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CATCH-UP: Craig and Jasmine

Merry Christmas readers!

It's the most exciting week of the year so far. I love Christmas - I'm a big kid! I took Trevor Nelson to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park to record THE LICK, joined hundreds of you at the South Bank to honour the UK grime soap Dubplate Drama and then went to Usher's fragrance launch party to watch the R'n'B prince add yet another level to his world domination. Usher's tagline was: "It's not about being famous - it's what you're famous for." I loved that!

Last week, I watched the movie Elf with some people. I'd like to tell you they were kids. But no - we were all adults and we screamed and clapped all the way through it. (It's also one of Mariah's favourite movies - she got me into it!)

As you read this, I'm in Aspen - probably doing one of the following: eating my body mass in weight worth of pancakes, waffles, sweet potato or turkey; terrorising people and embarrassing Mariah on the slopes with my skiing, whilst she does stuntwoman-like snowboarding, which has to be seen to be believed; encouraging Mariah to get up to no good by messing with the paparazzi; playing with lots of kids and Santa; drinking champagne at Joan Boyce's diamond store; or helping everyone in the house wrap their 20 million gifts coz they haven't managed it yet. (I always wrap a week ahead, and if you're reading this on Christmas Eve between midnight and 6 a.m., I can guarantee that's what myself and MC are doing right now!)

But before I jumped on MC's private jet, in London town I had lots of catch- ups with my family, friends and loved ones, which included dinner with Kanya King, and Christmas Prada cocktails and D&G cocktails both on Bond Street, next door to one another - and on the same night. I also went to watch the musical theatre show The Snowman at London's Peacock Theatre, cooked all my girls Christmas dinner, attended the MTV party, and generally ran around like a headless chicken.

I also managed to get together with Craig David during a night out to dinner and clubbing, and we had a good old catch up. Craig waxed lyrical about his and Kano's time in the studio together, jamming to old reggae classics; their duet at the MOBOs, where the combination of both of them onstage nearly drove the ladies in the audience into a hysterical frenzy; and his new buffer than buff body.

I wondered if we'd be seeing the new bod in all its glory in future videos. Craig laughed: "To be honest, the whole baring your top thing, like LL Cool J and Ja Rule, is not me. People aren't going to see me like that, looking hench!"

Craig also made the MTV Base website crash after agreeing to be our Christmas cracker competition prize. Let me explain: At Base, we wanted to give our viewers an amazing chance to show their skills and get fame simultaneously, so we offered them a competition where the winner would get to interview Craig David. As if that wasn't enough, the interview features in The Lick Christmas special, and runs all through December! Catch it if you can. Our winner Shereece Shaw was an absolute professional and star in the making!

I hope you are all enjoying the holiday break. I know Christmas is different for us all depending on what we are experiencing in our lives. But whatever your vibe is like this week, I wish you all the best. Whatever Santa fills your stocking with - I hope it's all good. (Pity it can't be Morris Chestnut filling my stocking.) See you in 2008!

Published: 24 December 2007
Issue: 1301

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