Visiting family for Christmas isn’t always a joyous occasion. These images from social media show some of the cramped quarters that people share during this homeless charity event.

  • Many people on Twitter shared unusual Christmas sleeping setups.  
  • The Duvet knows It’s Christmas campaign includes these images.
  • A decade-old tradition has helped Centrepoint raise funds for its homeless charity Centrepoint. 










According to the lyrics of Away in a Manger, Jesus the Little Man had no bed for his crib.

This time of year many people have laid their heads at less than optimal locations.

The arrival of guests and a lack of spare rooms have seen a spate of unconventional sleeping arrangements – such as a bed, complete with festive duvet cover and toy snowman, set up in a kitchen.

Images have been shared on Twitter over the weekend for the Duvet Know It’s Christmas campaign – a tradition started a decade ago by writer Rhodri Marsden to help raise money for the homeless charity Centrepoint.

A picture of blankets being laid in the bathroom, and another shows the pillow perilously placed below a glass table.

Alice Eggeling wrote that her mom had taped the light up above her single bed “so my head doesn’t hit it” and added: “I’m 42.”

Amy Mills, assistant TV producer was housed in Amy’s ‘childhood room, with teddy Bears, old photos from uni and dancetrophies since I was ten’.

By last night, Mr Marsden’s JustGiving page had raised more than £38,000 in donations.

No room at the kitchen: A Christmas-themed bed wedged between the washing machine and cooker

The kitchen is crowded with a bed decorated in Christmas that’s wedged between the cooker and washing machine

Lounging around: A mattress on the festive living room's floor with a Christmas tree in the corner

Lunging about: The festive living room floor is covered with a bed and a corner Christmas tree.

Sheet music: Fancy bedding down next to a keyboard with a tall lamp in the corner of the room

Sheet music: You might like to lay down beside a keyboard and a lamp at the corner of your room.

Get your head down: A single bed is jammed below a glass table and surrounded by various bits of furniture

Keep your head low: One bed, hidden below a glasstable and surrounded with various pieces of furniture is arranged in a single room.

Night on the tiles: A shower cord is visible in a bathroom as covers are laid down on the floor

Night on the tiles: As floor covers are put down, a shower cord can be seen in the bathroom.

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