These celebrities gave each other the gift of forever at Christmas.
From Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld’s Christmas Day nuptials, to Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s romantic holiday proposal to Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma’s private pre-Christmas wedding, many stars have used the season to get engaged or married.
Here, a list of 18 couples who either got engaged or married at Christmastime.
Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld
Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld’s meet-cute is something straight out of a romance novel.
The pair met at a Reebok Sports Club in New York back in 1998 and the rest was history.
“I was going through a difficult time, and I was approached by Jerry Seinfeld and he attempted to make me laugh, and I was really not interested in being entertained at that moment,” Jessica told The New York Times in a 2007 interview. “He came around again and said something funny, and I actually had to laugh.”
The two wed on Christmas Day 1999 and have been going strong since. “25 years on the 25th! Lots to celebrate, especially a remarkable constellation of family and friends who have enriched our lives since before that Christmas Day in 1999 through today,” Jessica wrote under an Instagram post commemorating their milestone wedding anniversary.
“May all your Christmases be bright 🎄 and your Shamash candles illuminate our homes, our streets and the world. 🥂🕎” she concluded.
Hillary Duff and Matthew Koma
The former Lizzie McGuire star married the DJ and record producer on Dec. 21, 2019. The pair had always kept their relationship relatively low-key so when they tied the knot in front of their L.A. home, only a select few close family and friends attended.
“The ceremony started at sunset and they got married inside the house. When the ceremony was over, guests cheered. The reception was in a white tent in the backyard,” a source told PEOPLE at the time.
To commemorate their third anniversary, the couple wrote sweet Instagram messages to each other and shared some wedding pics with fans.
“We crushed 3 years @hilaryduff 🧡Anyone who says marriage is easy, hasn’t been married or is raging slightly too high a microdose,” Koma wrote. “But the work is the best part. The beauty truly is in going deeper with someone than you’ve ever been before and navigating an invisible map that only the two of you can trek. The hard stuff makes the great stuff even greater.”
Duff wrote, “Matthew. I love you so much. Happy 3 years! I don’t know if you knew what you were getting into or that you weren’t going to sleep or sit down for the next 5-10 years but I think for the most part you’re pretty happy about it. Our life is so full and I’m over the top grateful for the guy that I got to do all this madness with.”
Days before their fourth wedding anniversary, the pair announced they are expecting their third child together.
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara had only been together six months when he proposed to her during a Christmas vacation in Princeville, Hawaii.
“Our first date was in June, and then I proposed to her on Christmas Eve … When you know, you know, and we knew right away — like, very quickly,” the True Blood actor told Haute Living.
“We had this big bay window, and the sun was going down pink over the mountains and over the bay, and I had this ring,” he said of the proposal. “I had looked at every ring in the world, and this is the ring that I wanted. I had a whole speech prepared in Spanish. I proposed to her on one knee in Spanish with the sun going down. It was awesome.”
In July 2023, the pair announced their divorce.
Julia Garner and Mark Foster
To have a big wedding or elope in Vegas? That was the question when Julia Garner and her now-hubby, Mark Foster, were deciding wedding plans. Ultimately, they chose to go with a courthouse wedding in N.Y.C.
The pair quietly wed on Dec. 27, 2019, and announced the news on Instagram. “12/27/19 💍” she captioned a black and white photo of the two of them in the back of a cab.
Similarly, for their third anniversary, the Ozark actress simply wrote, “💫 3 years today 💫” to which Foster commented, “my sweet bride.”
Gordon and Tana Ramsay
In honor of his 26th wedding anniversary to wife, Tana, chef Gordon Ramsay shared a snapshot taken on their Dec. 21, 1996, wedding day.
“Happy anniversary to this amazing woman @tanaramsay love you ❤️,” the MasterChef judge wrote.
Tana, on the other hand, posted an entire carousel of their big day. “26 years ago, 21/12/1996 we started this journey x so blessed and so lucky to share my life with you, thank you for everything. Happy Anniversary,” Tana wrote on a corresponding post.
