This file contains daily attendance data for state-funded education settings for dates excluding half term and Easter dates. Half term includes 19th October - 23rd October 2020, 2nd November 2020, and 15 February - 19 February 2021. Easter dates include 29 March 2021 - 19 April 2021.Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.Further details on the column headings can be found in the “Table 1b variable additions and removal log” ancillary file.

This file contains workforce absence statistics for education settings from 12 October 2020 to 17 December 2020 and again following wider reopening of schools, from 8 March 2021 to 16 September 2021. It excludes half term terms (19th October - 23rd October, and 2nd November 2020), the national lockdown during the spring term (4 January to 5 March 2021), Easter data (29 March - 19 April 2021) and summer holiday (17 July 2021 - 6 September 2021). Data for workforce during the restricted opening of schools can be found in table 1e.Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.

An important activity for many people over the Christmas period is to put up Christmas decorations, such as trees and lights. Shops are no exceptions and join in with the festive decorations during the busy holiday trading period. Over half of British adults believe November is an appropriate time for shops to put up Christmas decorations and displays, according to a 2021 survey. Only *** percent of respondents thought that shops could leave their decorations up all year round.

UK Christmas spending In their own homes, roughly ******* of men and women in the UK planned to spend up to ** British pounds on decorations, making it the most common expected budget for decorations. However, half of men planned to spend more than this. Overall, Christmas sales in the United Kingdom are expected to rise, after a slight fall in 2020, mainly due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, sales are predicted to reach **** billion British pounds.

Where do decorations come from?
The overwhelming majority of Christmas decorations come from China. It is the biggest supplier of Christmas decorations in the world, exporting * billion U.S. dollars’ worth of Christmas decorations in 2020. The next biggest exporter was the Netherlands with *** million U.S. dollars’ worth of exports. When it comes to Christmas trees, however, many trees come from the Nordic countries. Denmark, for instance, exports trees all around Europe.