The holiday season is here and Hollywood's biggest celebrities are ready to celebrate.
“Yellowstone” starring Kelly Reilly and… Cole Hauser They recently sat down with USA Today to share their favorite parts about the holiday season and the special ways they celebrate with their families.
“I love Christmas. I find it the most magical. I love winter and being by the fire and cooking with my family,” Riley told the outlet. “I love 'It's a Wonderful Life' of course, and who doesn't? Then every year I take my nieces and we go to see 'A Christmas Carol' at the Old Vic in London, which is the stage production. It's wonderful.” “.
Hauser also shared his favorite Christmas movies that he enjoys every year with his children.
Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser's Christmas traditions revolve around the Christmas movies they watch with their families. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Film Magic)
“It should be ‘Christmas Vacation’.” We have been doing this for 20 years,” he explained. “Then 'A Christmas Story' with Peter Billingsley. When they were younger they loved that movie.”
Supermodel Cindy Crawford He told people Her family's Christmas traditions have evolved over the years, adding that “we usually end up leaving” each year, but not before making sure to “always put the tree up and do some decorating.”
As her children grew older, Crawford explained She realizes that the holiday is “about being together without pressure,” admitting that she has learned not to focus on traditions “because every year is different from last year.” She added that they sometimes celebrate Christmas a few days late.
“Luckily, my kids usually want to be with us a lot,” the proud mom told the outlet. “But they also have partners or whatever, so sometimes you don't get the day. Then we just say, 'Okay, we'll celebrate Christmas three days later or two days before that. Again, I don't comment.' So it should be on the 25th.”
Crawford explained that her family sometimes celebrates Christmas a few days later. (Getty Images)
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Jennifer Love Hewitt said her favorite holiday tradition is making tamales with her family on Christmas Eve, something she's been doing since she was a child growing up in Texas with her grandmother.
She explained that keeping the tradition alive in her adult life is a way to “honor” her grandmother and help her “feel really close to her.”
“And I make delicious chili, you know, to go on top or something. So we do that. We also make Brian (Hallisay)'s Christmas cocktail… It's just been a tradition he's done since we got together,” she explained. . . “And that's the thing that we have… when the tree's up, it's like our cheers kind of say… everyone did a good job and the kids get a sparkling Martinelli or something. And we kind of have like this is a proud family moment for our tree “This is really fun.”
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Although she may not call herself a chef, Hewitt told Fox News Digital that she is fortunate to be “surrounded by family members who look like these great chefs,” including her sisters-in-law and her late grandmother, whose recipes she still uses.
Kim Kardashian said her family will be holding a much more “intimate” gathering than their usual extravagant party this year. (Demetrius Kambouris)
While the Kardashian family is known for the extravagant Christmas party they throw every year, Kim Kardashian… Fogg said The family will be hosting a much smaller event this time.
“Just because we have a lot of construction going on, we're doing a really intimate family thing that I'm very excited about,” Kardashian said. “We still get dressed to the nines, because that's what we do.”
Ryan Seacrest is known for his busy schedule, so he's ready for some downtime. “My favorite holiday tradition is the vacation,” the “Wheel of Fortune” host told Fox News Digital.
Likewise, Saved by the Bell star Mario Lopez is looking forward to spending time with his family while on vacation.
Mario Lopez will spend time with his family and “do nothing. I could never do that, so I'm looking forward to it.” (Photo by Craig T. Frochtman/Getty Images)
“Just being at home, without having to get on the plane, and having everyone come to Lopez Castle to relax, take things seriously, watch football, watch movies, eat and drink and be lazy. I don't do anything. I could never do that, so he said Lopez told Fox News Digital: “I'm looking forward to it.”
Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar said his “favorite holiday tradition is going to the beach in Maui or Cabo when everyone's freezing.”
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Padma Lakshmi, the former “Top Chef” host, told the AP that she hosts her “entire extended family at home” where they all show up in their most comfortable pajamas and “make a big roast.”
About five years ago, Candace Cameron Bure started waking up early with her family on Christmas morning so they could watch the sunrise together.
Candace Cameron Bure and her family wake up early Christmas morning to watch the sunrise. (Marilyn Moyes/Getty Images)
“It's just a beautiful way to start our day, and it really puts us in the spirit of the true meaning of Christmas and thinking that this is the day we celebrate the birth of Christ,” Bure told Fox News Digital. “It's a lovely time with our family, and then we get into different Christmas celebrations.”
Bure's friend and fellow Great American Family actress, Danica McKellar, spends Christmas every year with her family, especially her son Draco. She makes holiday crafts, including marzipan ornaments, which “we paint with food coloring,” as well as making “candy canes…snowmen, as well as popcorn garlands.”
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“The big Christmas dinner. That's the number one thing, bringing everyone together. For several years I made a chocolate cake for Christmas,” McKellar told Fox News Digital. “I'm not a baker. I'm terrible. I don't know what it is, but it's the only thing I do that takes me…four hours.”
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This holiday season will look a little different for the former “Baywatch” star Nicole EggertShe was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2023.
Nicole Eggert's holiday traditions include traveling “into the snow” and “getting out of town.” (Getty Images)
“Well, we really like spending time together. This is pajama day. This is a day to do what you feel like. Sleep until you feel like it. Eat when you want. Such a day with no rules, no schedule,” she explained. . “And then shortly after that, when the crowds go out on the snow, I won't be able to ice skate this year, but my girls will enjoy getting out of town.”
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Vassos told Fox News Digital that she loves hanging stockings, adding, “This year we have a lot of them because I added him and his kids to my huge collection of them.”
Jana Kramer She and her husband make the holiday centered around the kids and find fun ways for the whole family to get into the festive spirit.
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Watch: Jana Kramer and her husband make Christmas around their kids
“We have a bunch of different holiday traditions, but I think just taking the kids to see all the lights and do all the festive things we can,” she said. “There are really fun little things in downtown Franklin (Tenn.) that we do with the kids.”
Jana Kramer and her husband, Alan Russell, enjoy “taking the kids to see all the lights and do all the festive things we can.” (Jana Kramer/Instagram)
