#GBBO, we’ve missed you.
The return of the Great British Bake Off is a Christmas gift from the BBC. This year, it’s ever more special as it is the last of the Bake Off as we know it.
Fans of the show are on Twitter communally enjoying the show. As we all tearfully prepare to say goodbye, one special guest has brought some extra joy to Christmas day.
Norman is the best contestant the Bake Off has ever seen.
Norman is a true Scot and lives on the north east coast of Scotland. Now retired, Norman joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 19 where he worked as a radio operator and travelled the world. He describes one of his proudest moments as being when he fell overboard three miles off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific and swam to shore, only to be picked up by an inter-Island cruiser near Papua New Guinea.
Norman plays the clarinet and makes clocks and pottery in his own kiln, which he’s installed in a studio at home. He works in slab pottery and creates small sculptures from clay.
Norman is a goddamn hero and everyone knows it.
Welcome back Norman.
NORMAN IS BACK IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE 💖💖 #gbboxmas
— beckie🌸 (@BetaBex) December 25, 2016
Dear Norman – never change. Not until we can clone you. #GBBOxmas pic.twitter.com/F4UcqNJMXa
— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) December 25, 2016
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. NORMAN!! 😍😍 #GBBOxmas @MitchellDisney
— Sian ✨ (@BoristheSpiderx) December 8, 2016
NORMAN HAS RETURNED TO THE TENT. 2016 HAS BEEN SAVED #GBBOxmas
— Emma 🚀💫 (@vakariaan_) December 25, 2016
This Norman hat / scarf / umbrella combination is sensational. #gbboxmas pic.twitter.com/xIZYsq2nrP
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) December 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/meglar23/status/813066914092249088
Norman is one of the greatest bakers. Period. #GBBOXmas pic.twitter.com/J6rpNgyQuF
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) December 25, 2016
Oh Norman, how we have missed you and your ding dangs #gbboxmas
— StaceyLikesBooks (@ReadingAutistic) December 25, 2016
NORMAN'S ON MY TELLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY! WE'VE ALL GAINED A CHRISTMAS GRANDAD!!! #gbboxmas
— Dave Turner (@mrdaveturner) December 25, 2016
Norman’s mind is a strange and wonderful place. #GBBOxmas #dufrickies pic.twitter.com/iJWBVWIJFG
— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) December 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/IsMiseDaniel/status/813065358387138560
There has been a Norman-shaped hole in my life. Can't wait. #GBBOxmas
— Alice Faye (@AliceFaye0108) December 9, 2016