Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce has opened her heart about the changing traditions of her family Christmas, voicing a heartfelt concern over future festive seasons. Speaking to Woman & Home, the BBC host confessed: “Family togetherness has always been the most important thing in my life. My children are now wonderful adults who I hugely enjoy spending time with.”
She continued with candid reflection on the prospect that her children may one day celebrate elsewhere: “In the future, I imagine there will be years when they won’t spend Christmas with us and, when that happens, I’ll be really sad – but I will just have to give myself a slap around the chops and open a large bottle of champagne, because that’s the cycle of life”
Fiona also shed light on personal adjustments to her yuletide rituals, including a creative new approach to gift wrapping, inspired by leftover materials and magazine trends. She disclosed: “In the last two years, I’ve started making my own wrapping paper. We had this enormous roll of brown paper sitting in the garage for ages.”
Elaborating on her festive DIY, she added: “Eventually thought, ‘You see people in magazines…doing really cool things with brown paper and string. Why not have a go? ’ So I bought some blocks for block printing and some paints, I laid the paper on the kitchen table, got a pinny on and got busy.”
Fiona Bruce has been open about her personal life before. In a chat with Woman & Home, she revealed that her GP was taken aback to learn she hadn’t exercised post-pregnancy.
Fiona recalled: “I never did any exercise until I went to see a GP before or just after I had Sam.”
She also mentioned the doctor’s surprise at her lack of postnatal fitness. Moreover, Fiona discussed how Antiques Roadshow marked a significant change in her professional life after having children.
She explained: “Antiques Roadshow was the first job I had taken since my children were born that took me away from them consistently over a period of time. That was a big adjustment for all of us.”