December 19, 2025 – A man has broken a Guinness World Record after singing Christmas tunes for 42 hours straight without losing his voice. Dave Purchase spent almost two days singing Christmas classics from Mariah Carey to Wham! in an attempt to have his name in the book of records.
Dave chose 38 songs, which he repeated 18 times each, for a total of 684 songs. To abide by the world record rules, between each song, he could take a break of just 20 seconds, as well as one 5-minute break every hour.
He started the challenge at midnight on Wednesday on Dec. 12 and finished on Friday, Dec. 14, after signing 684 songs.
Dave said it was not just a vocal challenge but also a physical one. “I nearly gave up at about 4 o’clock on Friday morning. I felt as I couldn’t carry on because I was hallucinating with the lack of sleep. I was falling to sleep singing the songs.”
“Apart from the lower register of my voice, which had gone, and the falsetto part which was slightly gone, the middle range of my voice was fine. I knew that if I could just keep myself awake, I keep myself physically focused, then I can get through this.”…