[James]

HELEN ADAMS
(Big Brother)
Age: 27
Occupation: Hairdresser

What makes a perfect Christmas party?
"Mince pies - I don't make them but my mother used to. I get them from M&S. I like to smell mulled wine spices like cinnamon wafting around the room. It would be a family party with lots of friends from Wales and London and my partner, Paul Clarke. I would have a kiss with Paul under the mistletoe, listening to good old Christmas records by Slade and Cliff Richard."

What's your best Christmas party memory?
"Any Christmas with my family and friends around an open fire, when it is snowing, although it is usually raining."

What's the most embarrassing thing you have done at a Christmas party?
"I haven't got any embarrassing stories, I haven't been too drunk or anything like that."

How many parties are you planning to go to this year?
"Oh, I don't know, all our Fridays and Saturdays in December are booked up, we've got a few parties in Wales and London, so about 12."

What are you planning to wear?
"With the family I would be wearing a woolly jumper, scarves, gloves and a hat. For the other parties I will need to go shopping to buy some new outfits. I'll be getting new jeans and t-shirts and lots of glitzy dresses."

What do you want for Christmas?
"Anything really, clothes, perfume, maybe a bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Cinema."

Have you ever had an office Christmas party fling?
"I've never really been involved in any office parties, so no flings."

Do you get invited to any celebrity Christmas parties?
"Yes, we go to openings and things."

Ideally which celebrity Christmas party would you most like to attend and why?
"Ozzy Osbourne's in his family house in LA. I like Sharon the best. They are a little bit different and they don't pretend to be anything they are not - they are just way out ther."

Are you a New Year party animal too, or is it time to start calorie counting and exercise?
"I don't really like New Year."

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