An eventful year for young Olivia ...

and she refuse to eat it, I’m going to do a buffet.

“Nine out of 10 times she has something different from everyone else. I would rather do that than have her eat nothing.

“She likes onion bhajis, and luckily, fruit and vegetables so it’ll be bhajis, fruit and vegetables.”

And much of the Christmas preparation will be done after a sleepless night.

Olivia takes melatonin to help her sleep, as she never gets tired.

But the youngster is convinced she’ll sleep through Christmas Day if she takes her medication.

Niki says: “I can tell her she’ll wake up in time for Christmas but she just won’t listen.

“She doesn’t grasp it and if she had to take her medicine it would just send her into a downward spiral which you don’t want on Christmas Eve.

“She’ll be up all night which means I’ll be up all night.” IT’S been an eventful year for ‘bionic girl’ Olivia Farnsworth.

The eight-year-old has been the subject of news stories around the world and a German documentary.

The effervescent youngster was a finalist in Examiner Pride of Huddersfield Awards and sang with X-Factor 2015 runner-up Fleur East.

But behind the headlines is a serious condition – called ‘chromosome 6 deletion’ – which no other person appears to have and for which there is Olivia (right) and sister Poppy who will be raising money for charity Unique by having £1 donated for each Brussels sprout she eats tomorrow. Below: with mum Niki

But overall Niki, Olivia and her siblings Ella-Mae, Poppy, Archie and Bradlee are determined to enjoy the festive season.

Niki said: “I’m looking forward to Christmas because it’s for the kids. They will be excited even if I will be shattered all day. We love Christmas.” no ‘cure’.

Caring for a high-profile child with no sense of pain or danger can be a curse as well as a blessing, says Olivia’s mum Niki.

She said: “No-one knows anything about it and no-one is willing to take Olivia on.

“It’s nice to know she doesn’t feel things but in there she could be really ill and she won’t know.

“Some people are really nice about it and sympathetic but others (online) are just plain cruel.”

Olivia has been putting her apparently limitless energy into raising cash for Unique, a charity for people with rare chromosome disorders. For details visit http://rarechromo.org

And for Christmas she’s being sponsored £1 for each sprout she eats – no mean feat for most children, never mind a child that has no interest in food. Thankfully, according to Niki, Olivia is relatively happy to eat vegetables.