Kylie Kelce knows the Christmas season is all about memories.
Speaking with PEOPLE after sharing a family holiday 2023 card with Minted, the mother of three, 31, shared some of her favorite memories from holidays past.
“Wyatt, our oldest, has had some great reactions,” she says. “She got a kitchen last year. She walked past it four times before she realized it was put together in the living room, so it was a comical moment for us to watch.”
Referring to a viral video of a child getting excited about getting a wrapped avocado for Christmas, Kylie says, “I feel like we’re at that stage in life.”
“We could wrap a banana and our girls would be like, ‘Oh banana!'” she says of daughters Bennett, 8 months, Elliotte, 2, and Wyatt, 4. “So honestly everything that happens on Christmas morning is just it’s fun to watch and see their reactions because they’re so grateful for the things they can unwrap.”
“They’re excited to play with new toys or get new pajamas. Simple things like that bring them so much joy that you can’t help but feel the joy second hand,” she says proudly.
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When it comes to Christmas plans, the Philadelphia Eagles center’s family is struggling not only with Jason Kelce’s schedule, but that of brother Travis Kelce as well. This year, each brother will play consecutive home games with his team on Christmas Day.
“We mostly try to get as many people together as possible. My parents will usually be there because they don’t live far. Jason’s dad will usually come because he’s right around the corner as long as he’s not in Kansas City,” Kylie says. “But Jason’s parents usually try to split the holidays to make sure one parent is with one brother and one parent is with the other.”
“Every now and then we get lucky and get everything at the same time. Soccer sometimes throws a wrench in things,” she admits, noting that they had to celebrate holidays before and after their actual dates.
“If Christmas falls in the middle of the week on a Wednesday or Thursday, Jason might have to go to work later, so we might not be able to have dinner that day. It’s a lot of planning, but we’re super flexible about it. So we’ve had a few Christmases that weren’t really at Christmas and the same with Thanksgiving.”
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Jason and Kylie Kelce with their three daughters.
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While that has its challenges now, Kylie predicts it could be more difficult as their girls get older.
“Wyatt is 4 years old now and she, I think, has a little more understanding of what’s going on. Ultimately, we’d like to have Christmas on Christmas and Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving, but if it doesn’t work out, I think there will come a point where her contextual clues to let you know that it’s not happening on the day it’s supposed to happen,” he laughs.
“But for the most part, at the moment, we’re still skating, we’re perfectly fine with pulling the wool over their eyes and pretending the holiday is a different day if we have to.”
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