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Kate Gosselin of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8′ Shares Her Favorite Christmas Traditions

posted by dross | 10:21am Tuesday December 9, 2008

multipleblessings.jpgThought you had it tough raising your kids? Try raising 8! On the hit TLC TV show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” we see married couple Jon and Kate Gosselin go through the daily struggles–and, of course, the daily joys–of raising their adorable children: 8-year-old twins Cara and Mady, and 4-year-old sextuplets Leah, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, Collin, and Joel.
In their new book, “Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets,” Kate Gosselin talks about the infertility treatments she underwent in order to become pregnant and the how the couple’s strong Christian faith has helped them make it through tough times.
I recently had the chance to interview Kate and she told me a bit about her favorite family Christmas traditions.

“I love Christmas. I started probably the year the little kids were born. I wanted to make Christmas as special as I could on a low budget for Mady and Cara.
“I started making sticky buns from scratch on Christmas morning and hot chocolate. That’s our standard breakfast that started that year. We have a little routine where we open our stockings and we eat our breakfast. It’s just all about routine on Christmas, and the memories, and just having fun.
“Anything goes on Christmas. If you wanna eat pie for lunch, you can do it. The day of Christmas is [when we have] our main traditions. Last year we started Christmas caroling and baking cookies and taking those cookies that night as we Christmas carol. We’ll do that again this year.”

Stay tuned for the full-length interview with Kate Gosselin, coming soon.
Jon and Kate Plus 8 at LocateTV.com



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Fallon

posted December 9, 2008 at 1:35 pm


Kate and Jon Gosselin are the single best example of opportunistic hypocrites, and the religious community (of which I am a proud member, but not in this case) eats it right up.
Please do your homework before believing the junk this woman spews to look good for PR reasons.



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Jamie

posted December 9, 2008 at 6:48 pm


The person commenting above is just one of the few jealous person (versus the millions who are fans) who can’t stand that some lucky family is enjoying all the perks of having a successful tv show. They mask their jealousy by inventing all this crap about child exploitaition or some other crap. This is obviously just another load of crap because this same people doesn’t seem to be concern about other family shows on TLC like the Duggars or that one where they have two sets of twins and sextuplets who happen to have more m little kids on camera than this one.
They will call this family any kind of filthy names because they are dying with envy. But one thing that bafles me is why this jealous people kept on watching the show. Seriously, if you don’t like something would a normal person do something they hate doing?… like watching this show… just pathetic really.



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Elle Kay

posted December 10, 2008 at 11:49 am


Never judge unless you’ve been there. I think they’re a wonderful family and they’re doing what’s best for them.



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Kathy

posted December 10, 2008 at 11:49 am


I agree with you Jamie, were we not told to love our neighbor,jeouosly is not a good trait and so on and so on. I commend them for living their life “real” the “fights” between Jon and Kate, To me their a real couple w/ a real family who happened to accept their good fortune, if you don’t like them dont watch them. Watch another channel w/ all the violence,sex ect.



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CanadianFreeSpirit

posted December 10, 2008 at 2:11 pm


I get so fed up with the anti-Gosselin crusade. no one is perfect, and I think that the Gosselin family is getting a lot of dirt thrown at them by people who seem to have forgotten that basic fact.
I watch the show faithfully, and of course I can identify things that could be different, but honestly, all of us can do that to our own lives anyway.
the bottom line to me is that the Gosselins are a family who really try to show each other love and caring. and if they get some free “perks” on the way-more power to them. my parents couldn’t afford to do any of those things with us, and I think we missed out on an awful lot.



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judi

posted December 10, 2008 at 7:18 pm


This family may seem like they are having a hard time, but so is everyone that has kids in this day and age. My kids are grown but we still help them and we live on a limitede income and we can’t afford a brand new house when we want one. They should be happy they have a nice home when so many are homeless.



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Your Name

posted December 10, 2008 at 7:20 pm


My wife and I love this show and we watch it faithfully. I think our interest is because we have a big family. In the early years of our marriage my favorite show was ‘Eight Is Enough’. We raised 7 kids, 2 boys and five girls. They had different fathers but my wife is their mother. They have grown up with kids of their own and we have grand kids and great grandkids. I can relate somewhat to Jon & Kate, but not totally because the seven were all different ages and not multiples like their eight kids are. I think they do a wonderful job of raising their kids and I am also glad that they are not shy of expressing the spiritual values without preaching. You know what they believe, and I admire them for their stand.



