Noddy Holder ’s wife has revealed that he wakes her up on December 25 by yelling his catchphrase "Iiiiit’sssss Chriiiiiistmaaaaasss!"
Loose Women producer turned novelist Suzan Holder, 56, has been with the former Slade lead singer for 32 years and married for 18.
In her column in the latest Cheshire Life magazine, she describes being awakened by Noddy with his famous scream from Slade’s biggest hit Merry Xmas Everybody, which was the UK’s festive No.1 in 1973.
“Christmas a deux with Noddy Holder has its moments and yes, he does wake me up on December 25th by bellowing….can you guess? If you think it’s loud on the record, you have no idea!”
Suzanne, with whom Noddy has a 27-year old son Django, adds: “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would end up married to a man as synonymous with Christmas (almost) as much as Santa himself.
“It’s a bit weird to know my husband is such a big part of everyone else’s festivities. Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody will be 50 years old next year. The track is now as much a part of Christmas as crackers and cranberry sauce. “
She said that she found Christmas shopping a struggle at this time of year too.
“Trying to do my Christmas shopping is often a bizarre experience as my husband’s voice follows me everywhere I go,” she says.
“There I’ll be, hunting for something suitable for him indoors, and there he’ll be blasting from a shop speaker singing about hanging up stockings, and grannies who think the old songs are the best. It’s very distracting.“
She says Noddy also struggles to “shop in peace”.
She added: “As soon as he enters any store, it’s as if the playlist senses his presence and immediately starts spinning his song.
“I remember him telling me about a particular occasion when he was looking for my present with our son Django, who was aged about four.
"The shop tannoy started playing THAT song and Django decided to sing along at the top of his voice while shouting out ‘It’s your song Daddy! Daddy it’s YOU!’ Noddy said he had to give up the search and scarper as Django’s antics began to draw a crowd.”
