As December 25 nears, the Gosselins have begun making their plans. But one surprise that we didn't quite expect is that the Jon and Kate Plus 8 parents will be spending the day together. That's right, Jon Gosselin promised his kids that he'll be home for Christmas - with their mother.
The 32-year-old dad of eight told Popeater that the divorce will not hinder him from having the holidays the kids got used to in the past. Well here's a surprising miracle.
"Christmas Eve and Christmas day are joint-shared custody days, which means we're both in the house," Jon Gosselin explained to the publication. "So we'll be there."
He's also looking forward to partaking in the usual Gosselin traditions during the holidays, which mostly involve apples. Surely the kids will be excited about that too.
"They do like apple picking and make cider, all the Pennsylvania stuff that we've been doing for years anyway. We still keep those traditions. We have an organic apple orchard that we go to," Jon said.
"We do stuff like that at Christmas, hanging the stockings. They do the stockings early Christmas morning. Kate makes sticky buns. We keep it all the same. Nothing has changed. That way they have the sense of security with everything that's going on."
Jon Gosselin's holiday spirit really is looking up, despite the problems he has to face regarding TLC. A couple of months ago, the
Jon and Kate Plus 8 dad already launched the Jon Gosselin Children's Foundation. Once again, another miracle.
"I started the Jon Gosselin Children's foundation in the name of my father," the reality TV star exclaimed. "It's something that my brother and I wanted to do, but we never had the finances to do so."
He also recounted the story of his own dad, a dedicated dentist who he has always admired. "That was amazing to me and my brothers and I always thought, "That's amazing what Dad did." All the time he spent with us and all the dedication he spent with us and he still had time to help other people," Jon went on.
"And that's what I want to do. I'm not a doctor obviously and the only way we could do this was start a foundation to allocate funds to children and a few parents that need help with medical bills. We're trying to get corporate sponsorships and hopefully everything will work out and we can continue the legacy of my father."
Jon Gosselin seems to be taking more and more steps in the hopes of becoming a great dad to his kids. Hopefully, he will succeed in that for the sake of those children.
-Maria Gonzalez, BuddyTV Staff ColumnistSource:
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