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Maisie Lillywhite

Josie Gibson invites This Morning friend Alison Hammond over for Christmas dinner

Josie Gibson has revealed that she will be spending Christmas Day with best friend Alison Hammond this year at her home in Bristol. But despite the big day being just five days away, the Bristolian presenter still hasn't picked up a turkey for her guests to feast on.

After Josie and son Reggie went to Alison's for Christmas last year, the bubbly Brummie will be coming to Bristol this weekend, although it is unknown if Reggie, 4, or Alison's 17-year-old son Aiden are also going to be there. Last year, Josie shared a sweet photograph of Alison cooking with Reggie on her hip on Boxing Day.

During yesterday's episode of This Morning (December 19), Josie's co-presenter Craig Doyle revealed that the former Big Brother winner is yet to buy the most important part of any Christmas dinner - a turkey. "She's got no turkey!" Craig said. "She's got half the country coming over and she's got no turkey."

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"Don't tell Alison, don't tell Alison!" Josie cried. "Alison's coming!"

Last year, Josie said she had the "best Christmas dinner [she'd] ever had" when she and Reggie went to her best friend's house on Christmas Day. As part of the festive fun, Alison played a hilarious prank on Josie, which she told This Morning viewers all about during a January instalment of 'Josie's Hacks'.

Alison multi-tasked by cooking with Josie's son Reggie on her shoulder last Christmas (Josie Gibson)

"Before I start this hack," said Josie. "Alison's got her own little hack for Christmas.

"So, you know when you get designer gifts? Never chuck the box away, because what Alison does, is she likes to put your present in a designer gift box.

"I opened my present in front of Alison, and I went, 'Oh, Al, you shouldn't have!'. And she said: 'Oh, actually, I didn't'."

Alison said that Josie had been led to believe her friend had bought her a posh candle for Christmas, when actually the item that was originally in the box was in Alison's bedroom. "No one can guess what their present is, nobody can feel the parcel because it's just a box," Alison said.

"She thought she had this really expensive candle, I actually had the candle in my bedroom and I put a hat that I bought from the market inside the box, and she didn't know what it was."

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