{"id":13757,"date":"2025-12-11T14:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wood-finishes-direct.com\/blog\/?p=13757"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:30:43","slug":"christmas-opening-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wood-finishes-direct.com\/blog\/christmas-opening-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Opening Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Christmas message from everyone at Wood Finishes Direct:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wood Finishes Direct Christmas Hours 2025 #diy #christmas #openinghours\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4T8hP9Q6dqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need your order before Christmas, the last day for standard delivery is <strong>December 20th.<\/strong> The last day for express delivery is <strong>December<\/strong> <strong>22nd<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So get those orders in nice and early! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over Christmas, you can always keep ordering through \n<a href=\"http:\/\/wood-finishes-direct.com\" target=\"_blank\">\nwood-finishes-direct.com<\/a>, but no orders will be dispatched between the 23rd &#8211; 29th December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our customer support and experts on the phones will also be away from December 24th &#8211; 29th. 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