Jennifer Garner is revealing her holiday plans.
The 52-year-old 13 Going on 30 actress opened up about how she will spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with her three kids — Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12, whom she shares with ex Ben Affleck.
First speaking about Thanksgiving, she explained that her kids are now at an age where they can each prepare their own dishes as part of the family’s meal.
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“I have one kid who specializes in mashed potatoes, that’s their specialty, I have one kid who is all about making an apple pie, that’s their specialty, and then I have one who goodness only knows what she will make,” she said to People.
As for her contribution, Jennifer says she makes a 10-grain bread from The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, adding: “I love this recipe. I don’t know how it got so entrenched in my family’s Thanksgiving menu, but everyone is going to be ready for me to make this 10-grain bread.”
She also said one of her kids was eager to skip ahead a month to celebrate Christmas.
“The other night I got home from work, and my son had Christmas music playing full blast through the whole house, and he was wearing an apron and he was making ginger snaps,” she said of Samuel.
“And it was just like, ‘That’s what I’m looking for. That is the energy that I want to see brought to our house right now.’”
As for other Christmas plans, she says, “We’ll definitely go see The Nutcracker, because that is a huge part of Christmas for me and for my kids — thank goodness I’ve drilled it into them — and just being together with family.”
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