{"id":631614,"date":"2025-12-14T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/631614\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:08:15","slug":"manchester-has-been-named-one-of-the-kindest-cities-in-the-uk-during-the-festive-period-but-you-wont-believe-which-city-came-in-first-place-for-festive-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/631614\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Has Been Named One Of The Kindest Cities In The UK During The Festive Period \u2013 But You Won\u2019t Believe Which City Came In First Place For Festive Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to new research, Brits are officially kinder at Christmas<\/a><\/strong> compared to the rest of the year, proving that festive cheer really is contagious \u2013 and it\u2019s us Mancs who are one of the kindest cities in the country<\/strong>. We might be biased, but we\u2019re a lovely lot at the best of times, so we were bound to make the nice list.<\/p>\n

A new poll of 2,000 adults by Santander<\/strong> revealed that more than one in three (35%) Brits say they are more inclined to perform random acts of kindness during the Christmas period, whether that is donating food or toys to local charities and foodbanks<\/strong> (33%), cooking for friends<\/strong> (19%), supporting local businesses<\/strong> (31%), or checking in on lonely or vulnerable neighbours<\/strong> (21%). This comes in stark contrast to January, a month in which nearly one in five (18%) of Brits believe their compatriots are the least kind, happy or forgiving.<\/p>\n

The kindest cities in the UK at Christmas time <\/p>\n

Despite its sometimes Scrooge-like reputation, but much to our surprise, London has been named the UK\u2019s kindest city<\/strong> with 49% of Londoners more inclined to perform random acts of kindness during the festive season. London was closely followed by our North West neighbour Liverpool<\/strong> in second place, and then the thoughtful people of Manchester<\/strong> were named the third top kindness hotspot.<\/p>\n

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Santander\u2019s poll also revealed that almost a third (30%) of Brits say they are more likely to donate to charity over Christmas<\/strong> and 31% report volunteering more during December <\/strong>than in any other month of the year. Additionally, 34% have volunteered over the festive period, including at a soup kitchen, for charity, for community or school events, whilst 52% say they never offer out their own time for free across the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Why are people kinder during the festive period? <\/p>\n

When asked what has the greatest impact on how kind people are during the festive period, over a third (39%) of Brits attributed the extra cheer to the enjoyment of \u2018giving\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 whether that be presents or time \u2013 whilst 38% put it down to time spent reflecting on those less fortunate than themselves<\/strong>. More than one in three (34%) said that they are inspired by the idea that \u201cwe should be kind to others around Christmas time\u201d<\/strong> as seen in Christmas films, books and adverts.<\/p>\n

Other acts of kindness reported around Christmas time include carving out more time to see friends and family<\/strong> (31%), cooking for loved ones and neighbours<\/strong> (19%), giving out compliments to strangers<\/strong> (19%) and leaving larger tips for restaurant and bar staff<\/strong> working over the Christmas period (16%).<\/p>\n

\"bigCredit: George Standen via Getty Images The top 10 acts of kindness Brits will carry out to spread joy this Christmas: <\/p>\n

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  1. Donate food or toys to local charities and foodbanks (33%)<\/li>\n
  2. Supporting small or local businesses when present buying (31%)<\/li>\n
  3. Carving out more time to see friends and family (31%)<\/li>\n
  4. Checking in on vulnerable people or those who may be experiencing loneliness at Christmas (21%)<\/li>\n
  5. Cooking for other people, such as friends and neighbours (19%)<\/li>\n
  6. Giving genuine compliments to strangers (19%)<\/li>\n
  7. Leaving larger tips for waiting staff (16%)<\/li>\n
  8. Being nicer to work colleagues (13%)<\/li>\n
  9. Striking up conversation at times they usually wouldn\u2019t, such as when commuting (13%)<\/li>\n
  10. Letting other Christmas shoppers skip their place in the queue (12%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The study also revealed a 43% increase in reported smiling and general merriness during the Christmas build-up<\/strong>, compared to the rest of the year. Over half of Brits (52%) report that spending time with loved ones is their favourite part of the festive period<\/strong>, whether that manifests in the form of buying and wrapping presents (32%) or watching Christmas films together (40%). A third of people also say that giving to others during Christmas<\/strong> \u2013 whether through food, gifts, or time \u2013 brings them the most joy.<\/p>\n

    So, if you weren\u2019t feeling the festive cheer, hopefully you are now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Supplied Save According to new research, Brits are officially kinder at Christmas compared to the rest of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,35745,393,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-631614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115717138616222193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}