Getting our jingle on! CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS
‘Lockdown was our honeymoon because Europe was no longer on the cards!’
REBEKAH RANDELL
For Shortland Street starlet Rebekah Randell, 2020 started out well. She married the love of her life Bevan Randell in February and was working her dream job playing Dawn Robinson on the TV2 drama.
“Intertwined with all the madness, it has still been one of my favourite years,” she beams. “It has been a year of personal growth and learning. Not only in regard to all these new phrases like ‘social distancing’, ‘level 4’ and ‘bubble’, but really learning how I evolve within a crisis.”
The bubbly actress, 27, feels more grateful than ever for all she has.
“During the lockdowns, we lived simply,” she tells. “Bevan spent time renovating and I spent hours in the kitchen, creating dishes
I always wished I had the time to try. I joked that lockdown was our honeymoon because Europe was no longer on the cards!”
For their first Christmas as a married couple, Rebekah and her hubby, 33, will be camping up north with his side of the family. “This year will be my first not spending at least some of Christmas Day on my family’s farm, because we’ve started taking turns each year,” she explains. “Still, I
