Taylor Swift is planning a Christmas-themed birthday party.

The `Love Story`singer - who is rumoured to be dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal - turns 21 on December 13 and loves celebrating during the festive season because it means there is less focus on her.

She explained: "I love having a Christmas themed birthday party so people can give each other presents at my birthday party, so it`s not so much a spotlight birthday [thing] - especially with a 21st birthday where people are like, `Huh? Huh? What`s she gonna do?`

"I didn`t want it to be a crazy club thing, I just want it to be very me and the me thing to do would be to have a Christmas birthday party."

Taylor certainly has a lot to celebrate this year, as her latest album `Speak Now` broke sales records in its first week of release earlier this year and she admits it took a while for the news to sink in.

On hearing the news she told US TV show `Access Hollywood`: "That was just a crazy phone call to get. To have the phone call with my mom and dad on the phone and my record label president says, `I guess you`re my million dollar baby!`I was like, `Are you serious? Are you talking in code? Are you saying what I think you`re saying, because if you`re saying that, I`m gonna need a minute.`"
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