Hilary Duff She's still working hard to keep family traditions alive this holiday season, even though her family will be spending Christmas on the road.
“We're actually traveling on Christmas Day this year, which is really exciting,” Duff, 37, shares exclusively in the latest issue of the magazine Us Weekly. “I think I love the whole holiday build-up. I know it's messy, but I really love being in the city, in all the festivities, like, we're going down the holiday trail and we'll pick out our Christmas tree, and we always play a game on the Christmas tree lot. This One of my favorite family activities.”
One of Duff's personal holiday traditions happens when her kids are out of the house. “We put the tree together, and after the kids go to school, I replace all the decorations and put them back in place,” she joked.
Duff shares her eldest child, son Luca, 12, with her ex-husband. Mike Comrie. She and Her husband, Matthew butThey welcomed their first child together, daughter Banks, 6, one year before tying the knot in 2019. They continue to grow their family with the arrival of daughter May, 3, in 2021. Duff and Koma, 37, They welcomed their third childdaughter of Townes, on May 3.
Hilary Duff has had four children with Mike Comrie and Matthew Koma over the years. The actress became a mother in March 2012 when she gave birth to her son Luca and her then-husband's son Comrie. Duff split from the former professional ice hockey player in 2014, nearly four years after they married in California. Their divorce was finalized in 2016, (…)
This year, Duff introduced a new tradition that's fun for the whole family. “We've been swimming at night with hot cocoa,” she reveals. “It's a bit messy, because we heat the pool and make it very warm, but we swim at night and have cocoa. Sometimes I'll have a glass of red wine. It's really fun.” “We try to do it on weekdays, so the kids — it took “It's about 30 minutes, but the kids feel like it's something special and it's not a normal night here.”
“We travel on Christmas Day and then we ski, and that's it for the holidays,” she adds.
While the holidays come with a lot of excitement, they also come with stress, especially for parents. “The burden is heavy on mothers,” says Duff. we. “I wake up in the middle of the night and I'm like, 'Oh, I have these things that I haven't dealt with.' … So, I'm slowly but surely getting ready and I'm definitely excited. I love the holiday season so much, but being an adult now and making it magical for so many people is so wonderful.”
To help keep things organized, Duff has partnered with Meta AI, which it describes as a “thought partner.”
Kylie Jenner, Jinger Duggar, and more stars are kicking off the holiday season by decking the halls and their homes. “Favorite time of year,” Jenner gushed on Instagram on Dec. 3, sharing snapshots of herself and her kids decorating their Christmas tree. Jenner, who shares daughter Stormi and son Irie with ex Travis Scott, (…)
“It's just something you can shake your brain around,” she explains, “and (he) comes up with ideas. … (If) my usual approach to this part of the holiday is a little stale, what can I do? Or (he can) help me put these lists together.” “I've already done this.” What can I add to it? I'll be in this part of town. It's really amazing that we have this assistant for people who don't have access to a regular assistant. The other day I had to bring an appetizer and I said, “I have this And this, “And this. What can I do with it? It helped me.”
“I have a personal assistant and I still need him,” she continues jokingly.
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With reporting by Cristina Garibaldi
