Oliver Hudson loves a Kurt Russell Christmas.
While promoting his new holiday film, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, the actor shared how Christmas is celebrated in his family.
“Christmas is a holiday and a tradition that cannot be separated one year on, one year off,” Oliver explained to People.
He noted that Kurt, who’s been dating his mom, Goldie Hawn, since 1983, brought new Christmas traditions. “Because with his family, who now of course is my family as well, but on his side of things, it was a huge tradition and he brought that to us.”
He recalled his first Christmas with Kurt, whom he calls “pa,” saying, “Our first Christmas I ever had with him was in Colorado, and he had this little cabin that he lived in, and we were there, this is before we got the ranch, and it backed up into this hill. And we woke up in the morning and he goes, ‘Look, you guys.'”
So The Thing actor took the kids out to look for sledge marks in the snow, looked for a present that got stuck in the chimney, and more activities.
Now, he celebrates the same way with his kids Wilder Brooks, Bodhi Hawn, and Rio Laura, whom he shares with his wife, Erinn Hudson.
“Every year, it’s big. Santa shows up, someone’s dressed as Santa, and the night before Christmas is red. Bells are ringing, everyone’s running to the window and looking out into the snow, and the silhouette of him runs by and the kids are crying like, ‘Oh my God, Santa’s here. We’re not asleep. He’s going to leave.’ And we go upstairs. And this was me a hundred years ago, and then generationally it’s being passed down,” he shared.
“And so that has been passed down from generation to generation where we try to keep the kids as long as we can — 10, 11, 12 years old — if we can make them still believe,” Oliver added.
