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Children in six orphanages funded by Madonna in Malawi, Africa, receive boxes of toys, chocolate, other sweets and clothes, with a handwritten note from the star, reading, "To my Malawi children on Christmas and Boxing Day. I wish I was with you. See you soon M."The No1 single in the UK on Christmas Day 2010 is When We Collide by Matt Cardle. The song is a re-titled version of the song Many Of Horror by Biffy Clyro.
Lily Allen's
boyfriend, Sam Cooper, proposes to her on a beach in Bali. She says yes.
Kanye West spends some of Christmas day attending basketball team The Lakers' game in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rihanna spends Christmas Day at a house party thrown by her brother in Barbados, Caribbean.Nicki Minaj, Lloyd Banks and Fabolous play at the Hot 97 Christmas Concert in the Paradise Theater, New York City, USA.
Myrna Smith of the Sweet Inspirations dies aged 69, of kidney failure and a stroke, at Canyon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canoga Park, California, USA. The Sweet Inspirations sang back-up vocals with Elvis Presley in over one thousand concerts.
Miley Cyrus spends Christmas with her family in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Part of the day's fun includes karaoke singing sessions.Elton John and his husband David Furnish become the parents of a boy, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, born to a surrogate mother in California, USA. The baby weighs a healthy 7lbs 15oz, and is 22 inches long.
Dorothy Jones, a founding member of 50s and 60s hitmaking group The Cookies, dies aged 76 from Alzheimer's Disease, in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Alanis Morissette gives birth to her first child, Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Alanis married the boy's father, Mario 'Souleye' Treadway, in May.
BBC Radio 2 in the UK broadcasts an interview "When Jools Holland Met Eric Clapton", in which Clapton and Holland discuss their shared interest in the blues.
