LENA OLIN - SANTA VISITS OLIN BEFORE TAKING OFF ON CHRISTMAS EVE

Actress LENA OLIN's home is the place to celebrate the holidays because Santa always makes a stop before flying off around the world to deliver presents. The Chocolat star loves turning her home into a Swedish winter wonderland on Christmas Eve, complete with gift-giving and St. Nicholas. Olin, who was born in Scandinavia, explains, "We get all the Swedish food from the neighbourhood market. We have very heavy Christmas food. "We have the meatballs and the sausages and ham and all of that. And also Santa Claus comes to visit on Christmas Eve, which is a European tradition. "He comes to our house, which makes us the envy of all my daughter's friends; they're like, `He really shows up at your house and you get to meet him?' We're like, `Yep, just come over.' It's very exciting."