Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon are planning some special celebrations as they spend their first Christmas in Pickle Cottage with newest addition baby Rose.
The baby, who shares her birthday with her mum Stacey, is the first daughter of the couple, as they already share son Rex, two, and Stacey has sons Zach and Leighton and Joe has son Harry from previous relationships.
The family moved into their new Essex cottage, worth £1.2 million, earlier in the year and have been working hard to renovate it to truly make the house a home.
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After having such a big, successful year, Joe told The Mirror how the family planned to spend the festive period.
He said: "We'll get up ultra early and we'll share the presents.
"Then we usually have bagels - salmon and cream cheese ones - or crispy bacon bagels and then all the friends and family come over, we'll put dinner on and just try and relax and make sure everyone has a nice day."
Joe will be a chef for the day as he will take charge of cooking the Christmas dinner, putting on a feast for Stacey's mum and dad, and some of Stacey's brothers and sisters as well as his own family.
He said: "I'm going to be doing a turkey and a bit of beef, I think."
They plan to have an "open house" meaning that all of their families are welcome to visit them on the big day, as he explained: "Obviously, it's going to be our first Christmas with baby Rose and it's going to be the first year in our new house as well.
"We're just going to be at home and let all the family come and see us. We'll have loads of food on and have an open house.
"Pickle Cottage has been a building site for the last couple of months so the front room is all ready and done and the tree's up. Slowly and surely, we've put all the decorations up and it looks really nice."
Joe is excited to spend Christmas with all of his family, especially his children, as he said: "I mean, I loved Christmas as a kid. It was the best thing in the world but as an adult with five kids, it's just as good. I can't wait. The kids love it. We're really looking forward to Christmas."
Stacey has recently shared the transformation of her home on social media.
The family celebrated the start of Christmas by picking out their first ever real tree and had Liverpool based company Poppy Belle Florals design and install their Christmas door, which features a sleigh, a reindeer and an impressive leafy wreath.
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