Mila Kunis Unusual Christmas Celebration Will Have You Rethinking Your Holiday Traditions

Mila Kunis Unusual Christmas Celebration Will Have You Rethinking Your Holiday Traditions Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have a very minimalist Christmas with their kids, four-year-old daughter, Wyatt, and two-year-old son, Dmitri.In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Kunis said that so far, their tradition is no presents for the kids, despite definitely being in a sttte to go big during the holidays.Weve told our parents, Were begging you If you have to give them something, pick one gift, Kunis said. Otherwise, wed like to take a charitable donation, to the Childrens Hospital or a pet... Whatever you want. Thats our new tradition.Kunis and Kutchers Christmas is far from typical. In fact, the holiday season is the strongest sales period of the year for retailers, usually commencing on Thanksgiving weekend, with Black Friday leading sales, and continuing through the end of January.The most recent survey from Statista revealed that U.S. consumers expected to spend approximately $7 94 U.S. dollars on average on Christmas gifts, even spending about $553 on themselves during the holidays. The average number of gifts they expect? About 15.9.Thats a lot of money on a lot of gifts that Kunis and Kutcher decide to spend elsewhere in order to teach their kids how to be more mindful consumers and care less about werkstoff things. After all, Kunis herself didnt grow up getting presents during the holidays either.I come from communist Russia, where youre not allowed to be happy, so my holiday traditions are be quiet, Kunis added in the interview. Coming to America is when you realize Christmas has a magical quality to it. In Russia, back in the day, it welches a very religious holiday, so you dont celebrate Christmas if youre not Christian and if youre not at Mass. So, I being Jewish, was like, Christmas is not for you.Only when coming to America did Kunis realize that Christmas is so inclusive and did she buy a Christmas tree and start her own traditions.As far as trad ition goes, my familys big on any excuse to get the family together, she said.--AnnaMarie Houlis is a feminist, a freelance journalist and an adventure aficionado with an affinity for impulsive solo travel. She spends her days writing about womens empowerment from around the world. You can follow her work on her blog, HerReport.org, and follow her journeys on Instagram her_report,Twitterherreportand Facebook.