Adam Attew, a 32-year-old retail assistant from East London, has amassed over 100 Christmas jumpers over the last decade.

Wearing them seems to brighten the moods of others around him – so he can’t wait to start donning them again come December 1, at which point he’ll wear a different one daily.

‘It started over 10 years ago when I needed a jumper for a Christmas market where I was selling baked goods,’ he tells Metro.co.uk.

‘Christmas jumpers were just starting to be a thing then. I had never even thought about them before. I wanted to be as Christmassy as the setting of the market. 

‘So, I bought one and wondered if there were more out there. Then I was shopping in the Christmas sales and spotted a few in the sale for £3, some for even £1, and got about five or so.

‘Every sale period I continued looking online for new ones until I had 25 or so.’

He buys the knits from high street stores such as Primark through to second-hand car boot sales and charity shops.

On Facebook in 2016, he created his own advent calendar by posting a picture each day wearing one of the 25 jumpers in the lead up to the big day.

‘I guess I wanted to continue with it and before I knew it, several years later, I had over 100… oops,’ he said.

‘I think getting them for less spurred me on big time as I have always been a savvy shopper – getting a £16 jumper for £3 was a buzz and a lot of my jumpers were bought like that.

‘Most I have paid under £5 for with some special ones ranging between £12-16 each, online.’

The most he’s spent on a jumper is £20 – it’s Willy Wonka themed.

Compliments from others spurs him on, as Adam says the attention makes him ‘feel great’.

‘Not everyone knows the scale of my jumpers collection, and those that do love seeing the new ones,’ the retail assistant tells us.

‘At my workplace I wear one and often am the only one, so people sometimes think I’m the manager as everyone else is plain clothed.’

At Christmas time, Adam’s boss allows staff to dress in festive attire as he is also a big Christmas fan. Usually, only Adam takes up the opportunity.

‘When I am out at events again, I’m the only one usually in festive attire, which makes me stand out straight away,’ he explains.

‘I like the compliments and enjoyment people get from them, bringing some festive cheer to the day.

sources (article; pictures): Metro; Adam Stephen Attew facebook page

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1. Adam wears his special pullovers only at Christmas.
2. Adam started buying Christmas jumpers when they started to become a fad for the first time.
3. Adam buys his Christmas pullovers online.
4. At his workplace his workmates also wear Christmas pullovers.
5. Adam’s boss lets the staff wear Christmassy clothes as he is also keen on Christmas.

keys/megoldások:

1.F, he doesn’t wear them only from 24^th to 26^th December, but he wears them from 1^st December and every day at work.
2. T
3. F, he buys them in stores, in second hand car boot sales,
in charity shops and online as well.
4. F, they are plain-clothed, Adam is the only person who wears
Christmas pullovers at work.
5. T

Hungarian Passport Among Ten Best in the World

The Hungarian passport is among the ten best passports in the world. In fact, it allows you to visit 182 destinations without a visa. The Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 destinations. If no visa is required, a score of 1 is created for that passport. The same is true if you are eligible for a visa on arrival, visitor’s permit, or electronic travel authorization (ETA) when entering the destination country.

The Henley Passport Index has been compiled every year since 2006. They take 227 destinations around the world and check which of them you can travel to with your passport without a visa. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) provides the necessary information. The top ten are dominated by passports of European countries. Only South Korea occupies second place together with Germany. In third place are Luxembourg, Spain, Finland and Italy, and in fourth, Austria and Denmark.

The consequences of the coronavirus crisis on travel habits were also studied. According to the study, rich northern countries are still applying travel restrictions to combat not only the pandemic but also migration from the poorer south.

source: Hungary Today

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What is Guy Fawkes Night?

Guy Fawkes Night, often called Bonfire or Firework Night, is an annual evening of fireworks and bonfires held across the country. People love to wrap up warm, in scarves and woolly hats, and head out with loved ones to ‘ooh’ and ‘aaah’ at the colourful displays.

Why do people celebrate it?

It marks the failure of the Gunpowder Plot on November 5 1605, when a group of embittered Catholic conspirators planned to blow up parliament and kill the Protestant King James I.

Although the plot was masterminded by Robert Catesby, and involved many other conspirators, Guy Fawkes is synonymous with the event as he was the one caught in the cellar below the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gunpowder. Effigies of Guy, wearing his distinctive tall black hat, are often burned on bonfires.

Most of the plotters were eventually captured, forced to confess, and hanged, drawn and quartered at the Tower of London as a lesson to others. Guy actually escaped this torturous fate by jumping to his death first.

Guy Fawkes Night is still celebrated today in recognition that had the Gunpowder Plot been successful, it would have changed the course of British history.

It is still customary today for the cellars in the Houses of Parliament to be searched by the Yeoman of the Guard before each State Opening of Parliament.

The day became known as Guy Fawkes Day or Guy Fawkes Night, but it’s now more commonly called Bonfire Night.

When is it?

November 5 every year. However, depending on which day of the week it falls, firework displays may take place the weekend before or after.  

Where can I experience it?

Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated across the UK, from village greens to entire towns.

Sussex, in Southeast England, has a strong bonfire tradition, with many places putting on elaborate events. Lewes perhaps holds the most famous celebration, with separate Bonfire Societies all hosting bonfires with their own special customs. They wear differently coloured striped jumpers and process down the medieval High Street. Humerous effigies of public figures are burnt each year, usually with some topical relevance.

In Southwest England, Ottery St Mary, Devon, also has a unique celebration. They set tar barrels alight, and carry them on their shoulders through the town. No one is exactly sure where this specific practice comes from, but at one point many other towns and villages would have rolled lit barrels down the streets.

Meanwhile in London, Alexandra Palace hosts a Fireworks Festival, with an enormous display lighting up the city’s iconic skyline, a magical parade, music and even a German beer festival. But there are plenty more, from Battersea Park Fireworks by the River Thames to Lambeth Fireworks, which are themed each year.

How about food & drink?

Bonfire Night is a sociable evening, with many events providing hot foods like soup, jacket potatoes and burgers. Toffee apples are a popular sweet, and in Yorkshire and Lancashire a sticky ginger cake called parkin, made with treacle and syrup, is also eaten.

The gunpowder rhyme

Most Brits grow up learning this simple Bonfire Night rhyme and you may hear people reciting the first line at one of the celebrations. The people who used to collect the wood for the bonfire (usually impoverished young children) would recite it as they worked to keep spirits up.

‘Remember, remember, the fifth of November!

Gunpowder treason and plot

We see no reason why Gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.’

sources: visitbritain.com; visitlondon.com

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