Lulu is more interested in the spiritual 'side' of Christmas rather than material gifts

Lulu is more interested in the “spiritual side” of Christmas these days.

The 76-year-old singer – who will celebrate the holidays with son Jordan, his wife Alanna and their children Bella, 14, and 12-year-old Teddy – believes kids get “so much” these days and she’s been trying to hold back on her spending.

She recently told My Weekly magazine: “We weren’t well off [when I was young] but if I really wanted a pair of roller skates – or a bike or pram – I’d get them.

“Now, I try to be more aware of the spiritual side of Christmas rather than just being a mad consumer. I’m much less of a consumer now than when I first started to make money in the 1960s.

“My memories of Christmas when I Was small was the sock with an apple and an orange – and not an awful lot else.

“I love a satsuma, so I got one of them.

“I don’t want to sound like Oliver Twist, but today’s kids get so much.

“If we were lucky, you maybe got a shilling hidden in the toe of the sock.

“Or wait until you got some money out of the Christmas pudding.”