Whether a festive selfie, a pet beneath the tree or a savoury pie fresh out the oven: Readers shared their Christmas pictures with the RTL Today community!

The gallery

What began two pandemic years ago as a way to bring readers in Luxembourg together over the holiday period is now somewhat of an annual tradition: A massive gallery with snaps and videos from you.

We love to see how you are celebrating the festive season (we may rate your Christmas tree celebrations publicly), what's on the table (any secret recipes to share?), if you're playing board games, unpacking gifts or singing jingle bells in harmony.

"We are hosting a Ukrainian refugee family of 4 this year, so I was determined to create a really special Christmas: thankfully, Santa had the same idea!" / © Autumn Le Lievre
A lovely alternative tree at Ancien Cinema Vianden. / © Maciej Karczewski
© Kayleigh
Another lovely reader snap, this one from Gabriela Barbieri. We suspect that Gabriela herself is not in the photo, which features an expertly decorated tree, abundance of presents, and unnamed child who we think belongs to Gabriela. If you are able to spot Gabriela somewhere in this picture, I will give you a bag of RTL Today swag.
Reader Cara Furniss and unnamed male compatriot (we don't want to assume what their relationship might be - but feel free to let your imagination run wild) and her (we pressume, but cannot know for certain) cat (this is certain) enjoying Christmas.
This editor's view this morning! Love how the sunlight falls on those small branches. / © Josh Oudendijk
Editor Martin has got the cutest tree of them all! Size does not matter, friends. / © Martin Jonsson
Father Christmas is keeping a watchful eye... / © Martin Jonsson
Irene and her family don't have gifts under the tree, but in them! / © Irene Torres
Both Martin and Christos are indulging themselves in cookies. / © Martin Jonsson / Christos Floros
More food pics, please. / © Christos Floros
Look at Anita's little friend! / © Anita Tomaselli
Ok...we just said size doesn't matter. Maybe it does? MASSIVE! / © Anita Tomaselli
Radio man Steps has got a chill view from the couch / © Steps Lowe
Greetings from the RTL offices, where the trees are...blue. / © Office Elf
Working from home with the tree, the Netflix fire crackling and a festive, er, palm tree... it's all about ambience for Dani Lodhi-Dunne.
From reader fabhansen
The photos published on this site are subject to copyright and may not be copied, modified, or sold without the prior permission of the owner of the site in question.

Even if you're spending the next week alone, we want you to know there's a community of people out here who can be your virtual family. Hey, we're online every day over here! 🎅

Feel free to send in more than just pictures or videos: A short message, a good 'ol joke, plans for 2023 or wise words of life advice are more than welcome. We'll put it all together in this article if our hands still reach the keyboard from all the chocolate.

Send in your photos and stories to contenttoday@rtl.lu and title it with Christmas 2022 so we can keep track of them all!

Looking forward! Merry Christmas & happy holidays!

/RTL Today Team

Christmas Ticker

We ran a quick flash poll to see if we should revive the old Covid-era Christmas Ticker. While there wasn't a massive number of responses, 80% of those who did respond wanted it back. We've always opted for quality over quantity here, and if I can keep a handful of readers company over a quiet Christmas... I'll be darned if I don't!

So, until about 3pm, I (Martin) will be tickering away below between news stories, and I suspect Iris will keep the chatter up this afternoon. Want to get involved? E-mail us via contenttoday@rtl.lu, send us a message on Facebook messenger, or drop a comment at the bottom of the article!

Ticker