This Christmas, the Osbourne family will come together not in celebration, but in remembrance.
For the first time since Ozzy Osbourne’s death, the family will gather at the Buckinghamshire home he once shared with Sharon — the same place where the Black Sabbath legend is now laid to rest. It is here, surrounded by memories and quiet echoes of a life once filled with music and mayhem, that they will try to navigate their first festive season without him.
Ozzy passed away from heart failure on July 22, aged 76, just three weeks after performing an emotional farewell show in his hometown. Sharon, 73, had moved back to England from the US with him shortly before his death, a transition documented by BBC cameras and aired in October.
A Christmas shaped by love — and loss
Daughter Kelly Osbourne, 41, has revealed that 14 family members will gather at the property for what she calls a “proper English Christmas” — complete with crackers, matching pyjamas, and everyone watching the King’s speech together in front of the television.
Her brother Louis, Ozzy’s eldest son from his first marriage, will take on the role of head chef, while Kelly plans to act as his sous chef — a small tradition, but one that carries enormous emotional weight this year.
“On the day, there’s going to be 14 of us,” Kelly shared. “I ordered everyone that’s with us a pair of matching pyjamas to wear. We’re going to be sitting in front of the telly.”
Yet beneath the cosy details sits a grief that no amount of tinsel can soften.
“I just want to get through Christmas without crying,” she admitted.
Small gestures of healing
Kelly has also arranged a tender surprise for her mother: a new puppy, following the death of Sharon’s beloved Serbian Husky, Elvis, in October. Along with bespoke gifts, it is her way of offering comfort in a season that feels impossibly heavy.
Not all of the family will be there. Jack Osbourne, 40, who recently returned from Australia after appearing on I’m A Celebrity…, will spend Christmas in Los Angeles with his pregnant wife Aree Gearhart and their daughter Maple. Sharon is expected to fly out to join them just two days after Christmas.
Sharon’s battle to keep going
Earlier this month, Sharon spoke with heartbreaking honesty about how close she came to losing her will to live after Ozzy’s death.
In an emotional interview with Piers Morgan: Uncensored, she revealed that it was the love for her children — Aimee, 42, Kelly, 41, and Jack, 40 — that stopped her from “going with Ozzy.”
“I would have just gone with Ozzy… I’ve done everything I wanted to do,” she said through tears. “But they’ve been unbelievably magnificent with me, all three of them.”
She later explained how witnessing the devastation left behind by suicide had shaped her resolve:
“There were two girls in a facility I once stayed in. Each of their mothers had taken their own lives. I saw what it did to them, and I thought, I will never, ever do that to my kids.”
Now, Sharon visits Ozzy’s grave every day and admits she no longer knows what life is supposed to look like without him.
“Grief has now become my friend,” she said quietly. “It’s what I have to live with. I’ll get used to it… I have to.”
A Christmas unlike any other
There will be laughter in the Osbourne household this Christmas — children playing, food cooking, old habits trying to find their place again. But there will also be empty spaces, unspoken thoughts, and the aching absence of the man who once made everything louder.
This year, for the Osbournes, Christmas isn’t about sparkle or spectacle.
It’s about surviving the day — together. 🕯️
