Inside Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall’s festive trip to Lapland with daughter Sienna, 8, and girlfriend Tisha Merry including a sledge ride, snow angels and a cosy cabin
Coronation Street star Alan Halsall has given fans a glimpse of his festive trip to Lapland with his daughter Sienna and girlfriend Tisha Merry.
The actor, 39, took to Instagram to share a slew of videos from the fun-filled break after surprising his daughter with the unexpected getaway.
Alongside paying a visit to the home of Santa Claus himself, Alan, Tisha and Sienna enjoyed a sled ride through the snow and stayed in a charming cabin.
Lavish: Coronation Street star Alan Halsall has given fans a glimpse of his festive trip to Lapland with his daughter Sienna and girlfriend Tisha Merry
Alan first revealed he’d surprised Sienna with the winter break by handing her a letter from Father Christmas himself.
Captioning the video, he wrote: ‘Her Reaction… I’m not crying, you’re crying!!’
After boarding a flight to Finland, Alan and Tisha boarded a sled in their cosy ski suits to be dragged through the snow, before showing off their best angel-making skills.
In festive fashion, the trio stayed in a cosy cabin topped with snap, which he captioned: ‘Home Sweet Home.’
Cute: The actor took to Instagram to share a slew of videos from the fun-filled break after surprising his daughter with the unexpected getaway
Exciting: Alan first revealed he’d surprised Sienna with the winter break by handing her a letter from Father Christmas himself
Alan, who has played Tyrone on the Coronation Street since 1998, and Tisha, who starred as Steph until late 2019, were friends for months before finally getting together two years ago.
And last year the soap stars revealed the struggles of co-parenting in their first ever joint interview.
Speaking to OK! Magazine the couple explained how their romance blossomed a year ago, as well as the complexities of Tisha taking on the role of step-parent to Alan’s daughter Sienna whose mum is his ex wife Lucy-Jo Hudson.
Off we go! The family prepared to board a flight to Finland, with little Sienna unable to contain her excitement
Time for a ride! In a slew of videos on his Stories, Alan showed how he, Tisha and Sienna enjoyed a sledge ride through the snow
Making shapes: Dressed in their cosy ski suits, they proceeded to have a go at making a snow angel during their festive break
Tisha explained she and Alan got together after nine months of friendship, during which they frequented the same yoga studio and lived just a mile apart.
Alan admits ‘Tisha knew I liked her’, but it took Tisha to decide she saw him in a romantic way before things progressed.
‘When you’re really good friends, you’re scared of ruining things,’ she explained. ‘But then we had a bottle of wine over a game of Scrabble and by the end we’d decided to give things a go. I love how our relationship started.’
Tisha soon moved into Alan’s six bedroom home which he shares with daughter Sienna, who Tisha first met and bonded with when the two were still just friends.
Stunning: Alan showed off the jaw-dropping views from their break to the Christmas hot spot
Reflecting on the whirlwind changes in her life, Tisha said ‘In all honesty I’ve had a few times where I’ve thought “Oh my god, my life has changed so much”. It’s crazy but it’s changing for the better.’
‘When I first got together with Alan and I became a bigger part of Sienna’s life, my dad said “this will be the making of you”.
‘It’s tricky when you’ve gone from being a single girl with no one else to think about to someone with a family. It’s the best thing in the world but it can be really daunting.’
Happy: Alan, who shares daughter Sienna with ex-wife Lucy-Jo Hudson, began dating former Corrie co-star Tisha in 2019