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Baby Mama

posted December 11, 2008 at 8:17 pm


This is a great fan blog for those who are tired of reading negativity and would like to enjoy talking about the family!



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jan hendry

posted December 15, 2008 at 12:02 pm


i am enthralled with the kids, except maddie. i think a good psycologist could help her deal with her issues. i do wish kate would be a little nicer to jon, makes him look like a wimp!



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Sedrick

posted December 15, 2008 at 2:56 pm


As a husband I feel Kate needs to learn to respect her husband more. You need to lighten up, and try not to control everything. You are not setting a good example for your children for when they grow up into adults. Now I’m not saying you are a bad parent. But just RELAX!! Let your children get messy, without flipping out, do not set so many rules, just have FUN. The public will start to like you, if you just change your image outlook.



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Kate

posted December 17, 2008 at 8:42 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q370dVhn2bc COPY AND PASTE THIS WEB ADDRESS IT IS SO TURE!!!



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CASEY <3

posted December 19, 2008 at 10:31 pm


jon and kate plus 8 is my favortie show on the TV! the kids are so cute and funny and i set reminders on my TV every time it will be on. a lot of the kids remind me of my 4 brothers and myself.



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Your Name

posted January 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm


Are you kidding me????
Is one of Kate’s favorite traditions selling a treasured Christmas ornament from your children’s grandfather becuase glitter makes a mess??



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momof 3qts

posted January 22, 2009 at 8:22 am


~~sigh~~well, I logged on to find a recipe for sticky buns, remembering Kate had made them on last years Holiday Episode. What I found instead was horrible things…hate…bashing… Why? Why does everyone think that they have the right to be saying all the mean, judging things about them? What makes me laugh is that this show is just that, a TV SHOW! This gets edited, and if you think it doesn’t you are wrong. We see exactly what the network means for us to. If all of the energy that was put into the negative blogging was put into awareness about important issues, such as say, the cure for cancer, hungry people, or Vets that are homeless, or abortion, we would have so many people, and energy to helping solve these horrible issues! I feel sad for the people that have so much hate in them. Jon and Kate bashing should stop. This show is one of the few that I can sit down with my family and watch, without it being too racy! I have read so many posts here or there, now I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING! If you don’t like the show, IT’S SIMPLE, QUIT WATCHING IT. GEEZ!!!



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recipehunter

posted January 28, 2009 at 11:19 am


momof 3qts! Did you find the sticky bun recipe? I was also salivating for her Baked Ham and the Sticky Bun! :)



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tristy

posted February 2, 2009 at 7:46 pm


Thank you for your comment momof3qts alot of these people on these pages are so wierd i just dont understand why people are bashing this family so bad it is really wierd to me hey i have a problem solver dont watch the show and get a life freaks



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Your Name

posted April 2, 2009 at 4:03 pm


I love this family, I pray that they will come back after a good rest if they want or maybe make a special once a year. The children are so cute and really great kids. They have really special Dad and Mom.
My prays are with them as they go along. Hope to see them again if it’s what they want.
Have a great time in the new home, run and play,sing @ swing, enjoy your new puppies.
Don’t let people upset you, they just don’t have enough to keep them busy.
Jon and Kate marriage is a full time job and I know you two can make that fifty year mark. All ten of you are glued togather with Love and faith. God Bless you all. Grandmother Jackie.



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Not a Mom

posted April 22, 2009 at 11:35 pm


I really like Jon and Kate Plus 8, and I think they are great parents and good for them. I’m not a parent, not married, but I do love this show. People need to get a life instead of bashing the Gosselins.



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Debra

posted June 20, 2009 at 12:30 am


I love Jon & Kate PLUS 8. My husband and I went through infertility treatments until we could no longer afford them. We then decided to adopt a child from Guatemala. Our first born was a son. There’s no difference to us because he’s our son and God knows how very much we love him. Four years later we adopted another child from Guatemala and this time it was a girl. God also knows that how she got here makes no difference, she also is loved to death.
I would like to say to Jon & Kate, Step back and have a little Jon & Kate time. Think about the things that you have always loved about each other. The things that attracted you to each other in the first place. Find that feeling of love again. I still see it in your eyes and in the eyes of your children. Love each other, love the children and have faith in God for the rest.



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Angela

posted September 23, 2009 at 12:07 pm


I would love to get kate’s recipe for sticky buns.



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