Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster need a marquee to host family Christmas

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster have joked that they will need a marquee to be able to host their “huge” family Christmas.

The TV personality admitted that there won’t be enough space in their house in Essex, England once most of the Sailing rocker’s children and grandchildren come over for Christmas.

“We’ve got such a huge family Christmas that Rod’s been talking about getting a marquee just for the dining table,” Penny told HELLO! magazine.

The rock legend shares eight children with five mothers and now has three grandchildren.

The couple did not divulge which of his older children will be visiting them and their sons Alistair, 18, and Aiden, 12.

After Christmas, the Maggie May crooner and Loose Women presenter will be travelling up to Scotland to celebrate Hogmanay.

“We’ve never done a Hogmanay, so this will be our first in Scotland,” Rod noted. “There will be whisky galore.”

While he is now 78, Rod insisted that he is feeling as energetic and agile as ever as he rings in the New Year.

“I don’t feel my age – I feel great,” he gushed. “I work out a lot and look fantastic.”

Rod and Penny have been married since 2007.