Home and Away's real-life couple share Christmas plans

 "It's our first Christmas together as a couple."

Home and Away real-life couple Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart have shared their festive plans for their first Christmas as a couple.

Ada and James, who play couple Leah Patterson and Justin Morgan on the Aussie soap, will spend Christmas with their respective families, but are trying to make plans for New Year's together.

"It's our first Christmas together as a couple, I'm so excited," Ada told TV Week.

"[But] James is going to be in Queensland, as his family are all up there, and I'll be in Sydney with mine. But that's okay – we see each other all the time," she continued.

"Ada and I are so family-oriented," James confirmed. "She has this amazing Cypriot family, and they're so well connected. And my family are up in Queensland and, you know, I miss Mum."

The couple are working out their schedules for the holidays to make sure they get some time together.

"We're just trying to figure out our schedules now," James said. "It'll be filled with joy, though."

Ada and James also shared their hopes for their Home and Away characters, with Ada saying she'd love for the newlyweds to foster children.

"Or just have more kids in the house in addition to Theo [Leah's nephew]," she further explained. "Maybe they can bring back Leah's son [VJ] and Justin's daughter [Ava]."