ANTONIA TELLS NICOLE 'WE NEED YOU HOME'

If there's ever a sign that it's almost Christmas, it's Nicole Kidman's annual, early December arrival in Sydney for the holidays.

But things are different this year. Nicole, 56, has remained in New York, filming her new thriller, Babygirl. She now won't make it home until just days before Christmas, to attend a screening of her new Prime Video series Expats, much later than usual.

It's a work scheduling glitch that's disappointed Nicole's younger sister Antonia, 53, who is "desperate" for her superstar sibling to come home, a source tells New Idea.

Our source also says their 82-year-old mother Janelle "always perks up when Nic's back, and it makes the family whole again"!