When it came time to decorate their home for the holidays, Rachel Bilson’s 3-year-old daughter, Briar Rose, didn’t seem to feel the need to invade their space with an over-the-top Christmas tree.
“When you let your three year old pick out the tree…..🎄” Bilson, 36, captioned a photo of her daughter’s seasonal pick, a tiny, Charlie Brown-type potted tree with minimal branches to decorate. Still, the duo seemed to make the most of the tree, covering it in a few bright ornaments, mini candy canes and lights.
The Hart of Dixie alum coparents Briar with ex-boyfriend Hayden Christensen, from whom she split in September after 10 years of dating. Nearly a year after the former couple welcomed Briar in 2014, Christensen explained that their little girl’s moniker is a nod to the duo’s mutual love of Disney. “There’s a Disney reference there I suppose,” Christensen said during an appearance on Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family in August 2015. “The original Sleeping Beauty is called Briar Rose. Rachel — we both love Disney — but Rachel especially was very keen on the name.”
Us Weekly exclusively revealed that the former couple had parted ways. “They’ve been on the outs for a couple of months,” a source told Us at the time. “They are completely, officially done.”
The duo seem to be amicably coparenting since their split, as they were spotted a month later in a Los Angeles parking lot, where Bilson dropped Briar off with Christensen.
The actors first met on set of their 2008 film Jumper and got engaged that December. They quietly called off their engagement in August 2010, only to reconcile three months later.