Dolly Parton refuses to work the “week of Christmas” because the holidays are a “sacred” time for her family.
The ‘9 to 5’ hitmaker, 78, likes to ensure she has all her work wrapped up so she can enjoy quality time with her big family over the festive period.
She told ‘E! News’: “I’ve never missed Christmas.
“I try to book all my things beforehand [and] say, ‘Do not book me, certainly for the week of Christmas, ’cause I need to be home with my family.’
“I’m going to visit family and friends in East Tennessee.
“And then I’ll be visiting Carl’s family some, and then we’ll just have all that food.”
The country music legend has been married to husband Carl Dean for 58 years and revealed they never buy each other “big fancy presents” for Christmas and prefer more “practical” gifts.
The ‘Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas’ author said: “Carl and I have never bought big fancy presents for each other.
“When I see things through the years that I think he would like, when I’m out, I’ll just kind of collect stuff and give them to him.”
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