A few years ago, writer Rhodri Marsden was visiting his parents for Christmas.
NEW WINNER RT @jamesrbuk: @rhodri I am 26:
He tells BuzzFeed: "I was just lying in this single bed with an unpleasant duvet in a rather austere room in my parents' house and thought, 'I bet I'm not the only one.'"
"So I took a picture and tweeted it. And then these pictures started coming back at me."
I’m going to have to source some prizes. RT @SeanWHughes: @rhodri I am 44 years old. And single.
"For some reason they seem to collectively convey the spirit of Christmas without having any Christmassy stuff in them whatsoever."
Upping the ante RT @stackee: @jamesrbuk @rhodri I'm not faring much better (I'm 28)
"Just bad duvets, unpleasant curtains, and deflating airbeds."
No idea if it's real, don't particularly care. RESULT. RT @chegchenko: @rhodri Yep
And thus one of the greatest annual traditions on British internet was born.
We have a front-runner. RT @jamesrbuk: @rhodri I offer ye this:
This is pretty much one of the Christmasiest things you'll see.
@rhodri
No, mum. No. RT @andywelch81: @rhodri duvet cover’s ok. But the pillowcase… My mum does it to piss me off.
A strong early contender. Cretaceous! RT @samuelpalin: @rhodri it'll pick up as the sherries go down. This is me:
*hyperventilates* RT @DaleyAFC: @rhodri This is my bed.
@rhodri Tonight I'm sleeping in 1995.
This is my bed tonight and in no way does that make me depressed about my life *reaches for Prozac* Merry Christmas
@rhodri am i the only person sleeping in a kitchen?!
This one's for @rhodri. I'm basically in storage. #singlebeds
@rhodri this is where my 92 yr old mother will sleep this holiday.
@rhodri this is me.
And which is Marsden's favourite picture?
And so, here we are. A single bed, a floral duvet, and my mum has ensured that I won’t be Lonely This Christmas.
Well, that would be this one.
