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Christmas death wish.


A MAN who celebrates Christmas every day is saving up for his own pounds 70,000 festive funeral - with Midland rock star Noddy Holder as guest of honour guest of honour
Noun

a famous or important person who is the most important guest at a dinner or other social occasion
, a video of the Queen's Speech and a coffin full of sprouts pulled by reindeer.

Andy Park (left), known as Mr Christmas, has treated every day as December 25 for last 14 years, with a full roast dinner, decorations, champagne, cards and presents.

Now the 44 year-old electrician, from Melksham, Wiltshire, wants to take his obsession to its natural conclusion, even though he expects his unusual diet to take him to a ripe old age.

The divorcee di·vor·cée  
n.
A divorced woman.



[French, feminine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce.
 wants an undertaker to quote him a price for a service, with all mourners dressed as Santa, coffinbearers in elf costumes, and Slade star Noddy noddy, tropical tern including five species in the genus Anous. The name noddy is said to derive from their easy familiarity with man. Noddies are web-footed seabirds with long wings (though shorter than those of most terns) and pointed, tapering bills.  singing Merry Xmas Everybody.
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Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:Dec 14, 2008
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