Lorraine Kelly might be spending Christmas Day along with her daughter Rosie and her granddaughter Billie.
The 66-year-old presenter and her husband Steve Smith might be spending the festive interval along with her family members and might be counting on EE expertise to communicate with relations who’re additional afield.
Lorraine stated: “Christmas is all about connecting with household and pals and maintaining in contact. I am fortunate sufficient to stay close to Rosie, Steve and child Billie, and we are going to all be collectively on Christmas Day, however all doing our personal factor for the remainder of the vacations.
“Rosie might be taking Billie to see Steve’s household on Boxing Day and we’re heading north to go to my mum, so these video calls with Billie imply the world. Once we are the hosts, our EE broadband retains the home feeling alive, with music on, a festive movie streaming and video calls with family and friends in Scotland and all around the world.
“It is a very important approach to join with my brother in Singapore, my cousins in Germany and pals in America and Canada. These moments, whether or not shared in particular person or on display screen, make every thing really feel heat and linked.
“For it actually really feel like Christmas, it is very important really feel that sense of reference to everybody, even these not geographically shut by, and EE’s community helps us do this.”
Rosie is planning to journey between festive celebrations along with her 15-month-old daughter Billie and might be utilizing EE’s cell community to maintain the household up to date on all of the particular Christmas moments by video calls and messages.
She stated: “It is true, having a child within the household has made us highly regarded to spend time with! This yr we’re attempting exhausting to benefit from the treasured moments as a household of three but additionally share that with household all around the world.
“At this age Billie has so many firsts and with the ability to ship a fast image or have a fast video name – particularly at Christmas – retains everybody within the loop.
“With EE’s cell community, with the ability to share the smallest replace and know that they’re able to really feel part of the moments makes us all of the distinction.”
And Brits definitely put their community by its paces over the festivities with broadband used for streaming Christmas movies and TV exhibits (43 per cent), social media scrolling (42 per cent) and purchasing for final minute items (34 per cent), whereas cell connectivity facilitates searching items and buying on-line (33 per cent), sharing photographs with family members (29 per cent) and utilizing messaging apps to coordinate plans (27 per cent).
An additional half (55 per cent) use each their broadband and cell community to video name family and friends all through the festive interval.
Although travelling round continues to be a giant a part of the festive season, three fifths of Brits (68 per cent) of Brits admit to counting on expertise to remain linked with family and friends throughout Christmas, with greater than half (58 per cent) stating {that a} easy video name helps them really feel near people who find themselves miles away.