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- BY CATHAL RYAN

TESCO has announced the nation's quirkiest Christmas shopping habits - and it turns out Irish customers are creatures of festive chaos, last-minute rituals and some surprisingly loyal traditions.

Based on research carried out with Bounce Insights, when it comes to remembering gifts, teachers are one of the recipients we are least likely to forget, with just 9% admitting to leaving them off the list second only to our other halves at 7%.

Meanwhile, siblings, in-laws, colleagues and neighbours are not quite as lucky. Neighbours are the most forgotten (27%) for a gift at Christmas time, proving that proximity does not guarantee presents.

And if someone unexpected knocks on the door with a gift? A whopping 66% of us will give wine, chocolates or biscuits as a gift.