It's Christmas every day!

[faceless]

Mr Christmas: The man who has celebrated the festive season 365 days a year...
5th January 2008

As the rest of the country pulls down its decorations to escape the curse of Twelfth Night, a man who has celebrated Christmas every day for 15 years will be making his home even more festive. Andy Park, 43, known as Mr Christmas, is putting up new tinsel and a fresh tree at his house in Melksham, Wiltshire, despite the superstition about leaving decorations up after January 6. Every day since 1993 the divorced electrician has breakfasted on mince pies and sherry, before opening the presents he has bought for himself. Then he eats a full roast turkey lunch and watches the Queen's Speech on video.

The festive father-of-one, said: "Tomorrow will be a sad day for me, because that's when everyone else will have taken down their decorations and put them in the recycling bin. But I will be hanging up all the new ones I have bought at bargain prices in the sales and making everything as festive as possible. I will keep on fighting for Christmas. It all started back in 1993. It was the middle of July and I was just feeling fed up. I was bored, so I went home and put the decorations up. Suddenly I was happy. I thought, this is fun.

"So I did it again the next day, and the day after that. Since then my routine every day has been to get up and have seven or eight mince pies and glass of sherry for breakfast. After that I open the presents I've wrapped for myself. I've given myself some nice ones over the years - one year I got a Mercedes! I go to work for about three hours, then come home and have a full Christmas dinner, with a glass of champagne. After that I watch the Queen's speech on tape, then maybe a Christmas film like the Great Escape.

"People do think I'm crackers, but I enjoy treating myself and I'm the only one in the world who does it. Others have tried to copy me, but they can't last. I'm the only one who can hold out. When people come to my house it turns a sad face into a smiling one, and the happiness stays with them. My daughter used to love celebrating it with me but she's 22 now and it is a bit of an embarrassment for her."

The Twelfth Night superstition originates from the belief that tree spirits lived in sprigs of holly brought in as Christmas decorations. It was necessary to take the decorations back outside once the bad weather had passed, to stop the spirits causing mischief indoors.

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7 or 8 mince pies for his breakfast every day!

[Skylace]

Good lord. That is a bit much.

Now I knew a fella who had his Christmas tree up year round to remind him of Jesus' birth since he said "December 25 isn't his real birthday. It was made up by the church. I leave the tree up to remind me each day because we don't know for sure when it is."

[eefanincan]

[6ULDV8]

This guy has been on several TV shows like 'Just Amazing' & 'Ripleys'.

[faceless]

Good luck to him for all the coverage he gets - I bet he's a constant all over the world on slow news days... haha

[Marcella-FL]

Am I the only one who thinks this is very sad?

[Lostinthestates]

More on the really weird side here ..

[luke]

its both weird and sad, i feel kinda sorry for him really ... but each to their own i guess, i've lived in wiltshire so i know theres not a great deal to do!

[Mandy]

I feel neither sad nor that it's weird.

Feels like he has tapped into a market for an "attraction"

[girldorksrule]

Maybe this explains why he is divorced?

[faceless]

'Mr Christmas' scales back celebrations due to credit crunch
A man who has celebrated Christmas every day for the last 14 years with a full roast dinner, champagne and presents is scaling back his celebrations because of the credit crunch.
24 Nov 2008

Andy Park, known as Mr Christmas, has munched his way through 117,600 sprouts, quaffed 5,110 bottles of Moet, and sent himself more than 230,000 Christmas cards since his festive fetish began. But this year the 44-year-old electrician, from Melksham, Wiltshire, is having to make swingeing cuts to keep his unique devotion to Yuletide on the road.

Mr Park, a divorcee, said: "I've been through 37 electric ovens and worn out 23 video recorders by watching the Queen's Speech every day. I've also sent myself 235,206 Christmas cards. But these days the postage is so dear I'm having to deliver them myself. The credit crunch is getting to me big time and I may even have to cut out the champagne and start singing for my Christmas dinner.

"The lunch with all the trimmings and alcohol is costing in excess of £150 a week, but I'm fighting hard not to let the financial crisis ruin the celebrations. I'm not being tight but a few of the little extras are having to go. I'm only having one Christmas tree this year, instead of two, and I'm cutting back on the Christmas lights because of energy bills. I used to get a 14lb turkey, now I'm going for a 9lb one. I refuse to compromise on champagne and always have Moet, but now I'm having to make it last two days."

Every morning since July 14 1994, the father of one has breakfasted on mince pies and sherry, before opening the presents he has bought for himself. Then he eats a full roast turkey lunch and watches the Queen's Speech on video, his favourite being her "annus horribilis" address. When he last took stock of his intake in October, Mr Park calculated that he had consumed 5,110 turkeys, 94,080 mince pies, 28,224 roast potatoes, and opened 204,400 Christmas crackers.

This December 25 he will be buying himself a new suit, but in a more economically secure year he treated himself to a Mercedes. Mr Park is hoping the situation improves so he can pay the £70,000 an undertaker has quoted him for a Christmas themed funeral. The plans demands that all mourners dress as Father Christmas, watch the Queen's Speech on a giant screen, and say goodbye to Mr Park in a coffin full of Brussels sprouts. Noddy Holder, of Slade, will also be asked to sing the band's famous festive hit, Merry Christmas Everybody.

Explaining the moment his life changed, Mr Park said: "I'll never forget the day it started. The sun was shining, but I was just feeling fed up and bored, so I went home and put the decorations up. Suddenly I was happy. I thought, this is fun. So I did it again the next day, and the day after that.'

'Since then my routine every day has been to get up and have seven or eight mince pies and glass of sherry for breakfast. After that I open the presents I've wrapped for myself. Later, after I've gone out to work, I'll maybe watch a Christmas film like The Great Escape. People do think I'm crackers, but I enjoy treating myself and I'm the only one in the world who does it. Others have tried to copy me, but they can't last. When people come to my house it turns a sad face into a smiling one, and the happiness stays with them. My daughter used to love celebrating it with me but she's in her 20s now and people started teasing her a bit. I think her dad was a bit of an embarrassment."

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A christmas themed funeral?! haha, excellent

[SpursFan1902]

He has taken all of the specialness out of Yule and made it everyday. He ruined it...

[nekokate]