GMB's Charlotte Hawkins 'my vicar dad taught me the true meaning of Christmas'
ok.co.ukAs Christmas fast approaches, Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins is keen to keep her late dad's Christmas lessons alive.
Vicar Frank died in 2015 after enduring a three-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease, and Charlotte, 48, says it's important to her that she passes on his teachings to her own daughter Ella-Rose, eight. “I want to make sure she knows the importance of community and the importance of giving back at Christmas, because that’s what my dad taught me,” she told OK!
in an exclusive chat. “We’ll always go to the church service at Christmas, and visit our neighbours to check if anyone needs anything, and we’ve been gathering presents together for the shoebox appeal to go to the Ukraine." She continued: “When I look around at what we have, and what other families are lucky to have, all the lovely food and drinks and presents, it really puts it into perspective.
It’s so important to me that we consider the people who don’t have that.” Remembering her childhood spent listening to her dad deliver his festive sermons to his congregations, Charlotte said: “For my dad it was all about making sure that people in the community were okay.
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