Janet Jackson to Spend Holidays With Family for First Time in Years After Split

[Amy]

The holidays are for family! So, Janet Jackson is choosing to travel home to celebrate Christmas with her family for the first time in five years. The new mother is recently separated from estranged husband Wissam Al Mana and is currently focused on co-parenting their son, Eissa. Since this will be the 10-month-old's first Christmas, the 51-year-old singer is determined to make it special.

"All Janet wants to do is move forward and be the best mother to her son and to be happy," a source close to the famous family tells Entertainment Tonight. Her State of the World tour is nearing its last leg, so the superstar will need to decide where she will raise her son permanently. "She’s not quite sure if she will be going back to London because she calls California home, and baby Eissa has gotten used to the warm weather," the source says.

Despite her split, Janet is loving motherhood and focusing on her health. She's ready to take time off from her music and focus on parenthood, but that doesn't mean she'll let herself go after working so hard to get in shape after the baby.

“She has gotten great reviews and a really positive response from her fans and the public about her appearance and her amazing weight loss," the source continues. "Janet still continues to eat clean and juice, and will continue her regime even after the tour ends. She loves the way she looks now and has turned the clock back.”

Janet of all people knows the value of becoming a mother. Because of her age, she was told it wasn't an option for her. "Every doctor told me it wasn't possible. But I've got a beautiful, healthy son," she gushed. "I thank god for [my son], you guys, he's so healthy, so beautiful, so sweet, so loving, such a happy baby," she added in a cute Instagram video. We're so happy for them!

[Amy]

Since both Katherine and Rebbie don’t celebrate Christmas, I wonder who in the family they are supposing that she would be celebrating with?

[Amy]

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Looks like Janet Jackson is making sure this year's holiday season is one to remember!

ET has learned that the singer will be spending Thanksgiving with the entire Jackson clan in California, and that it's the first time in five years that she's been able to celebrate the holidays with her famous family. A source close to the Jackson family tells ET that since it's also her son, Eissa's, very first Christmas, the 51-year-old superstar is pulling out all the stops. According to our source, Jackson is planning a very special celebration for Eissa, who will be a year old in January.  
 
Meanwhile, the source says Jackson is continuing to co-parent with her estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, but that there's no hope for reconciliation between the two.

“All Janet wants to do is move forward and be the best mother to her son and to be happy," the source says. 

 

Jackson is nearing the end of her State of the World tour, with the final stop being on Dec. 17 in Atlanta, Georgia. Once the tour ends, our source says the singer will take some much deserved time off, though she is undecided if she wants to go back to London, where she was previously based with Al Mana. Our source says that her brother, Randy Jackson -- who's been by her side during the tour -- is now in London taking care of legal and business issues for her. Before her tour started, Jackson and Al Mana appeared in a London court in June for divorce proceedings.

"She’s not quite sure if she will be going back to London because she calls California home, and baby Eissa has gotten used to the warm weather," our source says. 
 
And while her tour may be ending, Jackson won't be slacking on eating healthy and exercising, our source also notes.

“She has gotten great reviews and a really positive response from her fans and the public about her appearance and her amazing weight loss," the source shares. "Janet still continues to eat clean and juice, and will continue her regime even after the tour ends. She loves the way she looks now and has turned the clock back.”

[hotboy06]

Janet Claus.

[Kishi]

Since both Katherine and Rebbie don’t celebrate Christmas, I wonder who in the family they are supposing that she would be celebrating with?

Even though they don't celebrate, they'll probably spend time together. Seems like so much of the family or majority live in California. I think it would be sweet.

Janet Claus.

In ha red catsuit, yes gawd!

[BlackCat1989]

Made up shit.... Janet said that she and Randy live in London. Couple that with her niece Brandi basically saying Janet is headed back overseas after this tour. She might spend Christmas here but she's definitely going back to London.