Donna Kelce shall be in Philadelphia on Christmas this yr to enhance son Jason Kelce.
“I will be in Philadelphia for Christmas, spending time with my grandkids as we cheer on their dad,” Donna, 71, advised Other people on Thursday, December 21, regarding Jason, 36, and the Philadelphia Eagles taking at the New York Giants on December 25. (Jason and spouse Kylie Kelce proportion 3 kids, Wyatt, 4, Elliotte, 2, and Bennett, 10 months.)
The NFL mother recalled spending vacations “supporting the kids in various sporting events” right through their formative years and “enjoying the Christmas break with other families.”
“But I remember the joy in their eyes as they woke up early on Christmas Day to come downstairs to screams, laughter and a flurry of ripped wrapping paper,” she advised the hole.
As for Donna’s youngest son, Kansas Town Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, he's set to play in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders in Kansas Town on December 25. Donna may not be in attendance, however she nonetheless plans to shuttle to Kansas Town to look at his closing recreation of the yr “with family, friends and Chiefs fans.”
Whilst Donna may not be spending Christmas with either one of her boys this yr, she famous that she understands “it’s part of the job” to have vacation video games. “I embrace the holiday games and enjoy the special days with our football family,” she added.
As an alternative of celebrating on December twenty fifth, Donna shared that she and the circle of relatives “will enjoy Christmas as a family on another day,” noting, “Santa somehow has always been able to find families who work on Christmas Day on an alternate date.”
Final month, Donna unfolded completely to Us Weekly about how the vacations could be a “rough” time of yr for plenty of, particularly “when your kids are in sports.”
“You’re not home a lot during the holidays,” she defined. “We would travel a lot. We would be in Florida, St. Augustine, visiting relatives, Disney [World], Marco Island and Fort Myers. [Jason and Travis’] grandparents [and] uncles were in Florida, so we constantly went to Florida for the holidays.”
Whilst Donna and her circle of relatives won't have a standard Christmas enjoy now, she shared with Us that they'd incessantly spend the vacations taking part in board video games and puzzles.
“During Christmas, years ago, we used to [play] Mario Bros. video games,” she shared. “We would say, ‘OK, it’s your turn. You see how far you can get,’ and then we’d do a tag team.”
In terms of their vacation meals traditions, Donna were given candid about her cooking skills — and the only dish she has perfected.
“I bake cinnamon rolls,” she shared. “They’re always my favorite, my go-to. I can only do it a couple times a year, so sugary. So, we’ve got rolls, we have muffins, cookies, things like that, and I usually do that in the season.”
Cinnamon buns are apparently a Kelce circle of relatives favourite, with Travis’ female friend, Taylor Swift, additionally making him a batch.
“[Travis] comes home. I was at his house, like, three hours before the game, we’re having pregame meal,” former quarterback Bernie Kosar recalled previous this week. “And Taylor is so nice, she comes in by herself. She’s so cool, she made her homemade cinnamon rolls for Travis for a pregame meal.”