Corrie's Asha, played by Tanisha Gorey, is hoping a Christmas miracle will bring her on screen family back together - away from the cobbles she'll be enjoying the mint sauce!
What would you buy your character for Christmas?
I would definitely buy Asha some new makeup! She's really into it and after the year she’s had I think she deserves some good quality stuff. Also maybe some driving lessons because she loves her independence and I think this would really help her achieve this.
What is your character’s Christmas wish this year?
I think Asha’s Christmas wish would be wanting to see everybody happy around the Christmas tree. Everybody has been through so much and she would want Nina to be happy and enjoying herself whilst spending time with one another. Also to see her family come back together after all the arguments, as there are only three of them so they need to make sure they stick together.
How do you normally spend Christmas?
Although I’m the eldest sibling out of me and brother who’s 9, I'm always the one who has to wake him up on Christmas morning! I know, it's a joke if you ask me! Then once I’ve done that, we will go downstairs, wait for both sets of grandparents to come round, eat breakfast, then finally open our presents!
What is your favourite Christmas memory?
My favourite Christmas memory has got to be the first Christmas after my little brother was born, as before my mum met my stepdad, it was just the two of us. So when my stepdad, his parents, and also my grandparents were all there, it was really nice to have so many people there, that I could now call family.
Do you have a Christmas tradition?
The only slight Christmas tradition we have is that we can NOT go into the living room before we’ve eaten our breakfast and that breakfast has got to always be a bacon butty!
What’s your favourite Christmas present you’ve ever received?
I think I'll have to say it is the annual perfume my little brother gets me. It's always the one I need the most too.
Have you ever re-gifted a present?
I think I have re-gifted maybe one present, I won’t lie… BUT it was just a body wash gift set and I didn’t use that brand, so I wrapped it up and gave it to my mum as one of her stocking fillers. Not too bad.
What is your favourite part of Christmas dinner?
My favourite part of Christmas dinner has got to be drowning my whole plate in mint sauce… Yes, I am that person.
What is your favourite Christmas movie?
I think my favourite film is definitely The Grinch! What’s there not to love about The Grinch?
What is your favourite Christmas song?
I really do love Band Aid’s '84 version of Do They Know It's Christmas. It really gets me in the
Christmas spirit when I hear it.
