Hoda Kotb’s family was fully into theChristmasspirit!
On Friday, theTodayshow co-anchor celebrated the holiday alongside fiancéJoel Schiffmanand their daughtersHope Catherine, 20 months, andHaley Joy, 3½, and wore matching Christmas pajamas.
“Merry christmas xoxo,” Kotb, 56, captioned the family selfie.
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Kotb previously opened up last week on theTodayshow about how herfamily would be spending their “intimate” Christmasamid the ongoingCOVID-19crisis.
“We’ll do a Christmas morning on Zoom,” she said. “I’m excited that we do get to sit with each other even though it’s virtually, and I just realized how fortunate we are to have that.”
“And it’ll be more special because Haley — she’s 3, so she’s like, ‘Santa’s coming?!’ She’s writing all these [letters]; she wants to know how to spell ‘Santa,’ " Kotb added. “It’s fun because Haley now sees the chimney [as], ‘Is that where he’s coming down?’ So it makes it more exciting.”
She went on to share that they would open one gift onChristmas Eve, and were focusing on “giving” rather than receiving during their “small” exchange that will involve “three presents from Santa.”
“I feel like this is a time we should be thinking more about giving,” Kotb explained. “Giving, giving, giving. And we’ve been trying to remind ourselves and our kids about that — that Christmas isn’t really about all that stuff. Itshould be more about givingand generosity and kindness.”
Traditionally, Schiffman, 62,“makes this big roast thingthat is so good” for Christmas dinner, the mother of two praised her fiancé, giving him further props for his “delicious” spaghetti and meatballs specialty.
“He spends all day in the kitchen. Thank God, because otherwise we would not be eating,” Kotb joked. “[The house] is filled with the smell of delicious cooking and Joel’s got a bottle of wine, we have Christmas music on, stuff is happening.”
The mom of two added, “It justfeels warm and cozy and happy.”
source: people.com
