Freddie Prinze Jr. has the perfect Christmas when there’s nothing for him beneath the tree.
“I don’t ever need something,” Prinze Jr., 47, completely instructed Us Weekly earlier this month whereas selling his partnership with Libby’s Greens. “I just like the issues that [my kids] make me, however I speak to Sarah [Michelle Gellar] yearly and I say, ‘Don’t give me something,’ and she or he’ll simply give me a little bit one thing that she is aware of that I like, nevertheless it’s at all times a little bit factor. I’ve the stuff I would like.”
Prinze Jr. recalled a dialog he had with Gellar, 46, about his disdain for receiving vacation presents.
“I bear in mind telling her one yr, I’m going, ‘If I would like one thing, I’ll purchase it,’” he instructed Us. “And he or she goes, ‘Oh, there’s the Christmas spirit.’ I used to be like, ‘Nicely, no, I simply imply I don’t need you to waste your cash on me.’ And he or she goes, “Then say that! What you stated was horrible, it gave the impression of Scrooge.’”
The actor admitted he in the end apologized to his spouse for his lack of Christmas spirit. Whereas Prinze Jr. doesn’t like receiving presents for himself, he does take pleasure in spending high quality time with Gellar and their youngsters. The couple, who’ve been married since 2002, share daughter Charlotte, 14, and son Rocky, 11.
“We’ve been sensible and the previous couple of years we’ve gone on trip for Christmas, so when Christmas morning [comes], we’re not there, so there shall be no mess to select up,” Prinze Jr. instructed Us. “We’ll be someplace that the youngsters love, that we love. It’s heat and a spot the place my daughter and I can log on and issues like that.”
Whereas the Gellar-Prinze Jr. household spends Christmas someplace heat and sunny, the mother and father ensure that they nonetheless do a “smaller” vacation celebration the place the youngsters can open their presents earlier than they depart.
“There’s a trash bag within the nook and there’s wrapping paper all over the place, and the youngsters assist for the primary 5 minutes,” Prinze Jr. teased. “After which they take off with their toys and the mother and father do the remaining.”
Regardless of Prinze Jr. not being tremendous obsessed with Christmas, he does have a comfortable spot for Thanksgiving. Forward of the vacation, he shared that he plans on whipping up a turkey and all the usual sides that accompany the standard meal. Along with cooking for his household, Prinze Jr. teamed up with Libby Greens to share his particular recipes for its “Thanks & Giving” program.
“They got here to me and requested me for some recipes that may be simple facet dishes, one thing tremendous easy, wholesome issues like that, and cost-effective with canned greens as a result of not everybody can go to the farmer’s market, particularly when winter comes,” he shared. “That they had this partnership with Meals on Wheels of America, and so they stated each single one who shares, ‘likes,’ feedback and makes use of the hashtag ‘Libby’s Offers Thanks’ in your Instagram web page or on theirs … they’ll donate one coupon, which is redeemable for one can of meals, as much as 500,000 cans or coupons.”
The marketing campaign will proceed by means of the tip of December.
“If I may be part of them [giving out] 500,000 cans of meals, then that may be superior,” Prinze Jr. gushed. “I don’t know the right way to dance a jig, however I’ll dance one [if the goal is reached].”