Ballyhome Boxing Day Swim Ballyholme Yacht Club, Bangor, County Down, December 26, 2024 There are Santa hats galore at this annual event that asks for a £5 donation to the RNLI.

Each year, on Christmas, Boxing and New Year's Day, people across Wales take part in a chilly Christmas swim - or cheer those doing so on from the sidelines - to help raise money for charity.

December 26 is Boxing Day, a British holiday that's celebrated in the U.K. and commonwealth countries, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Here's a brief look at its history.

On Christmas day, this west Norfolk Christmas swim is organised by the Hunstanton and District Round Table, with sponsorship forms available to download now through its Facebook page.

With Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day right around the corner, beaches, lakes and wild swimming sports across the country will soon be filled with people (some of them in whacky ...

Swim chairman Sam Skyrme-Blackhall said: “Well, we said, ‘Come to the Tenby Boxing Day Swim and take the plunge’, but we weren’t expecting that. “Congratulations to the happy couple.” ...

BRAVE Boxing Day dippers were spotted heading out to sea dressed for the festivities this morning. The usual festive dress of tinsel, Santa hats and reindeer antlers, were seen alongside the cheery… ...

Although it is 'very mild for the time of year', 2024's Boxing Day temperatures are not expected to exceed those of 2011, which became the warmest December 26 on record when 16.1C was measured in ...

Taking a bone-chilling dip in the sea on Christmas Day or Boxing Day is a festive tradition like no other – one that hardy swimmers across the region don't shy away from celebrating. And this ...

Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year swims are massively popular, becoming more so with every year. Revelers turn up in their hundreds to wade into cold seas, lakes and rivers in search of a ...

Christmas. What's On. All the Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year swims happening in Wales in 2022. ... Santas running into the sea at the Annual Porthcawl Christmas Day Swim 2017.

Across the country, many by the coast willingly run into freezing cold seas on Christmas or Boxing Day as tradition. On beaches across the nearby Norfolk coastline, locals wear their best costumes ...