today we're here in winter wonderland in London we're gonna be talking all about
Christmas asking the population of London what they want for Christmas
whether they've been a good boy or if they are they expecting coal let's find
out
finally nice to see you in real life yeah how long have you been fans as long
as it would take me eat this Toblerone did you win did you win this Toblerone? I did
How did you how did you win it? you put a pound on you get
one two three hundred and Bob's your uncle! Job done. Did you like that?
What's on your christmas wishlist this year? A new girlfriend.
I actually fly to Australia on Monday ..I fly out to Melbourne on
Monday then I'm out to Sydney so my Christmas list apart from a six-pack I'm
gonna get a few nice vests few five panel supreme hats materialistic
bullshit really..and new love... Zoe what's on your wishlist? I haven't really more just my family is quite split up so
for everyone to kind of be together, that's it really, to be fair. So Hannah what is on your
Christmas wish list this year a good cuddle that's about it oh really just a
good cuddle on the sofa from someone in your family that's very cute I was going
to offer you a cuddle but we're not on a sofa okay.. other than cuddles what's the
most important thing about Christmas? probably having nieces and nephews who
get excited about Santa and opening presents and probably fuelling their fun
and acting like a big kid what do you think is the most important thing about
Christmas and I'll go to you first Steph .. I think family because it's like the
time of year when you see everyone people come back for Christmas and see people
you care about
so do you not do you are you not in the same location most of the year you two?
yeah we are we work together so ok very literally in
the same location all year..intense but then a lot of friends from uni coming back and then
obviously family all coming together like with me my family is quite close so
we don't really have to travel that far but obviously some families all over the
world and stuff like that yeah get together yeah yeah ok so family was it
always like that when you were a bit younger maybe maybe something else?
I'd say it's about 80% family, 20% presents
do you still believe in Santa Claus? I wish I did
I wish I did..awwww.. it's sad isn't it ..I should say do you believe
in Santa Claus? so this 'still' suggests that I'm suggesting something else how
old were you when you found out Santa wasn't real? I want to say it was maybe like eight
or nine I think you I think it was my brother who told me I have an older brother
who's two years older than me whose fault was everything so he got there first
I can imagine yeah my sisters were quite kind to me oh really when did you
find out? I was year three what's year three? yeah I think it's seven or eight but
yeah my mum told me eventually my little brother at the moment he's 8 and
he still doesn't know so ok so he can't watch this video yeah I know they're
going to really kind of dire straits now though and they put like ripped pieces
of red fabric on the fireplace and stuff and they'll cover like their
footprints in talcum powder so it looks like there's foot prints and yeah Wow yeah
I mean they're really going for it that's the full shebang yeah yeah yeah
do you still believe in Santa? Everyone's grown up in my family...
we found out last year. How did you find out? I think I just figured it out ..wow you're a
smart bloke I dunno... she'll probably disagree.. I dunno I think I just figured it out
I think my parents sort of eventually just went one Christmas like "what do you
want" and then I told them and they're like "right, you do know we get that for you"
maybe they wanted the credit I think it's actually I think ... sometimes we've
probably got a bit too happy with it.. so then they just thought "no we want the praise"
yeah.. they start getting a little bit jealous so do you not believe in Santa anymore?
unfortunately not that was crushed for me
When was that crushed for you? When I was about five.. three older brothers that crushed it
Yeah? Do you remember the moment when you when you found out? em yeah when my
brother said Santa's not real so I ran upstairs and realized my mum was
wrapping all my presents for me so I crushed her dreams as well..Ahh no, do you remember what she gave you that year? Erm yeah probably like a baby Born or something
What do you do in your house foe Xmas? Christmas Eve I have to go to church with mum and
dad yes I go to church every Christmas Eve since I was God knows when and then
we come back we have a dinner we have a little bit of nibbles it's not really
food but it's bits and bobs of everything I mean potatoes cocktail sausages.. doritos.. then we
play a bit of Frustration bit of Connect Four..after some classic board games and
then on Christmas Day we wake up go through the stockings .. go through everyone's presents
have a big roast probably about three o'clock and in the morning we probably have
Prosecco, champagne, couple of beers and then Boxing Day it's pretty much the same
where as with Jade completely different, Christmas Eve is a big night out..I wake up Christmas Day I do Christmas
dinner so I.. yeah I do Christmas
dinner put on all the spread family are over.. all the presents and have a
good night, really.. What's the best Christmas present you've got ever got? or
maybe one of the best to put less pressure on it probably one of the
best I've had is I got me and my brother were both into football so we got a big
football goal in our back garden I remember those days and you take a day
to build it yeah yeah yeah yeah we got it built
obviously mum was getting annoyed because we were turfing up the grass and
she's a gardener so she took pride in our garden but yeah we ruined it or I got a
bike once a tricycle when I was learning to ride a bike so probably
those two.. Was this when you were very little or when you found out thatSanta
wasn't real last year? I was really little The goal I knew it was from them okay
but the bike I thought Santa got me that so I was a happy little boy. What about yourself Steph? Either a bike, or I think the most useful is I got a first aid kit for my car once
Genuinely I thijnk it's the most useful very functional .. that might be bad that you've used it loads we have a
habit of ending up our nights in A&E what's the worst Christmas present
you've ever received? Worst Christmas present I I think mine is just the
standard body sets that you just it's not the cosmetics you use like
the shower gel and body spray yeah and they're not the ones that you use but
you feel obligated to use somehow you've got them 'cos you don't wanna throw away a full set
so it's always that every every year ..What would your reaction be to opening it?
What would you audibly say? Ohh, thanks I could always do with some more. Do you not want that Christmas cuddle? Well that's all for today guys that thank you
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