Christmas

Fashion and homeware feature in TK Maxx’s Christmas campaign. We set out to find three gifts for £50, including delivery.

Three TK Maxx Christmas gifts for £50 with 4p to spare

Wakefield Christmas lights

Wakefield Christmas Lights: All you need to know from parade to special guests

I found the best pet advent calendars for Christmas 2026, including dog treats and 24 days of cat toys

The best dog and cat advent calendars to buy for Christmas 2026

Mason, a pupil at Hendal Primary School, with their winning design last year.

Enter MP’s Christmas card competition to have your design sent to King and PM

Jo Malone London's Pine & Eucalyptus Scented Candle captures the magic of Christmas with its fresh, uplifting fragrance and elegant festive presentation.

Five gorgeous Jo Malone London candles for Christmas

Tempting Christmas gift collections from Cartwright & Butler and Prestige Hampers, packed with festive treats, sweet indulgences and savoury favourites.

Luxury Christmas hampers packed with festive surprises

These jobs have all become available across the district.

12 festive new job openings in and around Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford

Christmas is officially incoming in Wakefield – and Trinity Walk is getting into the festive spirit with a packed launch weekend of free family fun.

Christmas is coming to Trinity Walk – save the date for a festive launch weekend

The Hepworth Wakefield's Festive Market will return later this month.

The Hepworth Wakefield's Festive Market to return later this month

Here are all the Christmas light switch-ons taking place across the district.

All the Christmas light switch-on events taking place across Wakefield in 2026

Lovehoney’s £119 couples advent calendar contains 24 grown-up surprises and comes with free standard delivery.

Lovehoney's £119 advent calendar has 24 surprises

Forget chocolate, this Topps Match Attax advent calendar is the Christmas countdown football fans will love

The Match Attax advent calendar football fans will love

Families have the chance to see Santa in Lapland

‘Bucket-list trip’ to see Santa Claus and Northern Lights in Lapland

Fit for a treasure chest: Hourglass's dazzling limited-edition palettes are every bit as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside.

Hourglass's limited-edition makeup palettes are flying off the shelves

Bob & Berts teams up with Cash for Kids Mission Christmas, donating 10p from every festive drink to buy gifts for children in its local communities, with hopes to raise £30,000.

Every Christmas drink at Bob & Berts helps a local child wake up to a present

These holidays have everything you need for a festive getaway

Family Christmas holidays from £179 with Santa visits and festive fun
Why squeeze the Christmas excitement into one afternoon? These UK festive getaways have accommodation from £179, with Santa visits, skating and shows among the activities to explore
Gareth Butterfield

The Cricut crafting machine that could turn a hobby into a business and it does more than just stickers

The Cricut is topping Christmas wish lists, and it's easy to see why

Christmas gift ideas from Olaplex, Hourglass, Sweaty Betty, Hunter and Neal’s Yard Remedies, with beauty, fragrance and pampering treats for under the tree.

40 best Christmas gifts for 2026 from just £2.99

Have a cracking Christmas! Boots has launched three giant beauty crackers – Joy, Magic and Cheer – each costing £25 and packed with six beauty treats worth over £70.

Boots unveils £25 beauty crackers worth over £70

The e.l.f. Christmas gift sets I'd pick for beauty lovers this year and prices start from just £15

e.l.f. has a range of Christmas gift sets for beauty lovers

Young Driver sessions are available on Wowcher

Discounts on driving experiences for teens ahead of Christmas

Deals site Wowcher and Jet2CityBreaks have deals on trips to Christmas markets in Europe

Trips to gorgeous European Christmas markets under £100

Lakeland's Barista Espresso Machine is reduced from £169.99 to £136 in the retailer's huge October sale.

Lakeland launches huge sale with savings of up to 20%

Cars available to drive include the Lamborghini Gallardo and many more

Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin supercar driving experiences

The American Golf Luxury Advent Calendar features 24 days of golfing treats, including balls, tees, accessories and more, all presented in festive red, white and blue packaging.

American Golf's £129 luxury advent calendar is a golfer's dream

Parsonage Country House Hotel and Spa, Escrick, North Yorkshire

Yorkshire country house hotel spa stay down to under £55 per person

Pontefract is set to welcome the festive season in style with its annual Christmas Light Switch-On, featuring a festive market, live entertainment, funfair rides and attractions for families.

