Christmas Abbott Biography

Early Life and Education of Christmas Abbott

Christmas Abbott was born Christmas Joye Abbott under the birth sign Sagittarius on December 20, 1981, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her mother decided to name her Christmas Joye since she was born only five days before Christmas.

She went through a rough childhood since her sister fell into a coma after both Abbott and her sister suffered a major car accident at age 13. The trauma lived with Abbott which resulted in smoking and alcohol addiction. She began destroying her life and lost her path for nearly 10 years.

Later on, she decided to change her ways to live a healthy life. Eventually, she went to Iraq as a civilian contractor along with her mother when she turned 22 and stayed there for four years.

During her time there she came to know about CrossFit and its health benefits. After returning to her hometown she decided to make proper use of her knowledge regarding the sport and opened up her own gym in 2007. She started giving coaching classes of strength training and CrossFit.

Christmas Abbott's Career

Christmas Abbott is professionally a CrossFit athlete, Olympic weightlifter and a fitness model. She joined the NASCAR pit crew in 2012 being the first woman of their group and there she swapped tires on Clint Boyer's car.

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The following year, the reality star participated in the Olympics where she became nationally ranked at the American Open as an Olympic lifter.

She, furthermore, runs a self-titled YouTube channel which has 14k subscribers. In her channel she shares her fitness videos and workout routines.

She came into the limelight after participating in the reality Television show, Big Brother season 19 in 2017 where she ranked third preceded by Josh Martinez and Paul Abrahamian.

Moreover, she also featured in some acting projects like Overwatch, Tattoo Titans, and The Operator: Warfare. In the movie, The Operator: Warfare she acted alongside actor Taurus Bunkley, Chris Ingle, Miranda Lukens and so on.

Christmas Abbott's Fitness Regime

Christmas Abbott trains herself by performing compound movements like clean & jerks, bench, pull-ups, deadlifts and squat. She usually runs on a treadmill or runs outdoors for cardio.

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As for her nutrition, she follows a simple diet which includes eating peanut butter, eggs and an apple for breakfast. She tries to consume a mixture of foods which is rich in carbohydrates, fats, and protein.

Abbott drinks a lot of protein shake, eats lots of vegetables, and bacon for her diet. As for her cheat meal, she eats cupcakes filled with custard which happen to be her favorite.

Christmas Abbott's Net Worth

Christmas Abbott's net worth is $1.5 million. Her main source of earning is from her career as a fitness trainer and CrossFit athlete. The average salary of a fitness trainer is $59,459 and it can range from $42,916 to $73,041.

Furthermore, an Olympian athlete earns around $25k for gold, $15k for silver, $10k for bronze and they pay a tax of $9900, $5940 and $3,960 for gold, silver, and bronze respectively.

The average income of a gym owner is $166,000 yearly and the earnings vary according to gym memberships, profits, debt, and reinvestment. She owns an SUV which costs around $30,000.

She also participated in the series, Big Brother. While appearing in the show, she earned around $750 per week.

Christmas Abbott - Engaged to Memphis Garrett

Christmas Abbott is not married yet. However, the mother of one is happily engaged to her boyfriend turned fiance Memphis Garrett who was a participant in season 10 of Big Brother who later appeared as a houseguest on season 22.

TV star Christmas Abbott is engaged to boyfriend Memphis Garrett. SOURCE: Instagram (christmasabbott)

Garrett, the CEO of Garrett Group romantically proposed Abbott in August 2021 at a beach. Abbott shared the engagement pictures where Garrett can be seen on his knees with a ring in his hand.

Previously, she got engaged to her boyfriend Geoff Kercher in October 2016. The duo even announced their big wedding on September 3, 2017, but the marriage got called off as they broke up. Before Kercher, she dated Josh Holmes.

Recently, she dated her fellow fitness partner Benjamin Bun. During their relationship, the couple became proud parents of their first born, a baby boy named Loyal Atticus Abbott, born at 11:28 pm in South Carolina on October 8, 2018.

Their son weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and 22.5 inches long. However, soon after the birth of their child, the couple broke up. Her ex-boyfriend Benjamin talked about not being in contact with Christmas since August and knew about her due date through her Instagram.

Initially, he helped her with all the things during her first six months of pregnancy and went to meet the doctors often.

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Currently, they co-parent their child and try hard to maintain a friendly relationship for the baby. 

Furthermore, on August 18, 2018, Abbott caught up in a legal situation for hitting her ex-boyfriend Benjamin's girlfriend Samantha Morse's car in the parking lot causing damage of $5000. That time the police let her off due to her pregnancy but after her son turned one month old, she got arrested.

However, on November 19, she pleaded not guilty to a criminal mischief at Florida Courthouse. Currently, it is reported that she is out of jail. Recently, she posted an Instagram story of breastfeeding her baby boy.

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She pets an English bulldog who goes by the name Fran. She maintains 726k followers on Instagram and 75.2k twitter followers.

Christmas Abbott's Body Measurements

Height - 5'3 feet

Weight - 52.2 - 56.7 kg

Hair Color - Blonde

Take a look at Christmas Abbott's interview at the 2013 CrossFit Games!

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