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Penny Lancaster Preps Essex Christmas With Rod Stewart’s U.S. Family

Lancaster sketches a low-stress, multi-generational celebration built around local traditions with hired help.

Overview

  • Two of Stewart’s older children are flying in from the United States to spend the whole holiday in Essex with their little ones, including two two-year-olds and a nine-month-old.
  • Lanctaster says a private chef will handle Christmas Day cooking after she does the prep so she can fully enjoy the festivities.
  • She has booked local outings, including a steam train ride and a lit‑up garden event with Father Christmas, and has decorated guest rooms with candy canes.
  • She described lighthearted tree-decorating pranks, saying Stewart hides a dustpan and brush among the baubles and their sons now join in.
  • Coverage notes near-term projects, with a paperback edition of Lancaster’s Someone Like Me due next year and Stewart planning a 2026 tour across North America and Europe.