Alan Jackson Continues Family Christmas Traditions

Alan Jackson loves the holidays and relishes the time he gets to spend making memories with his loved ones in what he notes is a "pretty standard, lovely Christmas."

"Christmas is pretty traditional. We don't let anybody open any presents until Christmas morning, after Santa Claus comes. We don't let them get up on their own and take off. Everybody has to wait and kind of get situated and maybe have a cup of coffee," the married father of three daughters explains, "then we start all of the regular Christmas morning activities: opening presents, taking pictures and video. I try to keep Christmas music going in the background. I like to turn that on before I let them come down to the tree and everything."

Jackson also makes sure his family focuses on more than just the gifts.

"[I] always try to remember Jesus' birthday ... and have a wonderful, big meal, almost like Thanksgiving four weeks later," he notes. "We have the same ... turkey, dressing, all the same kind of things. Sometimes we have family members in Tennessee and sometimes just us or friends. We always go home to Georgia prior to that."

The country music legend re-released his 2002 'Let It Be Christmas' album earlier this year, to celebrate his 25th anniversary in music. He also performed at this year's CMA Country Christmas.