Graham Norton hilariously details outrageous Christmas with ‘dribbling fools’ he’d rather forget

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Graham Norton once opened up about the Christmas he'd prefer to wipe from his memory.The TV presenter, famed for hosting Eurovision and his self-titled chat show, detailed his experiences of working as a waiter in London during the festive period back in 1980s, after he relocated from Ireland.

The 61 year old, who originally hails from Cork, worked in a restaurant called Smith's, located in Covent Garden. In an essay for the book Last Christmas, Graham recalled the wild office parties he saw and how in certain moments struggled to see the "joy" of such celebrations.

He spent eight years working in the hospitality industry and recalled how each Christmas, two weeks of office parties would take place, at which he would work as a waiter.

Recalling what the parties were like, he began: "I cannot stress enough that this was a different time, but the rampant 80s excess of office Christmas parties was intense, frightening, and on occasion, stomach-churning.