A man who celebrates Christmas every day is saving up for his own £70,000 festive funeral - complete with a giant video of the Queen's Speech and a coffin full of sprouts pulled by reindeer.

Andy Park, known as Mr Christmas, has treated every day as December 25 for last 14 years, with a full roast dinner, decorations, champagne and cards and presents.

Now the 44-year-old electrician, from Melksham, Wiltshire, wants to take his obsession to its natural conclusion, even though he expects his unusual diet to take him to a ripe old age.

The divorcee asked a local undertaker to quote him a price for a Christmas-themed funeral service, which would see all mourners dressed as Santa, coffin-bearers in elf costumes, and Slade star Noddy Holder asked to sing the band's festive hit.

A "classic" Christmas message from the Queen will be projected on the church wall, and a final sumptuous traditional lunch will be laid on.

Four reindeer are to pull his sprout-filled coffin through the town to the sound of Jingle Bells.

Funeral director Patrick Bewley considered the commission and wrote back: "Obviously you have made some rather unusual requests, Mr Park, which is why I'm sure you will agree that our final quotation of £70,000 is more than reasonable.

"This is to include any costume hire, animal hire, food preparation and necessary licences. We would expect a minimum deposit of £10,000 to be paid upon acceptance of this quotation."

Mr Park said: "I've been busy recently organising my own funeral. I think everyone has the responsibility to do it early. I didn't want to go in dreary way - I wanted everyone to be smiling, after all you only go once.

"I'm gradually getting the money together and I want everyone to have a good time and celebrate my life, not be sad.

"I don't think it's a waste of money - I'll make sure my daughter is all right, but I still want to be remembered.

"I've told everyone not to worry as I'm confident of living a lot longer thanks to my exercise regime and lots of Christmas vegetables."

Mr Christmas has munched his way through 117,600 sprouts, quaffed 5,110 bottles of Moet & Chandon champagne, and sent himself more than 23,000 Christmas cards since his addiction began in 1994.

This year he announced cuts in order to keep his unique devotion to Yuletide on the road during the credit crunch and to put money aside for his funeral.

He said: "The lunch with all the trimmings and alcohol is costing in excess of £150 a week, but I'm fighting hard not to let the credit crunch ruin the celebrations.

"I'm not being tight but a few of the trimmings and little extras are having to go. I'm only having one Christmas tree this year, instead of two, and I'm cutting back on the Christmas lights because of energy bills.

"I used to get a 14lb turkey, now I'm going for a 9lb one. But I refuse to compromise on champagne and always have Moet."

Explaining the moment his life changed, Mr Park said: "I'll never forget the day it started. The sun was shining, but I was just feeling fed up and bored, so I went home and put the decorations up. Suddenly I was happy. I thought, this is fun. So I did it again the next day, and the day after that.

"Since then my routine every day has been to get up and have seven or eight mince pies and glass of sherry for breakfast.

"After that I open the presents I've wrapped for myself. Later, after I've gone out to work, I'll maybe watch a Christmas film like The Great Escape.

"People do think I'm crackers, but I enjoy treating myself and I'm the only one in the world who does it. Others have tried to copy me, but they can't last.

"When people come to my house it turns a sad face into a smiling one, and the happiness stays with them.

"My daughter used to love celebrating it with me but she's in her 20s now and people started teasing her a bit. I think her dad was a bit of an embarrassment."