The first sounds of festive tunes playing in the shops, the taste of your first buttery mince pie of the season and getting the deccies out of the loft. Whether it's the food, the presents or the decorations, we've been on the streets of Liverpool to ask about your Christmas traditions?
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00:00Nostalgia is a huge part of what makes this time of year feel so magical. The sound of
00:06festive tunes playing on the radio, the taste of your first buttery mince pie of the season and
00:11the sight of fairy lights twinkling on the tree. With that in mind, what are your favourite
00:17Christmas traditions? It's the atmosphere. Atmosphere, I think, yeah, because I've got
00:23a husband who's got a humbug, so he's not allowed to be. I like to watch a lot of movies
00:30at Christmas. Being around family, yeah, just, yeah, just enjoy being around family. I like to
00:36watch the new Doctor Who every Christmas day. The Christmas thing is not really what I like,
00:42but because it's a time where family come together, right, and you don't have that time
00:49all the time in a year, so that's what makes the Christmas special for me. Probably Christmas
00:54dinner with all the family, yeah, just because we all get together, yeah. It's just, it's like
01:01the process, isn't it, you know, from early morning, get it in the oven, have a little glass,
01:08then the starter comes up and then you think Christmas has started, you know. Like for me
01:14alone, I would just move on, like, it's like every other day, but because it's a time family
01:20come together, where people share love and you don't really get to work as much because it's just
01:25a holiday and all that and, you know, it's just family for me. For many, coming to a Christmas
01:30market here in Liverpool or elsewhere has become a yearly tradition. With Christmas attractions
01:35open across the city, Liverpool's recorded higher visitor numbers so far compared with 2023. The
01:41data comes from a Liverpool bid company who fund 80% of Christmas lights in the city centre.
01:45The 1st of December saw 223,422 visit the city centre, an increase of 20.3% last year,
01:53which also saw the Santa Dash, the annual festive race of Santas in the city.