Brandi Glanville bounces back from surgery and LeAnn Rimes feud with a sexy Santa shoot

She is still recovering from having a non-cancerous tumour removed from her breast a week ago.

But that didn't stop Brandi Glanville from getting into the Christmas spirit with a sexy Santa photo shoot released this morning.

For the merry photo spread, the 40-year-old reality star took the plunge in a low-cut red blouse, high-waisted black tap shorts, gold stilettos, and a Santa hat.

Seasons greetings! Brandi Glanville - clutching a flute of rosé - dressed as a sexy Santa for a photo shoot released Christmas morning

The single-mother-of-two is seen sampling a cherry pie, shaking a wrapped present, and sipping on champagne rosé as three stockings hang behind her on the fireplace, bearing the names of Brandi and her two sons Mason and Jake.

For the kitchen shots, Brandi donned a festive Christmas tree apron and got things cooking with her hearty holiday feast.

At one point, Glanville is seen coyly bending down in order to remove her roast from the oven.

Getting cheeky: At one point, Glanville is seen coyly bending down in order to remove her roast from the oven

Ho ho ho! The single mother-of-two is seen shaking a wrapped present and sampling a cherry pie

Getting things cooking: For the merry photo spread, the 40-year-old reality star took the plunge in a low-cut red blouse, high-waisted black tap shorts, gold stilettos, and a Santa hat

On Monday, Brandi took to her Twitter to give an inside glimpse at what the holiday was like at her post-divorce household.

'Mason and Jake feel sorry for kids who's parents are married because they only get one Christmas! #onewaytolookatit,' she wrote to her 206,000 followers.

Glanville later mysteriously added: 'My exboyfriend is coming over to exchange Christmas gifts #awkward'

United front: Meanwhile, Brandi's ex Eddie Cibrian and his new wife LeAnn Rimes were last spotted a week ago walking arm in arm to their car after a romantic lunch date at Riviera restaurant in Calabasas

The only other men that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has publicly dated since splitting with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian are actors Gerard Butler and Johnny Messner.

Despite showing off her toned pins and tiny waist in the Christmas shoot, Brandi was less than thrilled with her enviable figure on a recent episode of her Bravo series.

Happy 2013! Her book, Drinking & Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders, is due to hit shelves on February 12

'Im a little chubby in the next rhobh episode and my hair is horrid! I may buy my first pair of spanx!' the blonde lamented.

Meanwhile, her 39-year-old ex and his new wife LeAnn Rimes were last spotted a week ago walking arm in arm to their car after a romantic lunch date at Riviera restaurant in Calabasas.

The 30-year-old country singer - who Brandi recently accused of being an 'unstable person' with a 'severe eating disorder' - recently sat down with Jay Leno to talk about their long bitter feud.

'I should feel flattered that she thinks I'm so interesting that I can be a storyline in her show,' said LeAnn.

Brandi is clearly excited about the coming New Year as her book, Drinking & Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders, is due to hit shelves on February 12.

The cover of the half-memoir-half-how to, co-written by Leslie Bruce, features the windblown star in a nude-coloured strapless top clutching a large glass of wine in one hand and a cell phone in the other.

Despite the alcohol-soaked premise, Glanville is purely focused on healing after her stressful surgery to remove a golf ball-sized growth.

'My surgery went well. It was much larger than she [the surgeon] thought, so the surgery took much longer,' she recently told E! News.

'She had to take some fat from under my arm and graft it to the extraction spot. I will have all the answers to exactly what it is on Friday. I'm in pain but happy that it is done, because I need to be healthy for my boys. They have been very helpful.'

Her boys: Glanville was last seen with her sons Mason and Jake while out hunting for the 'perfect Christmas tree' earlier this month

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