JENNIFER LAWRENCE:
“Being at home with the family. My mum always makes this egg casserole in the morning that I have always hated my entire life, (laughter) but that doesn’t matter, they always make it, they don’t care what I like, (laughter) It’s like this egg casserole thing that has bread in it, and the bread is all soggy and I just think it’s disgusting. It’s so bad.”
NICOLE KIDMAN:
“Being able to see [the children], having fun and love life and love things. That’s why we always do big Christmases, and I just love seeing their excitement. That would be, my husband always says that, he says, you always love seeing other people have a great time, but that’s just me. I’m like that. That’s probably why I’m an actor too because I like to see other people laugh and enjoy themselves and that gives me joy. That’s enough for me.”
NAOMI WATTS:
“As long as we’re all together as a family we’re very happy. We’re looking forward to spending Christmas in New York and enjoying the snow and the way the city is so beautifully decorated. Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year and I love Christmas, all the traditions. It’s so much fun watching your children getting caught up in it and feeling that it’s this magical event.”
KATIE HOLMES:
“I grew up in the Midwest and I had such fond memories of every single Christmas. What really hit me in this movie is seeing Jonas go sledging, because I remember that so distinctly in my childhood as just that. That sense of freedom and wonder and awe, and it usually meant a snow day, and just so much fun. So it’s just like a great, great joy.”
OLIVIA WILDE:
“It’s funny. My family is all incredible skiers and snowboarders, and I’m not. And we go to Lake Tahoe every Christmas and while they ski and snowboard all day I take care of the apres-ski activities. So I do it all day long and just prepare for them to come back. Every Christmas for me is about my sister forcing me to go snowboarding, and I fall off the lift every time I go. So they won’t go with me on the chair lift, and I go with some unsuspecting group of people, like a nice family. And then as we’re getting off the lift I drag them down with me. So that’s what I think about when I think of the snow.”
RACHEL MCADAMS:
“In terms of Christmas traditions, we actually, finally ditched the stockings last year which was very hard for my mother. Every year she says, ‘We’re not doing stockings next year. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of buying you all these little things you never use’ because she’s so sweet. She really takes the time to find the most special little things for our stocking. So every year she says she’s not doing it, and last year, we said, ‘We’re not doing it this year’. She’s like, ‘What do you mean? Just one more year, one more year because your brother will be very upset’. My brother’s like, ‘It’s fine’. Stockings are gone which is sort of sad, but we’ll bring them back when we all have kids.
JESSICA CHASTAIN:
“My grandmother has been the biggest influence in my life when it comes to acting. My father is a fireman and mother is a vegan chef, and the only real artistic connection I had while growing up was my grandmother. She always kind of wanted to be an artist and an actress, but as a young woman in the 1950s, she wasn’t really given the opportunity. She was told to marry young and have children young, and be a mom. But when I was young, she’d do things like, for Christmas, she’d buy me a ballet tutu and ballet lessons. My grandmother took me to my first play. And she moved me to Juilliard. When I got in, she flew with me to move into the dorm. She’s been an incredible influence in my life.”
ELLIE GOULDING:
“I’m so happy my album did well in Ireland because in a perfect world, I would spend all my time there. I’ve a friend down in Dingle that I spend time with there doing Other Voices. I got stranded there during the crazy snow a few Christmases ago and everyone was wailing about the inability to travel and I was over the moon. Couldn’t have been happier.”
