IT'S not the latest Xbox or Playstation on this young man's Christmas list.

Charles Michael Duke, 21, from Lymington in the New Forest, needs a lung transplant and will spend this Christmas on the transplant list.

He is one of thousands of people on the UK's list, and faces the festive season waiting for a phone call.

“I don't remember much of last Christmas. I had a collapsed lung with a chest drain in so was on a lot of painkillers and sleeping a lot of the time", Charles said.

"Hopefully this Christmas will just be relaxed, I’ve not got anything big planned, just seeing family and friends and enjoying them having time off.

"Usually Christmas is a busy time for me because I'm an actor, with pantomimes and Christmas shows. Since I was listed I've not done any performing partly due to being unable to commit but also due to not being well enough. So I'd love to be performing but am unable to.

"My wish for 2016 and the thing I most want to do if I get my transplant next year is to get back to performing.”

Charles, who has Cystic Fibrosis, has been a member of Highcliffe Charity Players for years.

In the past he both directed the Company’s mini panto, Cinderella, which was seen at local holiday parks, and appeared in HCP’s main panto Treasure Island at the Regent Centre.

He has been involved in amateur theatre in the area since he was five, and has always been determined that the condition would not stop him from pursuing his ambition to become a professional performer.

NHS Blood and Transplant have issued a special appeal this season, urging people to sign up for organ donation.

Sadly more than one in ten people on the waiting list will die before they get the transplant they need, while one in four people waiting for lungs will die.

Sally Johnson, director of Organ Donation and Transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “Waiting for a transplant is difficult and can be especially hard at Christmas. Charles is not alone, sadly thousands of people are in the same situation.

“We know that many families take enormous comfort from organ donation and are proud that their loved one has been able to save the lives of others. So, if you haven’t told those closest to you that you want to be an organ donor, then please do it while you’re together this festive season. Record your decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register too.”

To join the NHS Organ Donor Register please go to organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 123 23 23.