(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Nicole Kidman refuses to roast a turkey this Christmas and is getting a ready-cooked one instead.

The Australian actress has had enough of spending hours slaving away over a hot stove on Christmas Day, and would prefer to use that time to do other things, like opening presents and exchanging gifts with her family.

However the 43-year-old mother-of-three has promised to turn her culinary talents to making a festive fruitcake for her brood to enjoy instead.

Nor am I cooking. This holiday, I'll get an already-cooked turkey. Then I'll make an Australian fruitcake," the actress told Cindy Adams of the New York Post.

Nicole - who can next be seen in new movie Rabbit Hole, about a couple who face a challenging time in their lives after their son dies - is defying Christmas tradition even further by refusing to dress up on the day.

The strawberry blonde-haired star said she had already had her fill of Santa Claus and so would be donning normal clothes to open her presents and eat her traditional Turkey meal.

"No more Santa. Not doing that. Not wearing any Santa suit, she said defiantly. (C) Cover Media