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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Dominique Hines

‘So here it is, Merry Christmas!’ Noddy Holder wakes his wife every December 25 shouting his Slade catchphrase

‘You think it’s loud on the record, you have no idea!’ said Noddy’s long-suffering wife of his catchphrase

(Picture: ES Composite)

Noddy Holder’s wife Suzan Price has revealed that he wakes her up every December 25 shouting his Slade catchphrase: “It’s Christmas!”.

The 76-year-old singer’s hit Merry Xmas Everybody was a UK number one in 1973 and has become a fixture of the festive season ever since.

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