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My Favorite Christmas Traditions

Christmas!

Erin Andrews

Dec 24, 2021
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Merry Christmas! I hope that you’re staying safe and that you’re taking the time to spend the holiday with your family, friends, and loved ones.

Christmas is unfortunately going to be a little bit different for me this year as I continue to work FOX's new Christmas Day game, but I’m excited to spend the day with my work family as we try and make the day special for us and everyone who’s watching.

I usually spend most Christmases with my family. As much as I worry for them, they are still so adamant about putting up Christmas lights. I don’t love having my dad up that high still, but they always look so good and it makes me happy that the lights bring my family so much joy. My mom is a retired art teacher and is so creative! She’s so fabulous at decorating the entire house and makes an insane bow for the top of the tree every year. I’ve tried doing it for my tree at home, but it never comes close!

This may have been just a Florida thing, but growing up, one of my favorite Christmas Eve traditions was when we would fill paper bags with sand and a candle and light up our entire sidewalk. We would walk around the entire neighborhood to look at the lights together, it looked so magical! My mom also usually buys us something matching we can all wear together. One year it was giant Christmas light necklaces, one year it was giant antlers. We love to walk around wearing them together—like yeah, we’re that family! Haha!

Christmas Day my parents always go above and beyond—even now that I’m still in my 40s! One of our favorite traditions is filling our Christmas stockings. We always try to fill ours with silly things that we find at CVS. I got my dad Pepto Bismol for his stomach, I’m sure there are going to be hand sanitizers and face masks in each of ours this year. The rest of the day is usually pretty lazy for us—we really like to spread out gift opening to an all-day affair. Sometimes we’ll take a break to eat brunch or watch a movie and forget that we still have gifts to open—haha! But maybe that’s just us!

My parents have this super cute present tradition where they say their gifts are from different famous couples. For example, my mom will title her gift “To Fred, From Wilma.” For me they like to get a little more creative, one of my gifts once said “To Erin, from Big Papi or Derek Jeter,” haha! It’s usually people that I’ve interviewed which is super sweet.

My family and I LOVE National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story and try to watch them every year. The Christmas season is also always soundtracked by Perry Como’s Christmas album—my mom’s favorite—and sometimes my sister and I’s drunken Celine Dion sing-along. She’s just so good, we can’t help ourselves!

Last year was the first Christmas that I had to miss because of COVID which was really sad, but we made the most of it. This year I’m thankful to be celebrating together on Christmas Eve before I have to leave for work and then I’ll thankfully be able to spend the 26th and 27th celebrating our favorite traditions for the first time in a while.

What are some of your favorite Christmas traditions? Do you have any favorite Christmas movies you watch every year? Let me know in the comments, I would love to hear them!

Happy Holidays and stay safe and healthy,

Erin

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  • Nick Greenwalt
    Merry Christmas Most years we go to Christmas Eve services, then open gifts Christmas
    Morning. My wife and I are childless as we met in our 40s. I love George C Scott’s Christmas Carol. My wife loves the Hallmark Christmas movies So we take turns. Merry Christmas Erin.
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  • George J. Delfino
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family !! I will definitely see you on Christmas Day. I never miss any NFL games and I really enjoy when you are on ! You have always been the most enjoyable and knowledgeable person on the sidelines. …
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  • Ralph Bridges
    It's a Wonderful Life is my all time favorite Christmas movie. Merry Christmas from Norman, Oklahoma; be safe and enjoy your Christmas Day.
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  • Brent Shorter
    Hi thanks for sharing...my holiday plans did not occur...i literally am alone in this ridiculous fight which i did not start or cause...i was drugged in my home and in tge ambulance and at the hospitalxand it is under fbi investigstion as it was foul p…
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  • Ron Apking
    Hope you have a Merry Christmas anyway doing what you love.
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  • Russell Manuela
    Aloha erin always been a fan of you not just your beauty but your attitude and gratitude is priceless. Your just a ordinary person jus like all of us . Much Aloha and success to you I will always be a fav for sure
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  • Doug Ferguson
    Merry Christmas to you and your family!
    Your story about bags of sand with candles on the driveway brought back memories of my youth when my whole neighborhood would line the streets with them and it was so beautiful!
    Happy new year Erin
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  • Benjamin R Ewert
    I have heard of luminarias before. Many churches use them on Christmas Eve, as well as many a relay for life.
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  • Violet OMalley
    Merry Christmas! I enjoyed reading your traditions & glad u can be with your family by the 26th! How fun to dress alike & tour the neighnorhood decor! We attend Mass, whatever time is best! Our daughter & family came over this evening for Christmas Eve…
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  • Donald Ellis Whitmire
    Merry Christmas to you and your family. Our family got together in the Raleigh, NC area and had s great Christmas celebration.
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