s at that time. All profits went to The Royal British Legion and benefitted our armed forces and their families, past and present.


I have watched the new Christmas ads this year for several supermarkets, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury’s itself, and a few others, too, but in my humble opinion, although many of them are clever and good, none comes up to standard of this superb Christmas ad. This ad is the work of a genius! It is thoroughly moving and thoroughly meaningful. The advert encapsulates the TRUE meaning of Christmas, bringing two warring nations together. Showing us all what Christmas should be about: love and peace, caring and sharing. No ad could express these things better than this does. So often, when we look at Christmas ads today, all we can observe is froth and bubble and light-heartedness. — © Mark Alexander

Sweet Italian Christmas Cookies 🎄 Almonds and Orange! Gluten-free Pastry: Ricciarelli ♥

Nov 25, 2021 | Do you know Ricciarelli? Sweet Christmas cookies that we bake as a family. Each family has its own way of doing things, its recipes, its flavours. These orange and almond cookies are delicious! Remember, the more we share, the less we eat ♥ Buon appetito!

Why ‘A Christmas Carol’ Endures

OPINION : GUEST ESSAY
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Since its publication in December 1843, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens has been a cherished presence during the holiday season. The novella — which Dickens wrote to make money when he was broke — has not gone out of print once in more than 180 years and has been adapted into dozens of movies, stage productions, musicals and mini series, attracting stars from Alastair Sim to the Muppets. Today one can hardly think of Christmas without thinking of Scrooge, the Cratchits and Tiny Tim’s “God bless us, every one.”

In some ways, the story’s enduring appeal is easy to account for. “A Christmas Carol” is, first and foremost, a ghost story — a genre that never seems to go out of fashion. But what’s less easy to account for, and more interesting, is how this 19th-century tale has continued to speak to modern readers, offering moral lessons that have only grown more relevant over the decades.

At its core, it is a story about the forces that exist within all of us: greed and generosity, hatred and love, repentance and forgiveness. It doesn’t hurt that it concerns one of literature’s most compelling characters: Ebenezer Scrooge.

The name Scrooge has become a synonym for a misanthrope. He treats his employee terribly, disdains those less fortunate than him and turns away those collecting donations for the poor. His sole concern is his own material enrichment. » | Roger Rosenblatt | Mr. Rosenblatt is an author of memoirs, novels and meditations, the most recent of which is “A Steinway on the Beach: Wounds and Other Blessings.” | Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Hope and Fears of Christians in Syria under the New Islamist Leadership | DW News

Dec 24, 2024 | Christians in Syria are preparing to celebrate their first Christmas since the overthrow of president Bashar al Assad. After nearly five decades under the rule of the Assad family, the country faces a new era following this month's sudden rebel victory. While some Christians express hope for the future, there are concerns about the fate of religious minorities under Syria's new Islamist-led government.

For more on this, we talk to Priest Firas Lutfi. He is a Parish Priest in Damascus and Head of Franciscan community in Damascus, Syria.

Christians in Syria prepare for Christmas

How to Cook the Ultimate Roast Pork with Rejina Sabur-Cross | Recipe | Sainsbury's

Jan 10, 2014

How to Make Roast Pork with Perfect Crackling | Waitrose

Mar 20, 2016 | Rich Harris shows you a foolproof, simple method for making delicious roast pork with crisp crackling every time.

Nigella's Christmas Kitchen 🎄 Episode 5 - BBC Series 2008 | Complete Episode

Nov 28, 2020 | This video is the property of the BBC.

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HAUSER - The First Noel

Nov 11, 2024 | HAUSER performing The First Noel

Nigella's Christmas Kitchen 🎄 Episode 4 - BBC Series 2008 | Complete Episode

Nov 28, 2020 | This video is the property of the BBC.

Ukraine Ignores Russian Orthodox Church, Observes December 25 as Public Holiday

Dec 26, 2023 | Today marks the first time that Ukraine is observing Christmas as a public holiday on December 25th. Traditionally, Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on January 7th in line with the Russian Orthodox Church, following the Julian calendar. It's part of a cultural shift away from Moscow after last year's invasion.

Nigella’s Christmas Breakfast Strata

Dec 11, 2023 | “I know there’s not exactly a shortage of cooking on Christmas Day. None of us is actively looking for more to do, but I want to talk to you about breakfast on this most celebratory of mornings. What you need is a breakfast you can get ready, for the most part, before you go to bed on Christmas Eve, and that makes you greet the day – and your guests – the next morning with a genuine smile on your face.

I’m inordinately fond of a strata (the title referring to the layers), which is really a cheesy, eggy bake with bread at the heart of it. There’s something so deliciously festive about it: the dark green of the spinach, the red of the jarred roasted peppers, the milky white of the mozzarella.


Get the full recipe here.

Wonderland: The Story of Christmas | BBC Select

Dec 4, 2023 | So many classic children’s books deal with the festive season. There are Christmassy moments in great works by Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Kenneth Grahame, J. M. Barrie, J.R.R. Tolkien and many more. This ingenious arts documentary delves into both the joyous descriptions of yuletide created by these writers and also some darker moments in Christmas stories.

Stream the full documentary on BBC Select here.

5 European Christmas Dishes You Should Try

Dec 2, 2023 | No good Christmas without a good Christmas dinner! If you want to try something new this year or are still at a loss as to what to cook - we have five European Xmas recipe ideas for you: Roast goose from Germany, pierogi from Poland, Christmas ham from Sweden, cheese fondue from Switzerland and Christmas pudding from the UK. Ho Ho Ho!

Correction: Kirsch (Kirschwasser) NOT cherry brandy is put into Swiss fondue! Cherry brandy would be far too sweet. It would also be the wrong colour. It would turn the cheese fondue pink! – Mark