Kristin Cavallari

Call it the OG Elf connected the Shelf. Decades earlier the fairies were must-haves for parents of young kids, "My ma utilized to bash the elves for my member and I," the Uncommon James laminitis shared with E! News. "So a week earlier Christmas they would travel and if we were good, we would get a small thing successful our stocking and if we were atrocious we would get coal." It's a signifier she's maintained with sons Camden, 10, and Jaxon, 8, and girl Saylor, 6, on with her father's Christmas Eve meal. "I ever marque homemade meatballs and condiment and pasta," said the cookbook author, "that's thing my dada ever did."

Katharine McPhee & David Foster

All they privation for Christmas is simply a break, tbh. The histrion and euphony shaper hubby David Foster "are ever connected the go," she admitted to E! News, "and it's been large to beryllium engaged but it's going to beryllium large to not beryllium engaged and conscionable beryllium home." In betwixt tending to 21-month-old lad Rennie, they program to "order successful immoderate meals, navigator immoderate meals, decorate a Christmas tree," she continued, "and conscionable relax."

Kate Hudson

It genuinely is the astir fantastic clip of the twelvemonth for the histrion and her clan (Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, member Oliver Hudson), who ever gather at their family's Colorado cabin. "We play those games," she told E! News astatine the premiere of her caller movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. "We get successful those fights. We marque up. We laugh. We get drunk. We bash astir apt what each household does implicit the holidays. We get stressed retired the nighttime earlier Christmas. We enactment up until 4 successful the greeting putting things unneurotic for the kids. We bask each other."

Mandy Moore

With her 2 nether 2 not rather aged capable to grasp the full vacation situation, the histrion is inactive uncovering her footing erstwhile it comes to creating traditions. "I'm excited for them to get a small older," the This Is Us alum told E! News portion talking astir her caller vacation postulation with Gymboree. Among her plans with husband Taylor Goldsmith and their sons Gus, 21 months, and Ozzie, 1 month: Watching vacation movies, baking cookies and making memories, and "figuring retired what our traditions arsenic a household of 4 are gonna be," she said. "That's exciting." 

Karen Fairchild

Every twelvemonth the Little Big Town vocalist gives herself the champion gift: A vacation escaped from hours of cleaning. "We ever extremity our twelvemonth successful East Tennessee successful a spot called Blackberry Farms," the musician, wed to chap subordinate Jimi Westbrook, told E! News. "And we instrumentality our set and unit and kids and families and bash each the Christmas stuff." Filling their afternoons with cooking classes, horseback riding and cooky decorating ("Just each the truly amusive stuff"), astatine the extremity of the day, she said, "We devour large nutrient and we don't person to navigator it!"

Janelle Monae

Not to beryllium excessively cheesy, but the instrumentalist is reasonably definite their ma makes the best mentation of mac and cheese. While they were unwilling to stock the details with E! News ("I can't archer you that, she would termination me"), the Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery prima insists it's that bully and being capable to serve as sous cook is 1 of the highlights of their vacation season. "I'm not the cook," Monae explained, "but I'm a bully helper." 

Mickey Guyton

Looking to elevate your modular turkey dinner? Lift a leafage from the state singer's look book. "We bash an planetary cookout each year," the Texas autochthonal told E! News of her family's best tradition. "We spell and find recipes that we've ne'er tried earlier and whoever has the champion crockery wins. That's truly 1 of my favourite things." Noting that the contest gets "super competitive" (as in, full-on Michelin star-worthy presentations), the four-time Grammy nominee, ma to 21-month-old lad Grayson with hubby Grant Savoy, added that it's much than conscionable pridefulness that's connected the line. "They person truly bully wealth prizes," she shared. "We bash not play around."

Leslie Odom Jr.

A antheral aft Mariah Carey's heart, the Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery histrion admitted to E! News that the vacation euphony starts "not adjacent the time aft Thanksgiving, like, the time earlier Thanksgiving. And we support it going arsenic agelong arsenic we can." To acceptable the scene, continued the Broadway vet, helium and his actress woman Nicolette Robinson—parents to Lucille, 5, and Able, 20 months—"decorate arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible."

Sai De Silva

The Real Housewives of New York newcomer doesn't bash subtle erstwhile it comes to vacation decorating. Growing up, she recalled to E! News, "My dada would bargain a miniature table Christmas histrion and spot it connected apical of a talker to unreal it was huge." And portion she called the determination "comical," present that she has 2 kids of her own—London and Rio with hubby David Craig—"I privation to marque the holidays peculiar and memorable for them." Every year, they prime 2 "perfect" trees—one that goes up successful their surviving country and a playroom fir "for the kids to decorate immoderate mode they want," explained the laminitis of manner blog Scout the City. "This way, I'm blessed that the big histrion looks cleanable and the kids are blessed that they did thing by themselves. It decidedly keeps the bid successful our home."

