<p>Actress <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/12/09/drew-barrymore-why-i-dont-buy-my-daughters-christmas-presents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore</a> said in a recent interview that she doesn&#8217;t buy Christmas presents for her two daughters with ex-husband Will Kopelman, Frankie (8) and Olive (10) — and she doesn&#8217;t intend to change that.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-shuns-plastic-surgery-says-i-dont-want-to-fight-nature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barrymore</a> told Entertainment Tonight&#8217;s Nischelle Turner, during an <a href="https://www.etonline.com/drew-barrymore-explains-why-she-doesnt-give-her-daughters-christmas-presents-exclusive-195704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that was published Thursday, that she preferred to give her children new experiences and memories that they can keep for a lifetime rather than a toy they might lose interest in within a few days or weeks.</p>
<p>&#8220;I always take them on a trip every Christmas. I don&#8217;t get them presents, which I think at their ages they don&#8217;t love, but I say, &#8216;I think we&#8217;ll remember the place and the photos and the experience and that&#8217;s what I want to give you,'&#8221; the 47-year-old actress explained.</p>
<p>The &#8220;50 First Dates&#8221; alum went on to say that it wasn&#8217;t really about not ever buying things for the kids — but rather about making the Christmas holiday about the memories that they could share as a family.</p>
<p>&#8220;They get plenty of things throughout the year, so I&#8217;m not like some weird, strict, cold mom who&#8217;s like, &#8216;You don’t get any gifts!'&#8221; she said. &#8220;I just feel like a better gift would be a life memory. I&#8217;d rather invest [in that than in] a doll house or something. It all evens out and it&#8217;s fine.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/yeah-so-drew-barrymore-says-shell-go-years-without-sex-no-problem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barrymore</a> admitted that she did break down and just buy presents one year — when pretty much everything was locked down and travel was impossible because of the COVID pandemic — and she said the results were less than stellar.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m fine to skip this. This sucks,&#8221; she observed of the gift-centric experience, adding that another perk to giving experiences rather than physical presents was that it eliminated virtually all of the complaining about kids &#8220;not liking what they get.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another benefit, the &#8220;E.T.&#8221; actress said, was having a Christmas experience that brought the family together but still changed a bit every year — and not feeling as though she had to do the same things every year simply because they were &#8220;tradition.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;[I try] to remember that one holiday won&#8217;t be probably the same as one 10 years from now, that your life can dramatically change, and new people and new traditions can come into it. I like looking at the holidays through a comedic, realistic lens of, we&#8217;re gonna have a lot of different holiday stories,&#8221; she added. &#8220;What one do you want to keep going and build as a tradition? Rather than, &#8216;This is my tradition and I&#8217;m stuck in it.'&#8221;</p>

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