Based on a “study” which asked people if they’re charitable. What absolute nonsense
Crowned by FIFA?
Clickbait nonsense from the Evening Standard again!
This article is based entirely self reporting so more modest cities will be viewed as meaner.
Additionally it’s asking if people are *more* likely to be kind at Xmas, not if they were to likely to be kind at all
> Other gestures of generosity around Christmas include making more time to visit friends and family (31 per cent), cooking for loved ones or neighbours (19 per cent), offering compliments to strangers (19 per cent), and leaving bigger tips for hospitality workers during the festive period (16 per cent).
Being nice to your family and friends is considered generosity?
Lol no chance
This makes me worry about all of the other cities. If this is anything accurate then everywhere else must be even more like hell.
Someone has been watching too many films
What a lovely and kind city, but where the hell is my phone?
Well done Londoners, it’s been 355 days since you last pushed a beggar onto the tube tracks. And I don’t think you’re getting enough credit for that.
Coming in with only a few days to go….the best joke of 2025 ladies and gentlemen.
Winchester is probably the kindest by a long way for Christmas time, if not it’s in the top 5. London’s not in the top 20.
The most miserable city. When my wife moved to join us up north she didn’t even get how sometimes you’d smile and say hi to random people walking past
Did London crown itself that?
I made eye contact with a hooded youth on the bus and he didn’t attack me. Kind lad
It’s official. If I wasn’t so kind, I’d say: Northerners seethe more.
Is this one of those “most progress made” sorta awards?
I will be the first to say that London is a kinder and more social city than the rest of the country gives it credit for. The amount of one-off little acts of kindness like someone helping with luggage, prams, etc. through the day or random micro-socialisations with strangers that I’ve seen and experienced over the years (that doesn’t need a viral video to prove it), is pretty significant. And I love the city for it.
But just lmao at the metric
> Nearly half of Londoners say they are more inclined to perform random acts of kindness during the festive season
You can spin it as Londoners being so uncaring that Christmas is the only time people find the time to care, that Londoners lack modesty and aggrandise themselves in terms of kindness and so on.
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😂 you funny. For real.
Based on a “study” which asked people if they’re charitable. What absolute nonsense
Crowned by FIFA?
Clickbait nonsense from the Evening Standard again!
This article is based entirely self reporting so more modest cities will be viewed as meaner.
Additionally it’s asking if people are *more* likely to be kind at Xmas, not if they were to likely to be kind at all
> Other gestures of generosity around Christmas include making more time to visit friends and family (31 per cent), cooking for loved ones or neighbours (19 per cent), offering compliments to strangers (19 per cent), and leaving bigger tips for hospitality workers during the festive period (16 per cent).
Being nice to your family and friends is considered generosity?
Lol no chance
This makes me worry about all of the other cities. If this is anything accurate then everywhere else must be even more like hell.
Someone has been watching too many films
What a lovely and kind city, but where the hell is my phone?
Well done Londoners, it’s been 355 days since you last pushed a beggar onto the tube tracks. And I don’t think you’re getting enough credit for that.
Coming in with only a few days to go….the best joke of 2025 ladies and gentlemen.
Winchester is probably the kindest by a long way for Christmas time, if not it’s in the top 5. London’s not in the top 20.
The most miserable city. When my wife moved to join us up north she didn’t even get how sometimes you’d smile and say hi to random people walking past
Did London crown itself that?
I made eye contact with a hooded youth on the bus and he didn’t attack me. Kind lad
It’s official. If I wasn’t so kind, I’d say: Northerners seethe more.
Is this one of those “most progress made” sorta awards?
I will be the first to say that London is a kinder and more social city than the rest of the country gives it credit for. The amount of one-off little acts of kindness like someone helping with luggage, prams, etc. through the day or random micro-socialisations with strangers that I’ve seen and experienced over the years (that doesn’t need a viral video to prove it), is pretty significant. And I love the city for it.
But just lmao at the metric
> Nearly half of Londoners say they are more inclined to perform random acts of kindness during the festive season
You can spin it as Londoners being so uncaring that Christmas is the only time people find the time to care, that Londoners lack modesty and aggrandise themselves in terms of kindness and so on.
We need to do better
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