The DIY SOS presenter talks going OTT with his own home this Christmas, growing up in simpler times, and how he keeps his big blended family happy

Nick Knowles loves Christmas… and he wants the neighbours to know about it. “We’ve had decorations up since early November. We live on a normal street in a normal sort of house…and I've got a sixteen foot inflatable Christmas teddy bear in the front garden,” says DIY SOS presenter Nick, 63, who lives in Berkshire with his new wife Katie Dadzie, 35. The pair married this June in a lavish six-figure wedding ceremony at Braxted Park, Essex. They have six children between them, Nick has three sons and a daughter from three previous relationships; Katie has two daughters.

“The kids all love it,” says Nick - but the same can’t be said for some o

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