A Christmas-mad office worker has turned his desk into Britain's most festive workspace - transforming into a snow-covered castle complete with 'smoking' chimney.<br /><br />For the third year running, engineer Jack Makepeace has created a merry masterpiece of his workspace so he can celebrate Christmas while on the job.<br /><br />What started as a competition amongst colleagues at building services firm Ibsecad in Leeds, West Yorks., has now become a tradition - with Jack's workmates waiting in anticipation for his Christmassy creation.<br /><br />This year the newly married Yuletide fan drew inspiration from his recent honeymoon to Sweden when he and new wife, student Charlotte, 23, visited the Ice Hotel.<br /><br />The 24-year-old created a cardboard castle covered in snow with a working drawbridge and a tunnel for escaping smoke - if somebody vapes through it. <br /><br />It comes complete with fairy lights, tinsel, penguins and sugar canes.<br /><br />Jack sits inside his castle to do his work and sets his computer on log fire screensaver mode if he starts feeling the cold.<br /><br />It is especially brave - as Jack's desk is located next to the boss.<br /><br />Jack said: "It took me about five hours to make. I have a degree in engineering so, luckily, the drawbridge didn't pose too many problems to construct.<br /><br />"I then went into the office on Sunday to staple the whole thing together. I promise it was all done in my own time."<br /><br />Jack has always loved Christmas, but especially so because his blind wife loves all the sparkles.<br /><br />Jack said: "Charlotte has a genetic disorder called retinitis pigmentosa which meant she lost her sight at 14-years-old.<br /><br />"She only has a little light perception left so she can see all the sparkles, on the tinsel and from the lights, so it is a very special time for us."<br /><br />The couple, who have been together five years, live together in Morley, West Yorks., with their guide dog, Moss.<br /><br />Jack said: "I had only worked here a couple of months when the company first set a competition in 2016.<br /><br />"Others had put Christmas trees on their desk and I decided I wanted to go 'out there' and build a festive house around me. <br /><br />"I wasn't quite sure whether it was the right thing to do, with me only working here a short while, but I thought 'sod it, it can only make people smile'.<br /><br />"It went down such a storm that my colleagues said I had to make a bigger house next year - which I did - this year I thought I better build a castle."<br /><br />Officer manager of Ibsecad, David Coy, said Jack "knocked it out of the park" in the first 'decorate your desk' contest.<br /><br />David, who has worked at the firm for six years, said: "I set up the competition in 2016 to create a bit of festive cheer in the office.<br /><br />"The rest of us used a bit on tinsel and a tree, then Jack created a masterpiece that was absolutely incredible - he deserved the prize of a bottle of JD.<br /><br />"Last year it got bigger and this year I came in on Monday to an ice castle. Already we're excited to see what he'll do in 2019.<br /><br />"We were slightly worried about what he could be getting up to in his boxed-in castle but he does sit next to the regional director, Antony Henson, and he has put a window in there so we can have a peek in."<br /><br />Video filmed 12th December 2018.
