One of the most important things about Christmas is spending time with family and mum Sue Radford makes sure that her 22 kids have a festive day they won’t forget.
Always putting her children’s happiness and well-being first, the mum of Britain’s biggest family doesn't let the effort slip at Christmas time either, ensuring their house in Morecambe is full of festive spirit.
This year the 46-year-old is getting a head start by already putting up their first Christmas tree, LancsLive reports.
Although buying presents for 22 kids doesn’t come cheap, the star of the Channel 5 series ‘22 Kids and Counting’ is facing a bill of up to £5,000 on presents and a further £300 for the Christmas dinner.
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Sue, who is married to baker Noel, splashes out on anywhere between £100 and £250 for each child and puts the presents in personalised Santa sacks so they don't risk being mixed up.
She hand wraps each gift she buys and it has previously been reported she can wrap around 20 presents every 15 minutes, according to the Daily Star.
The parents get through around 70 rolls of wrapping paper each year and once revealed they stay up till 1am on Christmas morning peeling veg and potatoes, ready for their massive dinner.
Noel has previously shown how he cooks the 10kg turkey and 7kg of potatoes and Brussels sprouts.
The Radfords are financially supported by their pie shop business.
When asked if the family were rich during a Q&A on their YouTube channel, Sue said: "Absolutely not, we're definitely not secret millionaires.
"To me rich would be having the big mansion, the flash cars and quite a few hundred thousand in the bank, to me that would be rich but we are not that."
They get some money through brand partnerships on social media, but their main source of income comes from The Radford Pie company, located near their family home, which serves fresh, healthy pies to customers across the UK.
Sue and Noel bought their Victorian home - a former care home - for £240,000 back in 2004, and the size of their family has grown considerably since then.
There are currently 19 of their kids living at home as eldest children Chris, 31, and Sophie 26 have now moved out, although they are always around for visits.
Living at home is Chloe, 25, Jack, 23, Daniel, 21, Luke, 20, Millie, 19, Katie, 18, James, 17, Ellie, 15, Aimee, 14, Josh, 13, Max, 12, Tillie, 10, Oscar, nine, Casper, eight, Hallie, five, Phoebe, four, Archie, three, Bonnie, two, and baby Heidie.
Their 17th child Alfie was stillborn in 2014.
The family recently welcomed a new addition after Sue announced that Chris has become a father for the third time.
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