Sam Hunt hit the ground running before his Montevallo album was released in 2014, so the holidays have been about the only downtown he’s enjoyed. He says over the years, the holidays have really become a time to enjoy family even more.
“We get together with my Dad’s side of the family, and then for dinner, we get together with my Mom’s side and exchange gifts,” says Sam. “Of course, myself and my brothers are well-past Santa Claus age, but Santa Claus still comes [laughs] at our house when we wake up in the morning, so that’s cool. But it’s turned into more of a, and I really appreciate the time with my family, it turns into more of a social thing now and less about the gifts and the food and all that sorta stuff.”
One of his favorite gifts as a child was a horse he received one Christmas. “I remember being really excited when, I got into riding horses, and one Christmas I got a Mustang that I named Comanche – a horse – and that was a really exciting time. I rode all the time after that. Before, I had some friends, a babysitter whose kids had horses, so I’d be able to ride occasionally, but now I was able to ride whenever I wanted to.”
Sam teamed up with Musicians On Call to help deliver the healing power of music by designing an “ugly” Christmas sweater for charity. You can help support Musicians On Call today by purchasing Sam Hunt’s limited edition holiday sweater! Every purchase of this limited edition sweater will support Musicians On Call’s mission to bring live music to the bedsides of children, adult and Veteran patients in healthcare facilities across the country.
Audio / Sam Hunt talks about his Christmas traditions.
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“It’s kind of a Thanksgiving re-do with gifts. It’s the same process. We eat a lot of, some of the same foods, not the dressing or maybe the cranberry sauce, and all of the other Thanksgiving things aren’t there, but still I think we have lots of turkey and a lot of other fixin’s for Christmas. I think the dessert table is a lot bigger on Christmas. We get together in the same fashion for lunch. We get together with my Dad’s side of the family, and then for dinner, we get together with my Mom’s side and exchange gifts. Of course, myself and my brothers are well-past Santa Claus age, but Santa Claus still comes [laughs] at our house when we wake up in the morning, so that’s cool. But it’s turned into more of a, and I really appreciate the time with my family, it turns into more of a social thing now and less about the gifts and the food and all that sorta stuff.”
Audio / Sam Hunt talks about two of his favorite Christmas gifts as a kid.
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“I remember being really excited when, I got into riding horses, and one Christmas I got a Mustang that I named Comanche – a horse – and that was a really exciting time. I rode all the time after that. Before, I had some friends, a babysitter whose kids had horses, so I’d be able to ride occasionally, but now I was able to ride whenever I wanted to. I remember one year, it probably started from the horse-riding thing, but I got into wanting to be a bullrider. I was still pretty young – 8, 9, 10 years old – so one Christmas, we got a little steer calf. It had a little rope, and I’d try to ride a calf, you know? He sort of grew up with us and grew into a bull and ended up getting after my grandmother one afternoon. We had to get rid of him. He was just playing, but she wasn’t really the playful type, yeah. Those are probably the two most exciting.”
