Hilary Duff is 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 this year, which is really exciting,” Duff, 37, exclusively shares in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “I think I love the whole build up to the holidays. I know it’s chaotic, but I really love being in town, all the festivities, going on a holiday trip and picking out our Christmas tree, always playing tag at the Christmas tree playground. It’s one of my favorite family activities.”
One of Duff’s personal holiday traditions happens when her kids are out of the house. “We put up the tree together and after the kids go to school, I change out all the ornaments and put them where they actually belong,” she jokes.
Duff shares her eldest child, son Luca, 12, with her ex-husband, Mike Comrie. She and her husband, Matthew Nowelcomed their first child together, daughter Banks, 6, a year before tying the knot in 2019. They continued to grow their family with the arrival of daughter May, 3, in 2021. Duff and Coma, 37. welcomed their third childa daughter, Townes, on May 3.
Hilary Duff welcomed 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 and then-husband Comrie’s son, Luca. Duff and the former professional ice hockey player split in 2014, almost four years after their wedding in California. Their divorce was finalized in 2016, (…)
This year Duff has introduced a new tradition that is fun for the whole family. “We’ve been doing night swims with hot cocoa,” she reveals. “It’s a little spoiled because we heat the pool and we really heat it, but we’re out doing night swims and 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 about 30 minutes, but the kids feel like it’s something special and it’s not a normal night here.”
She adds: “We travel at Christmas and then we go skiing and that’s it for the holidays.”
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 us. “I wake up in the middle of the night like, ‘Oh, I’ve got 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 just so much.”
To keep things organized, Duff partners with Meta AI, which she describes as a “thought partner.”
Kylie Jenner, Ginger Duggar and other stars are kicking off the holiday season by decorating their halls — and their homes. “Favorite time of year,” Jenner gushed on Instagram on Dec. 3, sharing snaps of her and her kids decorating their Christmas tree. Jenner, who shares daughter Stormi and son Air with ex Travis Scott, (…)
She explains: “It’s just something you can bounce your thoughts off of and it comes (up) with ideas. … (If) my normal approach to this part of the holiday is a bit out of date, what can I do? Or (can) help me compile these lists. “I’ve done this before. What can I add to it? I’ll be in that part of town. It’s really amazing that we have this assistant for people who, in the first place, don’t have access to a normal assistant. The other day I had to bring an appetizer and I was like, “I have this, this, and this. What can I do with it?’ And it helped me.”
She continues to joke: “I have a personal assistant and I even still need it.”
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With reporting by Cristina Garibaldi
