Jon and Kate Gosselin Spending Christmas Together

Jon and Kate Gosselin will remember happier times this Christmas

Yep, Jon & Kate Plus 8 for the holidays!

We were a little bummed out to hear that Jon Gosselin is planning to spend Thanksgiving with Hailey Glassman and her family. It's good for kids to have their parents for the holidays, and the first big American feast that kicks off the holiday season could be a little traumatic for the Gosselin bambini.

Fortunately Jon and Kate are teaming up for Christmas -- Jon explains why.

"Christmas Eve and Christmas day are joint-shared custody days," Jon told PopEater, "which means we're both in the house. So we'll be there." Gee, don't sound so excited. But Jon reveals that they're sticking to family traditions, as the kids love to wake up early to open presents every year. He adds that for the holidays, "We do stuff outside. I have landscapers, but I still tell them to leave leaves, so we can make a big pile and jump through it ... 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. But, this year, there's a lot of paparazzi, so who knows? Every year it's different."

Apparently the famous Gosselin holiday dish is an apple crisp recipe that comes from Jon's mom. He says, "On Thanksgiving I make apple crisp, that's like my thing. They always ask for it. I juice up my mom's recipe, I add more sugar and stuff." And, by the way, Jon will be seeing the kids this Thanksgiving: "I'm going to spend Thanksgiving with my kids when I get back from Hawaii, not all day, just like half the day."

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Now this is the Jon Gosselin we'd want to see more of.Check out these pics of the Gosselin kids. Would you want to disappoint these faces at the holidays? Never.

Visit our friends at PopEater to read about Jon's new children's foundation...or, just check out how he's countersuing TLC for $5 million. When it comes to seeing a nicer Jon Gosselin, the holidays can't come fast enough.Hey, wait a second...didn't Jon say he's Jewish now?

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