A retired miner whose home was ransacked by burglars four days before Christmas has been left overwhelmed after strangers raised more than £20,000 for him.
Ted Green, 94, a former pitman and member of the Home Guard in the Second World War, was burgled on Tuesday night.
Mr Green, from Horden, County Durham, was pictured the next day sitting amid the upheaval caused by the thieves.
An online appeal to raise cash and save his Christmas was then given a huge boost when Love Island star Molly-May Hague and Geordie Shore s Holly Hagan shared Mr Green s plight with their millions of followers on social media.
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A Christmas catchphrase
My mum has a habit of telling us which bits of dinner she could have done better and one Christmas, almost 20 years ago, she said: “I overcooked the broccoli a bit.” I replied, with dramatic gestures of devastation: “You’ve spoiled Christmas for everyone!” Now, every year, whenever something minor goes wrong, we repeat those words with a big smile and a chuckle, to remind ourselves that you don’t need everything to be perfect to have a happy Christmas.
James Field, charity worker, Manchester
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