Farida Master talks to one family who have been involved in the annual Auckland Christmas parade for many years.

A wing and a prayer won't get you to the beach on time, says Liz Dobson

Mary Lambie spent last Christmas lugging her three young children to Lapland to meet the "real" Mr Claus.

Winning lotto ticket a bonus in Auckland man's annual handmade Christmas card from his 13-year-old son.

The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.

Warehouse shares have fallen after the retail giant said sales had fallen 2.7 per cent over the past two months.

Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.

A chronically ill Hawkes Bay girl has been put on experimental drugs to stop her body rejecting transplanted organs.

A young man speeding at 174 km/h because he was 'late for lunch' is one example of some appalling driving in the holiday break.

A remote-controlled toy plane given to a teenager for Christmas nearly claimed his family's lives after it set their house on fire.

Most of us are just plain worn out, yet we long to create and achieve the kind of holiday time sold to us by the media.