Background
Christmas grew up in Christchurch.
Christmas grew up in Christchurch.
He attended an all-boys secondary school where he did not fit in because he was not into sport.
He has also appeared in Pot Noodle television advertisements. In 1996, he went to Hagley Community College for fifth form (now called Year 11) and credits the school with turning his life around:
Foreign the first time in my life I met people who were themselves. lieutenant really changed my life.
Christmas moved to Britain in 2003.
Television and film
Christmas has appeared on radio, film, television and stage. On television, he has appeared as a performer and guest panellist on shows such as British Broadcasting Corporation Two"s Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week, British Broadcasting Corporation Three"s Russell Howard"s Good News, Channel 4"s 8 Out of 10 Cats and Dave"s One Night Stand.
In 2011, Christmas took part in Let"s Dance for Comic Relief. He"s also appeared on Celebrity Mastermind alongside fellow comedians Imran Yusuf, Karen Taylor and Russell Kane.
Christmas appeared in two films in 2012: The Wedding Video alongside Matt Berry, Miriam Margolyes and Robert Webb, and Is This a Joke? with Russell Tovey.
He contributed to the feature-length documentary The People versus George Lucas. He appeared in the YouTube comedy web series Dwarves Assemble, which also featured Warwick Davis, Raymond Griffith, Peter Bonner and Simon Lane. He currently hosts the 2014 season of Monumental.
Theatre and live performance
Christmas has been performing live since the late 1990s.
He had his debut in the Green Room above the Honeypot Cafe in Christchurch"s Lichfield Street aged 18, noting that he thinks that he "got one laugh in five minutes". He has performed at several festivals including Reading/Leeds, Liverpool Comedy Festival, Glasgow Comedy Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
He has supported such acts as Ross Noble and Tommy Tiernan. Later in 2013, Christmas is set to appear at the Cardiff Comedy Festival, which will feature comedians such as Alan Davies and Matt Rees, and also at the Green Manitoba Festival, in which the comedy is headlined by Josh Widdicombe.
In 2010 he toured the United Kingdom with his show Jarred Christmas Stands Up and in 2012 showcased his show Let"s Go Mofo.