
Oh no,not another Christmas gift guide, we hear you say...
Well fear not! This year, instead of bringing you a generic list of presents to buy family and friends, we're asking some familiar faces fromMamamiato share what's on their wish list - and what their Christmas Day actually looks like. Because let's be honest, these things look very different for everybody.
From poolside drinks to an Irish white Christmas, here's what they had to say.
Cate Campbell, Olympic swimmer and co-host of Here If You Need.
What does Christmas Day look like for you?I can smell Christmas before I see it. It’s warm and salty and sweet with a just hint of spice.
When I was a kid, the smell would wind its way through the corridors of the house - from the kitchen, around the corners and under bedroom doors.
Heady with anticipation and still drunk on sleep, I’d stumble out to the kitchen to find the giant leg of glazed ham roasting in the oven, giving off its mouth-watering smell. To this day, the smell of ham reminds me of Christmas and no Christmas is complete without it.
Christmas is relatively quiet in our household - having no extended family in Brisbane, it was just the seven of us (I’m the eldest of five kids). Nowadays, it has extended to include partners and the occasional 'orphan' friend.
Our only non-negotiable tradition (apart from the ham), is a Christmas swim in the backyard pool. It is a must - rain, hail, or shine. Followed by the long lunch, which turns into dinner and an inevitable food coma.
This Christmas will be no different - we will gather together at my parent’s place in Brisbane, swim no matter the weather, eat our yearly quota of ham and catch up on the year that was. It’s my idea of bliss.
What's on your Christmas wish list?
Theragun Vibrating Wave Solo Black, $129.
A vibrating trigger point ball.
Firstly, get your head out of the gutter - this is a serious piece of recovery equipment. I'm embarking on a comeback for my fifth Olympic Games, so I am going to need all the recovery gadgets I can find!
Dyson V11™ vacuum, $949.
Santa would have to be feeling very generous if this turned up under the tree - but it doesn't hurt to ask right? My current stick vacuum is on its last legs and I've been putting off buying a new one.
Disney+ 1-Year Subscription, $119.99.
And a subscription to Disney+ for a year.
I am super stingy and already have Binge, Netflix and Stan and therefore can't justify Disney as well - but I'm dying to watch some of their new TV shows.
Holly Wainwright, Head of Content and co-host of Mamamia Out Loud.
What does Christmas Day look like for you?It looks different since we moved away from the city, but there is one non-negotiable - a swim.
If you grew up in the Northern Hemisphere, with freezing rain and eight hours of sunlight on Christmas Day, you will never get over the novelty of swimming in warm weather on December 25.
A lot of people from the other side of the world struggle with a summer Christmas, but I am not one of them - I've always thought that you can't re-create the twinkly-light winter experience, you've got to embrace the sunny one and make new traditions.
So we always wake up early (thanks, kids), my children Matilda and Billy open their stockings, then we do under-the-tree presents while having our favourite things for breakfast (chocolate pastries for Brent and the kids, salmon bagel for me). Then we go to the beach for an hour and get wet.
Then lunch with family. If we're in Sydney, it's over to Brent's brother's place. Down here on the South Coast this year we're having Sydney friends come to us in the afternoon, and family on Boxing Day.
So there will be a big, easy lunch outside (hopefully), lots of bubbly wine and kids charging about, then generally we collapse and watch movies at night and call the family over in the UK as they're waking up. And I love it. Big fan of Christmas, here.
What's on your Christmas wish list?I'm sure I'm supposed to say nothing.
But personally, after all the shopping I'll be doing for everyone else, I want a bloody present to unwrap under the tree.
Apple Watch SE Midnight Aluminium Case with Sport Band, starting from $399.
I want an Apple Watch and it's just not something I would ever splash out to buy myself, even though if Brent "buys it for me" it all comes out of the same family budget. Somehow it feels different.
Reid Cycles Ladies Classic Plus Vintage Bike Black, $299.
I also want a push bike. So maybe if an Apple Watch just gets unromantically rolled into the family phone plan, I might get lucky and get both.
Leigh Campbell, Executive Editor and co
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