Sam Hunt and his wife Hannah will be heading down to Georgia to spend an extended amount of time with his family over the Christmas holidays. Since the couple spent Thanksgiving with her side of the family, they’re planning on quarantining with his family this year.
“This year for Christmas, my wife and I are gonna head down to Georgia to spend some time with my parents and brothers,” says Sam. “We got to spend Thanksgiving with some of Hannah’s family, but I haven’t really seen my parents and brothers in a little while so we’re gonna go down (and) I’m gonna try to take a little more time than I have these past couple of years over the break and try to make the most out of this last month of 2020. But I’m really looking forward to spending some time with my mom and dad, and this year I’ve tried to avoid going home as much as I would have in the past. So, I’m gonna quarantine with them for a couple weeks for Christmas and try to appreciate that time together and look forward to 2021.”
Growing up, he and his family would get together with both sides of his family to eat and exchange gifts. Now, he says it’s less about the gifts and food and more about spending time as a family. “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,” he recalls. “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.”
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Audio / Sam Hunt talks about his and his wife's plans for Christmas this year (2020).
DownloadSam Hunt (Christmas 2020) OC: …to 2021. :52
“This year for Christmas, my wife and I are gonna head down to Georgia to spend some time with my parents and brothers. We got to spend Thanksgiving with some of Hannah’s family, but I haven’t really seen my parents and brothers in a little while so we’re gonna go down (and) I’m gonna try to take a little more time than I have these past couple of years over the break and try to make the most out of this last month of 2020. But I’m really looking forward to spending some time with my mom and dad, and this year I’ve tried to avoid going home as much as I would have in the past. So, I’m gonna quarantine with them for a couple weeks for Christmas and try to appreciate that time together and look forward to 2021.”
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.”
Audio / SAM HUNT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HIS USUAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS LOOKED LIKE BEFORE GETTING MARRIED.
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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.”
