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"On Christmas rituals: [They&amp;#039;re] pretty much the same every year; it&amp;#039;s basically trying to keep the children in bed until at least 7am! Father Christmas always leaves a stocking at the end of their bed, which is great because then they wake up and they have lots of little bits to unwrap. Then they wake us up and they just go to town on the present opening. I do a lot of the cooking before Christmas but then I usually spend a lot of Christmas cooking too. All the smells, all of the mulled wine, all of the trimmings for the turkey\u2014we like to have all the family around. [It&amp;#039;s] a very traditional Christmas. On getting help with holiday cooking: My kids are very involved in the kitchen with me, especially my son. He loves to cook and he&amp;#039;s very engaged when we do it\u2014he has a lot of patience for it, it&amp;#039;s very cute. He helps me measure and he cracks eggs perfectly, he&amp;#039;s very good. On Christmas shopping: I&amp;#039;m a solo shopper; I don&amp;#039;t rope my friends into it. I spend a lot of time searching for things on the internet. I generally start my Christmas shopping at least 2 months before. I like to get things personalized and my gifts usually require some advance time. I&amp;#039;m definitely a planner. On personalized gifts: I think it&amp;#039;s really nice that when someone opens a present it has something personal. Last year I gave everyone these beautiful handmade cutting boards, everyone in the family&amp;#039;s name was engraved on one side. I&amp;#039;ve done ceramic plates, jewelery with initials. It takes it from being a normal present to being something that&amp;#039;s actually really special and requires a lot of thought and planning. Gwyneth Paltrow, also the face of Boss Jour Pour Femme, shared her holiday thoughts with instyle.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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