SINGER Paloma Faith is known for her retro, eccentric style so we wondered how she likes to celebrate Christmas?

Do you go all out for Christmas dinner?

Yes but I hate turkey so I have to be imaginative about the meat! I am a huge fan of Jamie Oliver’s best roast potatoes and I love sprouts in the oven with balsamic and honey. An amazing combo. Every year I always do all the cooking and have all the guests I like my house to be welcoming and warm and fun.

So I like to have a nice breakfast and go through the stockings and then start cooking. It’s a lot of work I usually feed 10.

What would be your dream present?

A Leica camera they take lovely pictures. I am also a bit obsessed by Gucci.

What’s your favourite Christmas film and song?

Gremlins because it’s weird and dark and reminds me of my childhood.

Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt. She really sexed it up!

Is there a particular Christmas present that you remember well from your childhood?

Fisher Price roller skates. I have a cassette tape recording of my mother asking me what I would like one Christmas and true to self I replied “nothing” and she says to me “Paloma you must want something, if you could have anything in the world what would it be?” And I said “Fisher Price roller skates”. I love that tape. Memory is a funny thing because I probably would have forgotten those skates if I didn’t have the tape. I used to skate up and down my street on them because I wasn’t allowed on the road.

Paloma Faith’s The Architect - Zeitgeist Edition is out now via RCA Records