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December is here, which means it’s finally time to crank up Wham!’s Last Christmas, pop open that Baileys and transform our house into a Winter Wonderland that would make Michael Bublé feel right at home for his annual outing.

And if you’re looking for decorations on a budget, Dunelm has got some seasonal gems that are discounted by up to 30% – from festive lights to lush artificial trees.

This 6ft Oxford Pine Christmas tree is now down from £149 to £119.20. It comes pre-lit with warm LED bulbs, and the hinged branches make it easy to achieve the full and natural look of a real tree. Plus, the lights are dimmable with eight different settings, so you can personalise to your every festive mood.

Shopper Merry said she was left very bright (pun intended) after opting for her first artificial tree. 

‘Always had a real xmas tree throughout my life,’ she explained. ‘I have bought an artificial tree for the first time. Hard decision but age has started to ’kick in’ very pleasantly surprised by the quality of my purchase. Nicely bushy and easy to erect/dismantle.’

‘This is a fantastic tree, very full and extremely well made,’ Julie added in her feedback.

Fancy something taller? The 7ft Abies Christmas Tree is a real showstopper, and also down from £149 to £119.20. If you want something lush and full, this tree has 2,562 realistic branch tips, and they’re bendable to make hanging decorations super simple.

‘Beautiful natural looking christmas tree, love the height and it’s not massively wide so good for smaller living room,’ Maara said in her review.

Amelia was also impressed, gushing: ‘So realistic and a perfect size. It’s a lot slimmer on the bottom, compared to my white company tree. This one has less tinsel branches on the inside too. So chuffed with it and especially the price!’

If you’re tight on space, the 3ft Abies Christmas Tree is the perfect slimline solution. 

‘Beautiful realistic Christmas tree, excellent quality, a great size for a small corner,’ Jan said in her feedback, while Santy 72 added: ‘Very nice tree almost looks real. Perfect for my window. Great price worth every penny. Would reconmend.’

And if you fancy going the whole ham hog this Christmas, why not snap up the 7ft Pre-Lit Multicoloured LED Baytown Fir Christmas Tree? It’s almost £50 cheaper at £199.20, and oh-so-pretty with 400 multicoloured LED lights for the perfect festive ambience.

As for decks, your halls can have more than boughs of holly. Why not pop these Iridescent Light Up Parcels around the house or pop them under the tree? They’re now just £12.60 for a set of two, and shopper Pinks insisted: ‘5 STARS ISNT ENOUGH this item is stunning with timer love love love it.’

We also love how magical this 50cm Light Up Silver Rattan Deer looks, and it’s just £18. Battery-operated with an easy timer, it’s perfect for indoors or outdoors. Add a festive touch to your home or make your neighbours jealous with your front-garden Christmas display.

‘Loved this little reindeer, and looked lovely in the front garden,’ Jodie said in her review. ‘I very pleased with it well made and the batteries lasted throughout Christmas so that was another bonus.’ Mal added: ‘I was so pleased with this all my family admired it when they came to visit.’

So if you’re planning on getting things festive this weekend, why not head by Dunelm and snap up a bargain? Save your pennies for snacks, picky bits and booze instead…

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When mum-of-two Debra MacCuaig noticed her skin was itching, she didn’t think much of it.

Then, when she developed a bronzed complexion, she put it down to herfake tan habit.

Doctors diagnosed the 38-year-old with pancreatic cancer — the same disease which Debra’s beloved mum, Pam, died of in May 2023, aged 65.

Debra first noticed her strange symptoms in October 2018.

‘I would be properly scratching my arm,’ Debra says. ‘I thought maybe it could be a new washing detergent or moisturiser because I have quite sensitive skin. I wasn’t too concerned.’

Debra also says she’d had a busy social calendar, and had been fake tanning regularly for various events, so it made sense she was looking golden.

‘I had something on every weekend that month so was fake tanning a bit more,’ she adds.

Unbeknownst to Debra, she was displaying all the symptoms of jaundice, including itching and dark-coloured urine.

‘At work we were having a laugh about it and they were calling me a Simpsons character,’ the teacher says. ‘I was blissfully unaware.’

But things took a more serious turn one Saturday night. ‘I just felt so run down and I said to my husband “do my eyes look a bit yellow?”,’ Debra explains. ‘He said “yeah they do”.’

Debra went to the GP, and eventually was given blood tests, ultrasounds, a CT scan and an MRI. In November 2018, results revealed she had a blockage to her bile duct, which was causing her jaundice.

She underwent an operation on December 2018, when her symptoms failed to improve. This was a Whipple’s procedure, a major surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, duodenum, gallbladder and a portion of the bile duct.

But it was during this operation that doctors discovered pancreatic cancer and removed a tumour that was at the head of her pancreas.

Thankfully, after six months of chemotherapy, Debra was told there was no further evidence of cancer.

While Debra was overjoyed to have recovered — and went onto have two children — mum Pam was tragically diagnosed with the same type of cancer just four years later.

‘Everything was textbook, it was so similar to me,’ Debra explains. ‘Mum finished her chemo in January 2024 and was getting better and better, then in the September she went for the results of her latest scan, and they told her the cancer had come back in her spine and lungs.

‘They told her they couldn’t cure it but they could treat it. We were devastated.. I was seven months pregnant at the time.’

Pam’s condition rapidly declined in March before passing away two months later.

‘You kind of feel this survivors’ guilt and you’re annoyed that we knew all the symptoms but were still in this situation,’ Debra adds.

‘I was angry and couldn’t believe the same kind of cancer had struck our family.

‘I tell other people to always trust your gut, if you don’t feel right then get it checked out.’

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