The 10 most bizarre celebrity Christmas traditions: From Chrissy Teigen's annual McDonald's to the Royal Family's time out at breakfast
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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year - but not everyone celebrates it the same way.
When you think of festive traditions, it's hard not to picture the classics: a turkey with all the trimmings, a singalong at the local carol service, and a cheeky glass of mulled wine with mince pies.
Families across the world love these staples, but not everyone sticks to the traditional script - especially in the world of celebs.
The stars are known for doing things their own way, and Christmas is no exception.
Forget the glitz and glam, some of your favourite celebs have surprisingly quirky ways of marking the big day.
From unusual rituals to over-the-top extravagance, MailOnline reveals the famous faces who like to do something a little bit different from the norm.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
With Chrissy Teigen famed for her cooking, you might expect her to be stuck in the kitchen over the festive period, yet instead she orders McDonald's for her family
With Chrissy Teigen famed for her cooking, you might expect her to be stuck in the kitchen over the festive period.
The social media savvy stunner has authored cookbooks including 2018's Cravings: Hungry for More: A Cookbook and Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat: A Cookbook,.
Yet when it comes to food at the festive period, Chrissy's husband John Legend revealed it's the time of year they treat themselves to a fast food delivery.
John explained that for several years now, the family has ordered McDonald's on Christmas Eve as a late-night snack.
'It's a Chrissy tradition, for sure,' John told Postmate's The Receipt.
He then added: 'We've decided that Beef Wellington is our go-to Christmas main dish from now on.'
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey heads to Aspen with her twins where they get 'one or two horse-drawn sleighs, and we bundle up and go riding in the snow under the stars'
She's unofficially known as the Queen Of Christmas, with her hit All I Want for Christmas Is You - the bestselling Christmas song of all-time in the US.
So it's unsurprising that Mariah Carey pulls out all the stops in December.
Mariah - who famously kicks off the festive season by 'defrosting' and warbling 'It's tiiiiiime' in honor of her festive hit - lost her trademark battle to officially own the phrase Queen Of Christmas, but still goes all out.
She usually heads to Aspen with her twins Morocco and Monroe and explained: 'Depending on how many of us are up in [Aspen], we get one or two horse-drawn sleighs, and we bundle up and go riding in the snow under the stars.'
But her OTT festivities don't stop there, with the singer adding: 'We always drink cocoa with butterscotch schnapps to keep warm, and we sing at the top of our lungs.'
Kate Middleton
According to Royal insiders, the women and the men of the Royal Family spend breakfast time apart and only unite to go to Church later in the day (pictured: Kate Middleton)
While many families will wake up on Christmas morning surrounded by their loved ones - the same can't be said for Kate Middleton and Prince William.
According to Royal insiders, the women and the men of the family spend breakfast time apart and only unite to go to Church later in the day.
Former Royal chef Darren McGrady explained: 'On Christmas Day, the ladies generally opt for a light breakfast of sliced fruit, half a grapefruit, toast, and coffee delivered to their rooms.'
He added to the Daily Mail back in 2017: 'The male royals, meanwhile, come downstairs to the dining room for a hearty breakfast at 8:30 am, with eggs, bacon and mushrooms, kippers, and grilled kidneys, to set them up for the 11:00 a.m. church service at St Mary Magdalene.'
The Jonas Brothers
Many mark Christmas morning with a hearty feast of eggs, bacon, toast or biscuits for their festive breakfast - but not the Jonas family, who enjoy tamales
Many mark Christmas morning with a hearty feast of eggs, bacon, toast or biscuits for their festive breakfast - but not the Jonas family.
The boy band likes to treat themselves to a Mexican tradition in the morning and will scoff at hot tamales before opening their presents.
Speaking to InStyle, Nick, 32, admitted: 'Every year we eat tamales on Christmas morning and it's pretty awesome,'
He went on to reveal: 'My mom started it and I think it's special because we've grown up doing it and it's very like us to have tamales on Christmas.'
A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is then steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves.
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts revealed she and husband Danny Moder don't allow anyone into the living room on Christmas Day alone, and they have to enter as a family
Julia Roberts, 57, has a number of holiday traditions she can't wait to get stuck into.
The star previously gave a glimpse of how she, her husband Danny Moder and their three kids celebrate Christmas.
The actress shared that she loved waking up on Christmas morning, saying her family had a tradition where 'nobody goes into the living room until everybody goes into the living room.'
The mother of three said the holidays wouldn't be complete without 'a good hearty Christmas dinner' as well as figuring out just how much to feed everyone before the festive meal.
'I do enjoy the practical challenge of Christmas morning mealtime because you don't want too much, you don't want to spoil them off the bat,' she explained.
'You want to keep a steady blood level going where you don't get crazy before the big meal.'
Reese Witherspoon
Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon, 48, has revealed she gets her Academy Award involved in the Christmas celebrations
Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon, 48, has revealed she gets her Academy Award involved in the Christmas celebrations.
As well as lavishly decorating her home, Reese previously confessed that her statuette gets a little bit of festive love.
The mum-of-three revealed that the Best Actress Oscar, which she took home back in 2006 for her role in Walk the Line, looks completely different on the big day.
And that's all thanks to her children Ava, Deacon and Tennessee.
'At Christmastime, they put a little hat on him and a little scarf, so he doesn't get cold,' The Morning Show actress previously said in an interview.
Stacey Solomon
Stacey Solomon whips up an unusual breakfast on Christmas for her husband and children
Stacey Solomon has very much become the epitome of Mrs Christmas herself.
While she gets into the spirit nice and early, the British TV star, who is married to Joe Swash and has five children, likes to go against the grain on Christmas.
Rather than tucking into a full English, the 35-year-old presenter rustles up a very different morning meal, which even she has admitted is rather strange.
'This is going to sound really weird… my mum every Christmas morning used to cut a grapefruit in half, put some sugar on it and that was our breakfast,' Stacey revealed.
'None of my kids will eat it, Joe won't eat it, it's not even that great, but I just have to every single Christmas.'
She added on an episode of Loose Women: 'I don't eat grapefruit all year but on Christmas morning, I sit there with my half a grapefruit and sugar and I really enjoy it.'
Peter and Emily Andre
Emily Andre makes stockings from cutting up old tights (pictured with husband Peter)
Peter Andre and his wife Emily are set to have a magical Christmas as they prepare to celebrate with their newest addition, baby Arabella, who was born this April.
While discussing her family Christmas traditions, Emily revealed that her favourite festive custom involves cutting up old tights - a quirky tradition passed down from her parents, Rebecca and Ruaraidh.
'It's my favourite tradition, we do weird stockings, stockings in tights,' she told OK! Magazine.
'We cut tights in half and fill them. We've always done it since I was a child – no idea why, but we love it.'
