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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nicole Wootton-Cane

"It doesn't really bother me that it's Christmas" - Waking up on the streets of Manchester on Christmas Day morning

Andy woke up on Christmas morning huddled in a shop front in Piccadilly. He did the same thing last year, and the year before. He knows it is Christmas Day, but to him, it doesn't mean much.

For much of the last decade, the Manchester Evening News has spent Christmas morning speaking to the people waking up on our streets. While many of us are fortunate enough to spend the day in a warm home with loved ones, some in our city face a grimmer reality.

Andy told us that today feels like any other - except that there are no shops open. "It doesn't really bother me that it's Christmas," he said. "I won't do much today.

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