COUNTDOWN TO SWIFTMAS

As Taylor Swift celebrates the end of yet another momentous year, the singer is treating fans to a peek behind the curtain this Christmas

- ANNA POINTER

After what's been one of her most triumphant years ever, Taylor Swift is gearing up for a cracking Christmas. With her summer engagement to NFL superstar Travis Kelce and an early Christmas gift to fans in the shape of a new album, it’s been another remarkable 12 months for the pop icon.

“As we come to the end of 2025, Taylor seems to be in the best possible place,” says PR expert Lynn Carratt. “After riding the wave of her Eras Tour and releasing The Life Of A Showgirl, settling down with Travis is definitely the icing on the cake.”

As if that wasn’t enough, this week, on 12 December - the day before her 36th birthday - a brand new docuseries celebrating the star, titled The End Of An Era, will be shown on Disney+.

The six-parter, to be released weekly in two-episode instalments, promises to give “an intimate look at Taylor’s life” and follows the singer as she takes her phenomenal Eras tour around the globe.

Huge names from the world of music, including Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch all feature, along with her band, dancers, family members and, of course, fiancé Travis.

In August, Taylor and the Kansas City Chiefs ace caused a social media meltdown after announcing their surprise engagement.

“The reaction was just incredible,” says Lynn. “They knew by putting it on Instagram it would blow up, and it’s all everyone was talking about - even President Trump commented on it.”

Alongside beautiful photos of Travis, 36, proposing in the garden of his Missouri estate, the momentous announcement included Taylor’s now-immortal words, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”