Jason Momoa

As if Aquaman would remainder connected his wetsuit-clad laurels. Though helium and kids Nakoa-Wolf and Lola bash marque clip to ticker movies and devour "lots of bully food," helium told E! News astatine the premiere of his latest film, Slumberland, the item of their holidays is heading outdoors for a spot of stone climbing and different activities. "We ever spell connected adventures truthful we spell connected roadworthy trips," helium explained. "We spell chaotic and spell camping astir the world."

Jessie James Decker

It begins to taste a batch similar Christmas erstwhile the household puts distant the Thanksgiving dishes. "We ever decorate the tree, play Christmas music, I marque blistery pome cider," Decker told E! News of the traditions she's built with hubby Eric Decker and their kids Vivianne, 8, Eric, 7, and Forrest, 4. "It's ever a thing."

Wynonna Judd

Sure, the state fable grumbled each clip ma Naomi Judd had her and sister Ashley Judd take a locomotion done the woods to perceive to the communicative of Christmas and Jesus' arrival—"I utilized to kick astir having to spell to the bath due to the fact that we had truthful overmuch apparel on," she admitted to E! News—but the representation feels overmuch sweeter now that her parent is gone. "I'm going to bash it to my grandchildren 'cause that's the mode it works, right?" the instrumentalist explained. Most importantly, she's going to bash her champion to retrieve the crushed for the season: "I'm going to effort to enactment successful the infinitesimal and not get truthful bogged down by each the perfectionism."

Keith Urban

Having grown up successful Queensland, the New Zealand-born Aussie is decidedly not the dreaming-of-a-white-Christmas type. "It's summertime successful Australia," the American Idol justice explained to E! News of his family's modular practice, "so it's kinda bully to get retired and spell to the beach." A spot of vitamin D is connected the docket for him, woman Nicole Kidman and their daughters Sunday, 14, and Faith, 11. Set to wrapper his circuit Down Under Dec. 17, "We'll enactment determination for Christmas with our moms and siblings down determination and past beryllium backmost present successful the caller year."

Lionel Richie

As "Pop Pop," he's fundamentally Santa Claus to his two grandchildren—Nicole Richie and Joel Madden's kids Harlow, 14 and Sparrow, 13. "The household is negotiating 'Dad, wherever are we going?'" the instrumentalist explained to E! News of his upcoming vacation plans. "So erstwhile they accidental 'Where are we going?' that means that I wage for it." While the American Idol judge jokes he'd beryllium contented astatine home, helium loves each 2nd of their formation getaways. "It's fun. Having the household with maine is the best." 

Ciara

The crippled program for Dec. 25: Cheering connected their quarterback, Denver Broncos' Russell Wilson. "We're virtually playing shot connected Christmas day," Ciara told E! News. And then, perhaps, a small 1, 2 step? "Just hanging out, eating bully food, dancing, having a bully time, laughing," described the ma to Future, 8, Sienna, 5, and Win, 2. "That's my jam."

Kelly Rowland

She and hubby Tim Weatherspoon get things jumpin' jumpin' reasonably aboriginal connected Christmas Day. With sons 8-year-old Titan and 22-month-old Noah, "We similar to aftermath up and the kids similar to unfastened the presents, let's beryllium honest," the vocalist told E! News. "And we emotion to spot them bash it. We emotion to have our household clip and bespeak and beryllium capable to be, like, 'Thank you, God.'"

Adrienne Bailon-Houghton

The stockings at her mother's location are hung by the chimney with other care. "I emotion that my ma inactive puts up the aforesaid Christmas decor since we were kids," the E! News co-host gushed. "My stocking astatine my mom's location is vintage astatine this point!" And, yes, she plans to clasp onto Ever James' prime for years arsenic well. "I can't hold to bash the aforesaid for my son!"

Miranda Kerr

With kids Flynn, 11, Hart, 4, and Myles, 3, the exemplary likes to whip up immoderate memories successful the kitchen. "My family and I, we grew up ever making meals together," she told E! News of rolling up her sleeves with her grandmother, mom, aunts and uncles. These days her sous chefs person changed, but the recipes enactment the same: "Having my ma determination and my 3 boys progressive successful the cooking is thing that I truly enjoy."

Jenna Dewan

Starting Dec. 1, the histrion and fiancé Steve Kazee will statesman decking the halls of their Los Angeles-area home. "Although we mightiness bash it a little early this year," she told E! News astatine the Baby2Baby Gala. Also connected the to-do database she's been making (and checking twice): "We bash the Christmas PJs," she said of kids Everly, 9 (with ex Channing Tatum), and Callum, 2 (with Kazee). And she tackles hosting duty. "I'm going to bring backmost the, you know, everyone gets 1 idiosyncratic to springiness a contiguous to for Christmas," said the dancer. "So it's a small spot much special."

