Red-faced Sue Radford says her family is now so big that Centre Parcs were forced to rearrange Santa's grotto to fit them all in!
Sue and Noel Radford are enjoying their 20th holiday of the year and they didn't want anyone to miss out. The stars of 22 Kids and Counting regularly update their followers with their frequent getaways and took to Instagram, sharing snaps of their trip to the popular resort.
They are bracing for another hectic Christmas, and Sue previously revealed the big day costs a whopping £7,000 in previous years. They needed some support when they attempted to see Santa on their log cabin adventure and the resort were only too happy to help as they took most of the brood and their kids with them.
She shared a series of photos from the trip and posted: “The most amazing weekend @centerparcsuk. This is definitely going to become a Christmas tradition for us, it's just such a magical place to be. You know you have a big family when they have to reorganise Santa's grotto to fit you all in.”
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Instagram/ @theradfordfamily)Their cute festive holiday at the Whinfell Forest resort on the edge of the Lake District comes after the proud parents headed to Dubai to celebrate their anniversary. The couple enjoyed a relaxing holiday in the United Arab Emirates before their daughter Millie, 23, tied the knot in a lavish ceremony last month.
While Sue loves to share snaps of her family's holidays - and her new Porsche - many fans have questioned how Britain's biggest family can afford to travel so frequently. With annual trips to Florida as well as numerous other lavish getaways, the maths don't seem to add up - for some.
Taking to social media, baffled by the Radford's frequent flyer status, one person wrote: "There are families who can’t afford Christmas let alone one holiday." Another said: "How do they afford it? I've got a child and the thought of going abroad is a dream." While a third shared: "I wish I could afford to do that for my son."
The couple ran a successful bakery for years and managed to pay for their family without turning to benefits. Proud baker Noel has owned his pie shop in Morecambe since 1999, often posting videos of their bakery on YouTube and allowing the camera crew to film him at work for their TV show. A number of Noel and Sue's children work in the shop and are often featured in their show 22 Kids and Counting.
Hitting out at trolls who judged their jet-set lifestyle previously, the protective parents wrote in their memoir, The Radfords: Making Life Count, "We don't claim benefits, the pie company is very successful and so is our media business. We work hard but we're not millionaires. The nastiness is upsetting though. We just want to be able to give our children the best possible life."
In their book, the couple also admitted that caring for such a large family - which now includes various grandchildren - means they struggle to find time to talk to each other. Sue confessed: "I am sure there must be couples who are able to ring each other up during the day to discuss various things about their kids, Noel and I don't really speak when he's at work and I'm at home- because we never have the time."
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