Royal Mail is urging families to send their letters to Santa in plenty of time if youngsters wish to receive a reply this year.

Internet searches for Christmas jumpers are rapidly increasing, but when is Christmas Jumper Day and how can you take part?

Gifts galore, handmade crafts and winter warming food and drink. Here's our guide to Kent's festive markets and fairs this year.

A festive programme of events which includes a new artisan market and musical performances has been revealed.

A Christmas lights switch-on event with a twist is set to kick off festivities on Friday.

The winner of BBC's Any Dream Will Do Lee Mead will be starting the Christmas festivities in one Kent town.

Bookmaker William Hill is now taking bets on whether the UK will see a white Christmas but who is favourite for a festive flurry?

Toy experts have revealed the top 12 toys, available to buy this Christmas, that they think will be this year's must-have items.

Aldi will give away surplus food this Christmas to families in need and here's how groups and charities can now apply:

Royal Mail, which today unveiled its Christmas stamp designs, says people should shop online and post cards early to avoid delivery disappointment.

The countdown to Christmas will officially begin with light switch-ons across the county.

Thinking of picking your panto tickets for this year? Here's our guide to the shows set to entertain us this Christmas across the county:

It feels like a festive experience, but some ice rinks are opening earlier than ever. We take a look at the rinks due to open across Kent and beyond.

Wrap up tickets to that all-important family visit to see Santa with our guide to grottos across Kent this year.

Make your Christmas shopping trip easy with these top pressie picks. Just remember... the magic is in the opening.

A fairy village and a wonderland walkway are among treats in store for visitors to a popular park this festive season.

Climbing onboard a Santa Special has a special festive feeling. We round up the ones in Kent this year and how to get tickets before they sell out.

We've teamed up with the organisers of a magical one-mile illuminated festive trail to give away five family tickets to the opening weekend.

As the most wonderful time of the year creeps ever closer, here are the places in Kent you can watch the festivities.

Organisers say it would be "reckless" to stage a festive community event amid fears Covid cases could rise this winter.