Sources

• Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2019 - Official, official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQBINpf2QW8
• John Lewis, John Lewis Christmas Advert 2013 - The Bear & The Hare, John Lewis YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWig2WARb0
• Wham!, Last Christmas (Official Video), WhamVEVO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI

• Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004, section 1, « Prohibition of opening of large shops on Christmas Day », England and Wales: legislation.gov.uk
• Sunday Trading Act 1994, Schedule 1: a large shop has « a relevant floor area exceeding 280 square metres »: legislation.gov.uk
• UK bank holidays, England and Wales, 2026: Christmas Day on Friday 25 December, Boxing Day substitute day on Monday 28 December: gov.uk
• Save the Children UK, Christmas Jumper Day, launched in 2012, Thursday 10 December 2026: savethechildren.org.uk

Norman Rockwell, Merry Christmas, Grandma… We Came in Our New Plymouth!, 1950. Oil on canvas. Plymouth advertisement published in Life, 25 December 1950. Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing, Niles, IL. All rights reserved, not in the public domain.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas: traditional English carol, public domain. The lyrics of Last Christmas (George Michael, 1984) are protected and are not reproduced here.