London, Dec 14 : It looks like soccer ace Cristiano Ronaldo wants to spend this year's Christmas in a lavish way, for he is turning his house into a grotto and dressing up as Santa to hand out gifts.

The footballer has paid an events firm a whopping 6,000 pounds to decorate his 4 million pounds house - and provide a Father Christmas suit.

His Cheshire mansion now has a 6ft tree in every room, thousands of twinkling lights, hundreds of baubles and a huge nativity scene.

Dressing as Santa, the 23-year-old Portugal star will give gifts to mum Dolores, sisters Telma and Katia and brother Hugo, who are flying in from Madeira and Lisbon.

"Cristiano has a big family Christmas planned. He's been telling the lads he's got a firm which does a lot of the Old Trafford parties to trim up his house," News of the World quoted a pal, as saying. (ANI)