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt

Why, yes, the author's 2-year-old daughter is well alert that Santa Claus is coming to town. "Lyla is obsessed with Santa and his reindeer," the big of Instagram Live bid BDA Baby shared with E! News. It's a passionateness that has been stoked at bedtime when they work a Christmas book. But arsenic amusive arsenic it's been creating this newer contented with her girls, Schwarzenegger Pratt is adjacent much excited to revisit those of her youth, including the Christmas mornings she and her 3 siblings inactive walk astatine ma Maria Shriver's house. "My sister Christina and I utilized to formal successful matching vacation outfits arsenic children, and my ma saved a batch of them," shared the star, besides ma to 6-month-old Eloise with hubby Chris Pratt (and step-mom to his lad Jack, 10). "So I americium looking guardant to putting them connected my girls to recreate immoderate of those peculiar memories."

Morgan Evans

We could definitely, uh, get connected committee with Christmas astatine the beach. Set to walk the holidays successful his autochthonal Australia for the archetypal clip successful years, "I person a tradition: I spell to the beach, and a batch of my aged mates, we'll each drawback up and spell surfing together," the newly single state vocalist told E! News astatine the CMA Awards, "then travel location and bash a large luncheon with the family." And the guest database has 1 cardinal VIP. "My gramps dresses up arsenic Santa and sits by the histrion and the youngest of each the nieces and nephews delivers each the presents," helium shared. "So that's my favourite clip of day."

Zooey Deschanel & Jonathan Scott

James Van Der Beek

In the Van Der Beek household, it truly is amended to springiness than to receive, the Dawson's Creek alum telling E! News his favourite portion of the vacation play is helping their six kids select gifts. "It's truly sweet," helium noted of the process, which admittedly requires a spot of hand-holding from himself and woman Kimberly. "My 6-year-old would beryllium truly excited astir the gifts she got her 4-year-old sister. She'd beryllium like, 'Hey that's from me, that's from me!' Last year, my then-5 twelvemonth aged got maine a skeleton costume for Christmas. And she remembered it each twelvemonth and I wore it connected Halloween. Just giving them the escaped scope to get originative astir what they privation to get everybody is truly amusive to see."

Jessica Alba

For the Honest Company founder, the holidays are each about, well, company. "We ever person a large Christmas with each of the extended household and everyone," the ma to Honor, 14, Haven, 11, and Hayes, 4 (with husband Cash Warren) shared with E! News, "So that's beauteous awesome."

Lana Condor

No discourtesy to all the holidays she's loved before, but Thanksgiving has the actress' heart. "It's my mom's favourite arsenic well!" Condor revealed to E! News. The highlight, of course, is simply a well-cooked vertebrate and each the fixings, continued the star, successful the midst of planning her wedding to longtime emotion Anthony De La Torre: "We each get unneurotic and I navigator an eight-course Thanksgiving meal—I go Thanksgiving-zilla successful the kitchen!"

Jeannie Mai Jenkins

Peaches are sweet, but The Real alum has different plans for the paper astatine her Georgia holiday. "Me and Jeezy are going to big Christmas astatine our location again successful Atlanta," the ma to 10-month-old Monaco told E! News. "I similar to accidental I bring a small spot of the bay to the A due to the fact that I bring each the Asian nutrient up successful the A that I don't deliberation they were acceptable for." With "Mama Mai" and her dada some connected the impermanent list, noted the stylist, "We bash it big."

Ayesha Curry

Naturally, The Full Plate author runs constituent successful the room erstwhile it comes to serving up vacation meals. And this season she's looking to commencement immoderate caller traditions. "I'm switching it up this year, actually," she confessed to E! News astatine the Baby2Baby Gala. "I'm going to do a wholly sustainable and ethically sourced Thanksgiving, which is, like, who americium I? But I'm trying. So that's going to beryllium the caller thing."

Violetta Komyshan

'Tis the play for showing disconnected her graceful side. "I emotion crystal skating," the ballet dancer told E! News, noting that she commits to astatine slightest 1 outing each winter. Also connected the menu: "Making much dinners and baking a ton," she shared of recreating the recipes from Bon Appétit and The New York Times. "I'm obsessed with cooking, truthful looking guardant to doing that astir this clip of year."

Erin & Ben Napier

Tyler Cameron

The bully times rotation erstwhile The Bachelorette alum celebrates holidays with his family. "My parent loved playing Left Center Right," helium said of the dice game. "We would play aft meal during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and different large vacation get-togethers. We would each enactment our dollar bills unneurotic and play Left Center Right." And though his mom Andrea Cameron passed successful 2020, the amusive lives on—at slightest for 1 of the world star's relatives. "My grandma ever won," helium lamented to E! News while discussing his Amazon acquisition picks. "Or a newcomer someway recovered a mode to win. But you cognize who doesn't win? Me."