Welcome to the final 123-reg newsletter of the year. We’re counting down to Christmas with some impressive special offers and one huge prize for a lucky customer. We also have news of a brand new VPS product, and the first instalment of our monster A-Z of social media.

It’s great to get a surprise at Christmas. So, how does access to exclusive offers, plus the chance to win £1,000 sound? For your chance to win, just look for the Santa hats on our site. Each is hiding an exclusive voucher code – and they’ll give you the chance to enter our £1,000 competition.

We’re adding new offers every day, so check back regularly for the best chance to win.

Find Christmas offers and enter our £1,000 competition >

We’ve been hard at work creating our new virtual private server product. With prices from £14.99 a month, a choice of operating systems, online customisation and scalability, we expect high demand when VPS products launch in the new year on 5 January.

What’s more, we’re offering 10% off if you register your interest between  now and when we go live. Just enter your email address to receive an exclusive voucher code.

Claim 10% off virtual private servers >

Social media services like Facebook and Twitter have changed how we use the internet and how companies communicate with their customers. With new services appearing regularly, it’s hard to keep up with the latest trends.

That’s why we’re creating a social media A-Z. We’ll be publishing two articles a week for the next 13 weeks, covering everything from Facebook friends to social scams. It’ll all appear on our blog.

Read part one of our social media A-Z >

Twitter and Facebook have become key tools for us at 123-reg, and you’re very welcome to check out our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.

We’ve posted lots of great links and stories over the last twelve months. If you’ve missed any of them, why not check out our top six? From how social media can help burglars to the 25 worst ever passwords, there’s bound to be something here to grab your interest.

Our top six social media links from 2011 >

SiteFusion is our revolutionary website builder that lets you create unique, web pages without any technical knowledge. We’ve always said it’s a great way to start building a website, and now The Sunday Times agrees, awarding it five stars on 23 October 2011.

SiteFusion can help you build a website >

Well, that’s us all done for another year. Don’t forget to check out our website every day for your best chance of winning £1,000 this Christmas – and if you haven’t already filled in our survey for web professionals, we’d appreciate your time.

Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012!

Your 123-reg team
www.123-reg.co.uk