Daniel reaches the end of his search. Has he fallen in love with Christmas again?
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23rd December: 'Mr Frosty comes up short'
Daniel recalls possibly the most complete Christmas countdown day he ever had and also looks back at the most disappointing Christmas present to arrive at Mayflower in the eighties.
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22nd December: '1989'
Daniel revisits the 22nd December 1989, one of his greatest ever days that involved the pursuit of a 32” TV and the spectacular denouement of one of the great friendships of his life.
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21st December: 'Coffee Christmas'
Daniel looks at the role the café central to his life has played in Christmases past.
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20th December: ‘You’re Only Young Twice’
Daniel wonders what kind of Christmas he would give his imaginary children and revisits the first Christmas Eve he properly remembers.
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19th December: 'Give Me Shelter'
Daniel visits a local sheltered housing scheme to see how they celebrate Christmas, and runs through some of the comic strips in his favourite ever Christmas Annual.
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18th December: 'The Z-Bed'
Daniel goes into the final week of his countdown contemplating the possibility of new Christmas memories to be created in the future, and he looks back at the Z-bed he woke up on for ten consecutive Christmases from ’89 to ’98. With PhilthD.
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17th December: 'The Christmas Card'
With Christmas Eve just over a week away, Daniel looks at where he might stand with Christmas now, while a Christmas card from his past may not be all that it seems.
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16th December: 'The Kindness of Strangers'
Daniel recalls the ‘Lost Christmases’ of 2008 to 2013 which might’ve taken him closer to the true meaning of Christmas than any of the great Christmases of his life, and he revisits the eighties Christmases when he regularly attended Midnight Mass.
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15th December: 'Subbuteo'
Daniel returns to the hospital that helped him in Christmas 2010, and recalls the arrival of the Subbuteo Club Edition at Mayflower in Christmas ‘78, the greatest game he ever played, and how it put it him at odds with his dad.
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14th December: 'Store 34'
Daniel is joined by childhood friend Micky Boyd to discuss how he has continued to re-engage with Christmas throughout the years and how his own losses altered Christmas for him. He also recalls the magic of Christmases spent working as a Saturday boy in Woolworths in the late eighties.
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13th December: 'I am the Father Christmas'
Daniel recalls the Christmas any remaining illusion that Father Christmas was real was shattered by his dad, and remembers his leading role in the 1978 school nativity play
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12th December: 'The Grifter'
Daniel reachs the halfway stage of his search for Christmas more certain of how he might reconnect with it and recalls the Christmas of 1980 and the present that would further damage the fragile relationship between him and his dad
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11th December: 'Frank Bough'
Daniel returns to the site of an old photographer’s studio where he grew up and reveals the connection between old sports presenter Frank Bough and the Ruiz Tizon’s family christmas tree.
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10th December: 'Dear Mr Monkey'
Daniel catches a tantalising glimpse of Christmas. Could it be waiting for him? With PhilthD.
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9th December: 'Pinkapingpangpong'
Daniel ponder the possibility of a new standout Christmas memory, and he revisits the school Christmas Carol Competition of 1983.
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8th December: 'The Raincoat'
Daniel worries that his search for Christmas is proving a thankless task, and he travels back to Christmas ’94, the last time he ever wore ‘the raincoat’.
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7th December: 'Morleys '77'
Daniel recalls his last Christmas at Mayflower. And we travel back to Silver Jubilee Year, when a visit to Morley's department store almost destroyed the illusion of Father Christmas for Daniel.
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6th December: 'The Sponge'
Daniel returns to the hotel he lived in back in 2010, to a day that carries special significance for him. He also recalls how a work disciplinary in Christmas 2009 indirectly led to him resolving bathing issues that were affecting him at the time.
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5th December: ''81'
Daniel looks at his dad's refusal to celebrate Christmas after 1981 and the truth behind Micky Boyd’s Christmas ’87 sacking from seminal US police procedural series ‘Kid Cop’.
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