Culture: Mr Christmas 文化：圣诞先生
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/bbc_mr_christmas.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]Christmas comes but once a year' is a familiar phrase, and indeed for many people the 25th of December is the[b]highlight[/b] of the calendar.
[p=21, 2, left]But for one British man once a year is not enough. Andy Park, who is better known by his nickname Mr Christmas, has [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=celebrate]celebrate[/url]d Christmas every single day for the last 14 years.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The 44-year-old [b]electrician[/b] claims to have eaten a [b]full roast dinner[/b] every day for the last decade and a half,[b]munching[/b] his way through over 5,000 turkeys, 117,000 [b]Brussels sprouts[/b], and around 30,000 roast potatoes in the process.[/p][p=21, 2, left]He also sends himself a Christmas card every day and looks forward to[b]unwrapping[/b] a present he has bought himself each evening, while watching the Queen's Speech.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Mr Park estimates his [b]festive fetish[/b] costs him £150 (1,570 yuan) a week. This year, however, the [b]divorcee[/b] says he is [b]feeling the [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=pinch]pinch[/url][/b] due to the global financial crisis, and is [b]scaling back[/b] his celebrations.[/p][p=21, 2, left]His Christmas [b]habit[/b] is [b]putting a strain[/b] on more than just his wallet. Mr Park was previously warned by his doctor that his Christmas [b]addiction[/b]could kill him. His daily [b]over-indulgence[/b] has caused his weight to[b]skyrocket[/b] to 19 stone (121 kg).[/p][p=21, 2, left]So how did Andy Park's obsession with Christmas begin?[/p][p=21, 2, left]"I'll never forget the day it started," said Mr Park, "the sun was shining, but I was just feeling [b]fed up[/b] and bored, so I went home and put the[b]decorations[/b] up. Suddenly I was happy. I thought, this is fun. So I did it again the next day, and the day after that."[/p][p=21, 2, left]And Mr Park has not been content to keep his [b]Christmas cheer[/b] to himself. In 2005 he released a song, [b]aptly[/b] titled It's Christmas Every Day, but has yet to find [b]chart success[/b].[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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