This Morning’s Christmas Day special turned emotional as Alison Hammond was left in floods of tears after receiving the “best Christmas present ever”.
The TV presenter was joined on Monday (25 December) by co-hosts Dermot O’Leary, Craig Doyle and her trusty I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! pal Josie Gibson. With the festive episode including celebrities such as Gyles Brandreth, Eastenders star Brian Connelly and John Torode.
Dermot explained “this is the part where we all exchange gifts.” He added: “What has Santa left us under the tree,” with Alison excitedly responding “this is my favourite part”.
Gyles was serenaded by no other than Scottish singer and songwriter Lulu. He was elated with his gift, telling his co-stars “that’s going to be unbeatable.”
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With Alison’s turn now approaching, Dermot says to his sofa partner: “You’ve got something lovely. So, at the moment you’ve got the day off but where are you performing panto right now?” Alison chimed back with: “In Birmingham.”
Dermot then asks: “Yeah, whereabouts?” Now getting the clue, Alison says: “The Hippodrome.” Carrying on Dermot adds: “The Birmingham Hippodrome. Well it’s a very special place for you and a lifelong dream that you’re performing there!” Alison exclaims: “Massively!”
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Unveiling the gift, Dermot tells her: “So we took the liberty of doing something… Can we just take a look at this? So, we’ve named a seat ‘Alison Hammond, TV Queen and pantomime star’. That’s named after you in perpetuity forever.”
Now in floods of tear, Alison manages to say: “I’m so sorry I’m crying, you don’t understand what that would have meant to my mum.” Dermot goes on to explain: “With that in mind, we know you used to go there with your mother so we’ve got the next seat along, we’ve just named it after your mother.
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“Now, we know also, we’ve talked about it many times that one of her favourite musicals was West Side Story so we’ve put ‘the most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria’ on there.”
Reaching out to Alison to offer a hug, she emotionally says: “Thank you so much, that’s the best Christmas present I ever had. I love it, sorry I didn’t realise it was going to be a lovely present… I love it, thank you.”
She went on to say: “That is beautiful, thank you so much. I didn’t realise it would be that lovely.”
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