Reese Witherspoon makes sure to not experiment when it comes to gingerbread houses.
The Legally Blonde star, 48, is promoting her recent book Busy Betty & the Perfect Christmas Present—which marks her third book in her children’s series.
In a recent chat with the press, the actress answered some fun questions surrounding Christmas with her three kids, Ava, 25, Deacon, 21, and Tennessee, 12.
Witherspoon went all in, revealing how their holiday traditions include but are not limited to ice skating, decorating, and making gingerbread houses.
The Morning Show star got candid about one guilty confession linked to gingerbread houses as she admitted how they have switched to an easier way out after an experiment to do it traditionally went wrong.
“We use a kit,” Witherspoon revealed. “Back when I was a ‘Do anything that Martha Stewart says’ woman, I tried to make my own house and it was an epic disaster. My engineering was not up to par. It just collapsed,” People Magazine quoted her.
However, Witherspoon also admitted to being fond of getting holiday presents from her kids.
“When one of my kids were little, they gave me a jar filled with very specific memories and compliments,” she said. “It’s everything from, ‘I love when you hug me after school’ to ‘I love when we sing this song in the car.’ To this day it makes me want to cry.”
Another was “five letters they wrote for me to open at different times, and I slowly opened them over a year and it was such a lovely, lovely gift,” Witherspoon added. “We’re a very sentimental family.”
