The Moment
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham skipped the famous Beckham family Christmas this year and spent the holiday with her side instead – billionaire investor Nelson Peltz and former model Claudia Heffner Peltz.
Nicola’s holiday photo dump showed the couple cuddled up in matching Christmas pajamas with her parents, all smiles and soft lighting. Their caption: a sweet, neutral wish for “a merry christmas and a happy new year filled with so much love, peace and happiness.”
Meanwhile, over in Beckham-land, David and Victoria were posting their own cozy Christmas clips, surrounded by Romeo, Cruz, and Harper – but noticeably not Brooklyn and Nicola. The next day, the Beckhams turned up together again at Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty’s wedding to Holly Ramsay (yes, Gordon Ramsay’s daughter) in England, still minus their eldest son and daughter-in-law.
Two very separate Christmases. One very loud silence.
The Take
I’ll say it: this doesn’t look like a casual “we’re rotating holidays” situation. It looks like a soft launch of Team Peltz vs. Team Beckham – and everyone’s using Instagram as their PR department.
On paper, there’s a perfectly normal explanation. Married couples split holidays between families all the time. One year with your parents, one year with his. We’ve all survived the great Thanksgiving Spreadsheet Negotiations.
But in celebrity world, context is everything. This isn’t a low-key, camera-shy family quietly doing Christmas apart. Both sides are broadcasting their joy, full-production style, with the exact family members people already suspect are feuding. It’s less “we’re busy” and more “we’re booked and blessed… separately.”
The long-rumored chill between Nicola and Victoria, plus whispers of tension since that big 2022 wedding, makes this feel like the holiday chapter of a very expensive soap opera. The Christmas photos read like dueling press releases: We’re fine over here, thanks.
If this were a normal family, this would be that year someone finally admits, “We’re just not doing Christmas together because it’s too tense.” In Hollywood terms, it’s like a red-carpet divorce, but instead of lawyers, everyone brings parents, stylists, and matching pajamas.
Here’s my real takeaway: Brooklyn might be the emotional rope in a quiet tug-of-war between two powerful clans – the polished British brand (the Beckhams) and the ultra-wealthy New York dynasty (the Peltzes). And he seems to be leaning, at least this year, firmly Peltz-side.
Receipts
Confirmed
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- Brooklyn and Nicola spent Christmas with Nicola’s parents, Nelson and Claudia Peltz, and posted photos in matching pajamas and group shots with them (from Nicola Peltz Beckham’s public Instagram posts, late December 2025).
- The holiday caption wished followers “a merry christmas and a happy new year filled with so much love, peace and happiness,” without mentioning the Beckhams (same Instagram posts).
- David and Victoria Beckham shared videos and photos of their own Christmas celebration with children Romeo, Cruz, and Harper, with no Brooklyn or Nicola present (from David and Victoria Beckham’s public social media, December 2025).
- The Beckham family later appeared together – again without Brooklyn and Nicola – at Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay’s wedding in England (widely reported in entertainment coverage dated December 27, 2025).
Unverified / Reported
- Claims that a rift began around Brooklyn and Nicola’s 2022 wedding, including reports that Nicola was left upset after Victoria allegedly “hijacked” their first dance (described in prior entertainment reports; not confirmed by the family on record).
- Reported tension involving Brooklyn’s brother Romeo dating someone Brooklyn had previously been involved with (also from entertainment reporting; not confirmed directly by the Beckhams or the woman involved).
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you haven’t been keeping up with the Beckham-Peltz saga: Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest son of former soccer star David Beckham and designer/Spice Girl alum Victoria Beckham, married actress and heiress Nicola Peltz in a massive, ultra-publicized wedding in 2022 at her family’s Palm Beach estate. Soon after, fans began dissecting everything from dress choices to interview quotes, reading them as signs of friction between Nicola and Victoria. Both women have publicly denied any feud, but the narrative has stuck, helped along by very separate branding – Nicola leaning into the Peltz identity, and the Beckhams maintaining their tight, glossy family unit.
What’s Next
What happens now? If history is any guide, we’ll get one of three things:
Option one: a carefully worded “nothing to see here” interview where someone insists it’s just about schedules and time zones. Option two: a joint photo op – some strategically timed Beckham-Peltz family moment to calm the internet down. Option three: more silence, more separate holidays, and the story just quietly becomes the new normal.
The next real signal will be big family milestones: birthdays, next Christmas, and any Beckham or Peltz life event that normally screams “all hands on deck.” If Brooklyn and Nicola keep skipping major Beckham moments – or the Beckhams aren’t showing up for theirs – that’s when you know the divide isn’t just holiday logistics.
Until then, the only thing truly confirmed is this: both families are very good at throwing photogenic parties, and the most intense conflict they’re willing to show us is… who got the better backdrop.
So, be honest: if you were Brooklyn or Nicola, would you have spent Christmas at Casa Beckham, Casa Peltz, or skipped both and started your own tradition?
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