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Noddy Holder avoids going to restaurants on Christmas day because his famous song Merry Xmas Everybody is often played Singer Noddy Holder avoids going to restaurants on Christmas Day because of how ...

Singer Noddy Holder avoids going to restaurants on Christmas Day because of how often his famous festive song is played, his wife has said. Suzan Holder said she and the Walsall-born rocker would find ...

Slade legend Dave Hill says the secret behind the success of Merry Xmas Everybody is that it’s about normal Brits having a normal Christmas. The festive rock anthem was originally released in 1973 and ...

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Jeremy Clarkson has banned over 400 people from his Cotswolds pub in West Oxfordshire. The former Top Gear and Grand Tour star purchased The Windmill pub in Asthall for around £1,000,000 last year. Mr ...