Pontefract light switch-on to bring festive cheer with market and family fun
Pontefract is set to welcome the festive season in style with its annual Christmas Light Switch-On, featuring a festive market, live entertainment, funfair rides and attractions for families.
Leanne Clarke

Get your order in now for Christmas turkeys - and save some money if you have a Nectar carda

Sainsbury's Christmas food orders are live and turkey starts at £7.20

Ready for a mince pie? 'Tis the season to complain about Christmas arriving early

Half-price mince pies make an early Christmas taste test tempting

Towngate school took part in last year's fun event.

Wakefield Hospice Reindeer Run returns for 2026 - here's all you need to know

Christmas Magic begins at Carr Gate Garden Centre

Carr Gate unwraps Christmas magic with spectacular October launch

Dermalogica’s limited-edition 2026 Advent Calendar features 24 days of skincare treats, with a mix of bestselling favourites and skin essentials.

Dermalogica's £546 advent calendar is here - and it's yours for £229

OK, so it might be January - but you can make Christmas 2026 truly sparkle by snapping up this clearance deal

This artificial tree is just £15 in an incredible post-Christmas sale

Volunteers will pick up and dispose of your Christmas tree.

A tree-mendous way to support The Prince of Wales Hospice this Christmas

SEW Eurodrive has teamed up with The Clothing Bank, a charity tackling clothing poverty in Britain, to support its Christmas drive

Normanton-based manufacturing firm supports charity in festive pyjama drive

Local schools bring festive joy to The Prince of Wales Hospice

Pontefract pupils spread Christmas cheer at The Prince of Wales Hospice

There’s no need for your dog to miss out on a special dinner this Christmas! Just be sure they eat the clean, nutritious parts of your meal - without all the added salt, oil and butter that human Christmas foods are known for.

28 festive foods you can and can't give your dog at Christmas

See if you can spot anyone you know!

Retro Christmas: 18 photos showing Christmas in Wakefield in the 1990s and 2000s

Mandy Rowbottom shared this adorable photo of Rocco in his antlers!

Fabulous festive photos of pets at Christmas

Santa has packed up his sleigh with gifts galore for all of you good girls and boys - and now you can keep an eye on where he is right now.

NORAD Santa tracker: Where Santa Claus is now and when he'll be in Wakefield

These little crackers all have one thing in common - they were born on Christmas Day or New Year's Day across Wakefield.

33 babies born on Christmas Day and New Year's Day across Wakefield in the 2000s

And if If you're looking to quickly dash out for a few bits, then it is likely you'll still be able to shop at these major supermarkets across Wakefield.

Christmas and New Year supermarket opening times in Wakefield 2025

Do you remember any of these nights out in 2008?

26 photos taking you back to Christmas nights out in Quest, Passion and Mex

Nativities 2025.

School Nativities 2025: Adorable photos of nativity plays from across Wakefield

Happy first Christmas, babies!

17 adorable photos of Wakefield babies celebrating their first Christmas

Cosori smart meat thermometer is sold on Amazon

Cosori smart meat thermometer review – a Christmas lifesaver (aff)

Wakefield will see overnight frosts and fog throughout next week.

Christmas weather: 'Overnight frosts' expected across Wakefield

Castleford's free indoor ice-rink will return this Sunday.

Castleford's free pop-up ice rink to return to town centre this weekend

Hand-knitted jumpers were made from special wool to keep their ponies warm this winter.

Local knitters create Christmas jumpers for Coal Mining Museum's ponies

Tequila Rose Christmas bottle wraps will be available at selected Tesco or Sainsbury’s stores on the 17th and 18th December.

Tequila Rose: The best Christmas gifts come wrapped in pink

28 snaps of nativity plays in Wakefield and the Five Towns in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

28 snaps of nativity plays in Wakefield and the Five Towns in the 2000s

Travelodge rooms vary wildly in price depending on the day or location you choose - but a new online tool can help you find the sweet spots and bag a bargain

New price finder tool could slash the cost of Christmas hotel stays

Pupils dashed around their playground to raise funds for Wakefield Hospice.

Run, Run Rudolph! Pupils lap the playground as reindeer for Wakefield Hospice

Jade visited Mason at school.

'Congratulations to Mason': Hendal pupil wins Christmas card competition

This is the cheapest way to send parcels smaller than 20kg this Christmas

Find the cheapest postage deals with this parcel comparison site

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