Liam Payne and Cheryl Tweedy separated when their son Bear was just a baby, but Christmas still always remained a family affair. The popstars co-parented each festive season to make sure Bear's celebrations were as magical as possible, but this year will be devastatingly different. For Liam died in a hotel fall in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16, aged just 31. This will be seven-year-old Bear's first Christmas without his dad, who was determined to make Christmas Day extra special for him each year.
The One Direction star told This Morning in 2018: "I'm going to go down and see Bear, maybe cook a Christmas dinner and just hang out with family. Yeah, we're going to go down and cook some food and hang out.". "I think it's the first time he really gets Christmas now," he continued. "I want to see if he actually gets unwrapping presents this year though, because otherwise, it'll just be Cheryl by the tree again. I can really remember it from last year, she wrapped them all up and then unwrapped them and I just sat there going, 'Right, what is this?'".
Even after ending their relationship, Cheryl, 41, and Liam never had a bad word to say. about each other, and regularly praised each other's parenting skills. The former couple broke up shortly after Bear's first birthday but maintained an amicable co-parenting relationship - even living close to each other to make things easier.
