Messy Xmas

'FRANTIC FRIDAY'

- by KATE NELSON

THE nightmare before Christmas is in full swing today as boffs brand today “Frantic Friday”.

Brits will bombard retailers in a last-minute gift-buying blitz which will peak at precisely 6.41pm, boffs predict.

And 24.4million cars will clog roads as shopping ramps up and getaways begin.

“In a festive twist that turns a long-held stereotype on its head”, new data shows women are more likely to be last-minute shoppers than blokes a