Christmas workers: Festive greetings

25 December 2015

The majority of people who celebrate Christmas have a day off but there are many who have to work - especially those in the emergency services and care sector.

However, that's not stopped them from taking to social media to make sure they pass on their festive greetings.

Here is a selection of their tweets:

Avon and Somerset Police, external wants everyone to stay safe:

Tweet by Avon and Somerset Police — Image caption,
A great photo, not to be sniffed at.

Derbyshire Fire Brigade are making calls, external:

Tweet from Derbyshire Fire Service — Image caption,
Not a fire cracker in sight!

British Transport Police, external:

Tweet from the British Transport Police — Image caption,
Hi Viz message from the British Transport Police

West Yorkshire Fire Brigade sang their Christmas message:, external

Tweet from West Yorkshire Fire Service — Image caption,
They wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Nurse Eileen Carney-Jones tweeted, external this photo of the 'early brigade' at the Teddington Memorial Hospital Walk-in Centre, just before they had to deal with a champagne flute accident.

Eileen and her colleagues — Image caption,
Merry Christmas to fellow Christmas workers - caring never stops

Emergency services, like the London Fire Brigade, external, are keeping the community safe:

Tet from London Fire Brigade — Image caption,
London fire fighters are hoping for fewer false alarms this year

Yorkshire Ambulance, external workers are on standby:

Tweet from Yorkshire Ambulance Service — Image caption,
A simple message for us all

And now for weather from the Met Office, external:

Tweet from the Met office — Image caption,
Met Office gets festive with a Gif

And the UGC hub is looking out for your Christmas messages. Happy Tweetmas!

Sherie Ryder in the BBC Newsroom — Image caption,
Sherie, one of the UGC Christmas workers in the BBC Newsroom

Compiled by Sherie Ryder