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13 Celebrity Families We'd Like to Spend the Holidays With

As we get ready to pack up and travel to our respective dinner tables this Thanksgiving Thursday, we couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to spend the holidays with some of our favorite celebrity families. From Diddy's fashionable brood to Will and Jada's unconventional clan, here's who we'd like to break bread with.
By Sylvia Obell · Updated October 27, 2020
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Diddy and Family

Diddy’s always joking about how many mouths he has to feed (six children!), so what’s one more? We’d get to bring out our inner child by watching Charlie Brown holiday specials and drinking tons of juice — spiked with their father’s very own Ciroc Vodka, of course.

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The Smith’s

The Smith’s may be the coolest celebrity family around. We could do our favorite Fresh Prince of Bel Air impersonations with Will and Jaden, whip our hair back and forth with Willow, and play rock band with Jada. We also love how well the family keeps Will’s son Trey in the mix.

13 Celebrity Families We’d Like to Spend the Holidays With
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The Carters

We can only imagine the opulence in which the royal family of music spends their holidays. We’d love to indulge in dinner on a yacht off of the Mediterranean Sea or in one of Jay and Bey’s penthouse apartments in NYC while basking in Solange’s fashionable presence. Who knows Kanye may even stop by and grace us with an exclusive rant over dessert.

13 Celebrity Families We’d Like to Spend the Holidays With
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Tia and Tamera!

When we’re in need of a wholesome, giggle-filled, family dinner, the Mowry twins come to mind. Tia and Tamara’s sons Cree and Aden will bring tons of cute moments. Plus if you’re a vegan, Tia will have you covered.

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The Atkins-Campbells
If we’ve learned anything from Mary Mary sisters Erica and Tina’s reality show is that there is never a dull moment when the Atkins girls (all nine of them!) get together. We’d love to be in the presence of strong personalities and strong prayer.
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The Browns

Few things make you more thankful for family than a new addition. That’s exactly what the Brown family will have to celebrate this Thanksgiving. We can only imagine how precious it is to watch big brother Romelo and Rocko dote over their new baby sister. Hopefully Monica’s cousin and children’s godfather Ludacris will stop by too.

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The Ross’

We just cannot imagine the legendary Diana Ross spending the day in the kitchen over a hot stove this holiday season. No darlings, this LA family will probably head to one of the city’s chicest restaurants for their family meal. Either way we can’t wait to trade natural hair secrets with Tracee and see how the family gets along with baby brother Evan’s girlfriend Ashlee Simpson. 

13 Celebrity Families We’d Like to Spend the Holidays With
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The James’

We’re sure Savannah is getting ready to prepare a feast fit for a king for her new hubby and their boys this Thanksgiving. In a perfect world Dwayne and his brood would join them and we could hang out with our BFF in our head (Gabby!)

13 Celebrity Families We’d Like to Spend the Holidays With
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The Simmons-Wayans

We fell in love with the Simmons’ during their MTV reality series Run’s House and and the Wayans’ are easily the funniest celebrity family around. So what will happen now that Vanessa Simmons and Mike Wayans are expecting a child together? The ultimate Thanksgiving dinner! The jokes, the advice, the fashion—yes Kimora Lee Simmons would be there—make it a holiday special waiting to happen.

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The Nash-Tuckers

All we’d need to bring to Niecy Nash, her hubby Jay Tucker and their blended family’s holiday table is an open mind and lots of room for laughter.

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T.I. and Tiny

We love that T.I. and Tiny let us into their home on their VH1 reality show. The blended family knows how to have fun with each other and you never know what will come out of their kid’s mouths.  Our one request is that we get to sit next to Major.

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