Post by fifiserafino on Dec 8, 2014 4:11:36 GMT -5
CHRISTMAS WITH GERARD BUTLER!
He's the face of the new Boss Bottled campaign and one of Ahlan!'s favourite (read hottest) actors of all time. So luckily for us then that we got to have an exclusive chat with the Scottish stunner about his Christmas and New Year plans this season. We're hoping it involves us and a lot of mistletoe...
You’re Scottish – do you go home for Christmas?
I almost always go home for either Christmas or New Year. A couple of times actually I’ve been skiing instead but I always make it home for one of the two. The year was actually the first year I didn’t for 14 years because I had to stay and get four procedures done, all from injuries in movies. But on Christmas Day I did spend literally three hours on the phone from my home in LA with every member of my family, one at a time.
So would you say you enjoy all the traditions that come with Christmas?
Yes it’s quite traditional; the whole family get together. There’s normally about 12-15 of us and we have a big Christmas dinner at my mother’s house so everyone comes up to the Highlands of Scotland. It’s my favourite part of the year; it’s the time that the whole clan come together. You celebrate each other and you catch up on everything. And I actually think Scotland is beautiful at Christmas – it’s cold but I’m in the Highlands so often it’s snowing; it’s very magical. And then the big Christmas dinner brings back so much of my childhood.
Describe your perfect Christmas Day?
When I was a kid we all used to go to my aunt May’s house. If somebody had said to me, “You’re not going to aunt May’s house this year,” I would have thrown a fit because I looked forward to that experience all year.
Do you remember your best ever Christmas present growing up?
It was probably a sled that my uncle made, a proper wooden one, but he made it with his own hands which always just amazed me. And he brought it to our house and I had so much fun in it. It just always meant so much more that he’d made it with his bare hands.
Would you say that you’re organised when buying Christmas presents, or do you leave it until the last minute?[/b]
Throughout the year if I see something that I think would be good or if someone drops a hint, like they often do, I’ll get it early. Other than that it’s normally a last minute dash, I often find myself at my mother’s house with her helping me wrap the last of the presents. Every year I say next year, I’m going to start earlier, but it never happens. And on maybe the two occasions that it has, in actual fact it’s fun, it’s good to be rid of that stress and know that it’s all in order.
Do you indulge over the Christmas period?
Whenever I go home I eat very well, but at Christmas it just gets ridiculous. We pig out and sit around and play games and watch a lot of TV and films, so I splurge there.
What scent reminds you of Christmas?
When you’re outside and it’s really fresh up in the Highlands and it’s snowing and it’s really cold. That’s the small that reminds me of Christmas because the time that I’m always home in the winter is at Christmas, so that feels very Christmassy.
Do you think fragrance makes a good gift?
Fragrance is a great Christmas gift, I’m often given it myself and I often give it to other people. You can actually really tailor a fragrance to a person. Half the excitement is, did you get it right? It’s such a personal thing and you know that if you get it right it’s going to be on them, it’s going to be part of them for a while. I think you have an emotional response to fragrances. For the very reason that I like to wear them and I like the smell them on somebody else, then I think it’s a nice gift.
Do you host any Christmas parties?
I have done in the past, but when I go back to Scotland it’s just the family – they’re hosting me a lot. A lot of the time is spent catching up with the few hundred relatives I have spread out over the country.
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions?
I do make New Year’s resolutions and it’s such a great time to make them, coming into the New Year with a new energy and a new beginning. I can’t say I stick to all of them, but I do try and think of them on a daily basis.
He's the face of the new Boss Bottled campaign and one of Ahlan!'s favourite (read hottest) actors of all time. So luckily for us then that we got to have an exclusive chat with the Scottish stunner about his Christmas and New Year plans this season. We're hoping it involves us and a lot of mistletoe...
You’re Scottish – do you go home for Christmas?
I almost always go home for either Christmas or New Year. A couple of times actually I’ve been skiing instead but I always make it home for one of the two. The year was actually the first year I didn’t for 14 years because I had to stay and get four procedures done, all from injuries in movies. But on Christmas Day I did spend literally three hours on the phone from my home in LA with every member of my family, one at a time.
So would you say you enjoy all the traditions that come with Christmas?
Yes it’s quite traditional; the whole family get together. There’s normally about 12-15 of us and we have a big Christmas dinner at my mother’s house so everyone comes up to the Highlands of Scotland. It’s my favourite part of the year; it’s the time that the whole clan come together. You celebrate each other and you catch up on everything. And I actually think Scotland is beautiful at Christmas – it’s cold but I’m in the Highlands so often it’s snowing; it’s very magical. And then the big Christmas dinner brings back so much of my childhood.
Describe your perfect Christmas Day?
When I was a kid we all used to go to my aunt May’s house. If somebody had said to me, “You’re not going to aunt May’s house this year,” I would have thrown a fit because I looked forward to that experience all year.
Do you remember your best ever Christmas present growing up?
It was probably a sled that my uncle made, a proper wooden one, but he made it with his own hands which always just amazed me. And he brought it to our house and I had so much fun in it. It just always meant so much more that he’d made it with his bare hands.
Would you say that you’re organised when buying Christmas presents, or do you leave it until the last minute?[/b]
Throughout the year if I see something that I think would be good or if someone drops a hint, like they often do, I’ll get it early. Other than that it’s normally a last minute dash, I often find myself at my mother’s house with her helping me wrap the last of the presents. Every year I say next year, I’m going to start earlier, but it never happens. And on maybe the two occasions that it has, in actual fact it’s fun, it’s good to be rid of that stress and know that it’s all in order.
Do you indulge over the Christmas period?
Whenever I go home I eat very well, but at Christmas it just gets ridiculous. We pig out and sit around and play games and watch a lot of TV and films, so I splurge there.
What scent reminds you of Christmas?
When you’re outside and it’s really fresh up in the Highlands and it’s snowing and it’s really cold. That’s the small that reminds me of Christmas because the time that I’m always home in the winter is at Christmas, so that feels very Christmassy.
Do you think fragrance makes a good gift?
Fragrance is a great Christmas gift, I’m often given it myself and I often give it to other people. You can actually really tailor a fragrance to a person. Half the excitement is, did you get it right? It’s such a personal thing and you know that if you get it right it’s going to be on them, it’s going to be part of them for a while. I think you have an emotional response to fragrances. For the very reason that I like to wear them and I like the smell them on somebody else, then I think it’s a nice gift.
Do you host any Christmas parties?
I have done in the past, but when I go back to Scotland it’s just the family – they’re hosting me a lot. A lot of the time is spent catching up with the few hundred relatives I have spread out over the country.
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions?
I do make New Year’s resolutions and it’s such a great time to make them, coming into the New Year with a new energy and a new beginning. I can’t say I stick to all of them, but I do try and think of them on a daily basis.