The lovebirds are now parents to six children.
Martin and Janet Sheen
Martin and Janet Sheen have truly gone the distance. The pair wed on Dec. 23, 1961, and have been together since. And with that many years under their belt, the couple has, of course, been through some tough times together.
While filming 1979’s Apocalypse Now Martin suffered a heart attack and nervous breakdown and credits Janet for helping him pull through.
“It was very serious, and she handled it like a pro. She had me laughing in the most dire circumstances. She said, ‘Don’t take yourself so seriously,'” he told Closer Weekly in 2016. And these days, it’s smoother sailing, he added: “Every day is a celebration with this dame.”
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian
When tennis legend Serena Williams and tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian got engaged over the Christmas holidays in 2016, there was no better place to announce the news than on the platform he co-founded: Reddit.
In a sweet poem posted to her official Reddit account on Dec. 29, the Grand Slam winner revealed her boo had popped the question.
She wrote: “I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a carriage waited. Destination: Rome. To escort me to my very own ‘charming.’ Back to where our stars first collided. And now it was full circle. At the same table we first met by chance. But by choice. Down on knee. He said 4 words. And I said yes.”
The two welcomed daughter Alexis Olympia on Sept. 1, 2017 and wed on Nov. 16, 2017. In August 2023, daughter Adira joined the family.
Pam Anderson and Dan Hayhurst
Pamela Anderson and her bodyguard, former builder Dan Hayhurst, fell in love during the COVID-19 pandemic and things got serious quickly. According to the Daily Mail, the two tied the knot at the Baywatch actress’ Canadian home on Christmas Eve 2020.
The union didn’t last long; the pair split in January 2022, after one year of marriage.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen got together when she starred in his music video for “Stereo” back in 2006. And though there was a very brief breakup in 2007 the two have been together since.
After five years of dating, the “All of You” singer popped the question while he and Teigen were vacationing in the Maldives over the Christmas holidays in 2011. They got hitched in September 2013 and share four children together.
Natalie Portman & Benjamin Millepied
The final days of 2010 brought lots of joy for Natalie Portman, whose then-boyfriend Benjamin Millepied proposed while she was pregnant with their first child. “I am indescribably happy and feel very grateful to have this experience,” Portman told EW at the time.
The two got hitched in Big Sur, California, two years later, in a small Jewish ceremony reserved for close family and friends. They welcomed son Aleph in 2011 and daughter Amalia in 2015.
After 11 years of marriage, the pair finalized their divorce in March 2024.
Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto
Michael Jordan popped the question to his girlfriend of three years, Yvette Prieto, during the Christmas holidays of 2011.
The lovebirds wed two years later in a lavish ceremony held at an Episcopal church called Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Florida and their 300 guests later attended a reception at the Bears Club in Jupiter, Fla.
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey
The Dallas Buyers Club actor brought the holiday cheer when he proposed to his model girlfriend of five years on Christmas Day 2011.
“It was the last gift to be opened and I wrapped it in seven different boxes so Camila would have to keep unwrapping,” McConaughey told PEOPLE of the engagement. “She got the ring, I took a knee and asked her to marry me and take my name. After a bit, she conceded … thankfully.”
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian had a Lifetime-perfect proposal over the Christmas holidays in 2010 — fitting, as they first met on the set of one of the network’s original movies.
“Yes, they were engaged over the holidays and are very happy,” her rep told PEOPLE at the time, adding that the couple “had family and close friends in town who helped them celebrate.”
Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus
The pair surprised fans on Christmas 2018, revealing they had tied the knot that week.
Cyrus shared wedding photos featuring her embracing Hemsworth, captioned “12.23.18” and “10 years later …..” In a snapshot of the newlyweds kissing, the singer wrote: “This is probably our one – millionth kiss.”
Hemsworth also shared the same photo, writing, “My love.”
On Aug. 10, 2019, Cyrus’ rep exclusively confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple had split. “Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time,” the rep said in a statement.
The divorce was finalized in 2020.
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