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Dorothy Glenn from South Shields has been told by South Tyneside Homes to remove her 4ft Santa, giant Christmas tree and range of Christmas lights from the front of her house for fear that they might "cause offence" amongst non-Christians in the community.

Make a donation to charity whilst you do your Christmas shopping with a visit to the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres’ annual Christmas Fair, taking place at Kensington Town Hall tomorrow. Hand-crafted Venetian glass jewellery, Christmas decorations from Deck the Halls, children’s clothes from Lucky Me, Fairtrade gifts from The Chocolate Elephant and antique fabrics the Cloth Shop will all be available with a collection of delicious food stalls giving you the chance to stock up the cupboards for Christmas. Maggie’s Centres Christmas Fair takes place from 11am to 9.30pm.

If you fancy getting yourself in the spirit for you know what, check out Homes and Bargains new competition where you could win one of 8 pairs of tickets to this year’s Country Living Christmas Fair. Taking place from 14-18th November at the Business Design Centre in London, there will be exclusive gifts, decorations, scrummy food and much more on show, plus loads of special deals to take advantage of on the day.

Perfect timing for you know what and for those of you who just enjoy the thrill of it, John Lewis has announced it is offering free delivery on absolutely everything bought on-line right now. So whether you are after a beautiful embroidered purse, a HD plasma screen, blender and coffee maker to even those highly sought after transformers toys, with John Lewis you could very well get all your shopping done in one fail swoop and all from the comfort of your own home. Sounds good?