25 December


 * Christmas Day

Birthdays

 * Keiran Prendiville (b.1947), Annie Lennox (b.1954),

Events

 * 1965: Doctor Who: The Feast of Steven.
 * 1985: Hi-de-Hi!, The Two Ronnies (both ns, BBC1)
 * 1988: Top of the Pops simulcast on BBC 1 and Radio 1
 * 1994: first ever Christmas Day Top 40.
 * 2005: Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
 * 2006: Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride.
 * 2007: Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned.
 * 2008: Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
 * 2009: Doctor Who: The End of Time, Pt.1
 * 2010: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
 * 2011: Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe
 * 2012: Doctor Who: The Snowmen
 * 2013: Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
 * 2014: Doctor Who: Last Christmas
 * 2015: Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song; Ed Stewart's final Junior Choice
 * 2016: Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio; RIP George Michael.
 * 2017: Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
 * 2021: RIP Janice Long
 * 2023: Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (3/4 n.c.) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1973: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (3/5) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1979: Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2 (3/5) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1984: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (3/5) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1988: Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine (4/4) - broadcast on Monday 26 December
 * 1994: East 17 - Stay Another Day (4/5) *first ever Christmas Day Top 40 - Radio 1, 4.00 pm Official UK Top 40 with Bruno Brookes
 * 2005: Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (1/4) - Radio 1, 4.00 pm The Official Chart Show
 * 2011: Military Wives / Gareth Malone - Wherever You Are (1/1) - Radio 1, 4.00 pm The Official Chart with Scott Mills
 * 2015: Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You (1/1) - Radio 1, 10.00 am The Official Chart with Scott Mills
 * 2020: Ladbaby - Don't Stop Me Eatin' (1/1) The Official Chart The Christmas No.1 Edition with Katie Thistleton

Top of the Pops

 * Special Christmas editions broadcast every year since 1965 (except 1966) to present.

Stamps

 * none