Ms Christof says it is the one day of the year she does not want to watch the clock, probably because the workaholic arts buff typically works eight days a week.

Here are Ms Christof's answers to the Daily Liberal's Christmas questions.

I wrote to Santa and said this year I would like a big fat bank account and a slim body and please don't get them mixed up like you did last year! Seriously, I don't need gifts I'm happy with the gift of family and friends around me.

It is a happy time where I am thankful for the many blessings in my life but also a time of sadness for me.

Hanging out with family, hot weather, surrounded by water, ideally the ocean, a red frock, no clock, bubbles and cuddles.

Not sure if it was the best or the most memorable.

Camping at Menindee Lakes and floating on an air-bed with tinsel blowing in the breeze from one of the nearby barren trees in the lake and watching the sunset.

Solitary and peaceful.

Definitely a cold food buffet, with every variety of salad possible and the traditional trifle that you somehow make room for in your belly, followed by a nana nap.

A large beach house overlooking the Pacific ocean and having my whole family together again. Sun, surf, sand and silliness.

Yes, that would definitely be ideal.