"Seeing the simple pleasures and joys of Christmas through your children's eyes is magical," she says.
And that includes the annual Christmas concert – now put on by Mae and her six cousins.
"I was the bossy eldest of four and I would direct and produce our Christmas concerts," the Nova Drive host laughs. "If my younger siblings didn't do as they were told I would get them to sign a Christmas contract. That's what happens when you've been working in the industry since you were eight years old!"
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Luckily for the Ritchie's, the whole family are based in NSW so nobody will be missing on December 25.
It's a blessing that Kate, 42, keenly appreciates and one that sustained her through the rollercoaster year that was 2020.
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"If anything good has come, it's that we've reassessed our priorities and part of that has been reconnecting with family and a reinvigorated sense of community," she says.
"All I really wish for in 2021 is good health for my mum and dad."
Kate is most famous for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher in beloved soap Home & Away, but now enjoys a career as an award-winning radio broadcaster and an author of children's books.
Kate shares little Mae with her estranged husband former NRL star Stuart Webb. The couple have been married since 2010.
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This article originally appeared on Now To Love.
