{"id":284891,"date":"2019-12-11T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1101717"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:37:35","slug":"brie-and-nikki-bellas-family-holiday-tradition-will-make-your-day-merry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/brie-and-nikki-bellas-family-holiday-tradition-will-make-your-day-merry\/","title":{"rendered":"Brie and Nikki Bella&#8217;s Family Holiday Tradition Will Make Your Day Merry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.162695152013\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201984\/rs_634x1024-190904115955-634-Nikki-Bella-Brie-Bella-NYFW-LT-090419-SPL5112957_016.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, New York Fashion Week\" alt=\"Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, New York Fashion Week\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Richard Buxo \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"30.085930918281\">\n<p>With the holidays comes a heartwarming tradition for&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/brie_bella\">Brie Bella<\/a><\/strong> and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nikki_bella\">Nikki Bella<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Christmas quickly approaches, the famous sisters are gearing up for a special family tradition this weekend known as the &#8220;Drummer Boy dinner.&#8221; As the siblings shared in a newly posted episode of their <em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bellas-podcast\/id1451565442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bellas Podcast<\/a><\/em>, the gathering is now in memory of their late grandfather, who started the custom when his grandchildren were babies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My grandfather wanted to create this tradition and do a dinner that honored the grandkids, that we got to sit at the nice dining room table and use the china while the parents had to sit&#8230;at the kid&#8217;s table,&#8221; Nikki explained, noting he hadn&#8217;t allowed the parents to be there for awhile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before eating dinner, Nikki recalled, they stand in a line from youngest to oldest and march around the house honoring their grandmother&#8217;s nativity sets to the sound of <strong>Bing Crosby<\/strong>&#8216;s&nbsp;&#8220;Little Drummer Boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though their grandfather died more than 10 years ago, the sisters and their loved ones have continued the tradition, which has grown to include spouses and great-grandchildren. And, though the family has expanded, they still line up by age and perform the routine. Aw!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.884146341463\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11.780487804878\">\n<p>Nikki noted friends and significant others weren&#8217;t allowed to come to the dinner, including her famous ex&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/john_cena\">John Cena<\/a><\/strong>, unless they were engaged. However, Cena eventually became the first allowed to attend as a boyfriend. Brie remembered one Drummer Boy dinner when he stood up and shared some sweet words about Nikki while he&nbsp;kept putting his hand in his pocket, which made the cousins think he was about to propose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That happened a lot over the six years,&#8221; Nikki said of the false alarm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33.60349127182\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.6009975062344\">\n<p>While the guest list has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/956197\/nikki-bella-and-john-cena-break-up-again-two-months-after-reconciling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had some changes<\/a> over the years, the tradition continues to encompass the holiday spirit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like the tradition of it has kept family together, it makes us all look forward to something,&#8221; Brie said. &#8220;For us to now bring our kids and see our kids get in line just shows that my grandfather&#8217;s spirit will always live on and it&#8217;s kind of the feeling of the holiday spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><i>Total Bellas<\/i> returns 2020, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1101717\/brie-and-nikki-bella-s-family-holiday-tradition-will-make-your-day-merry?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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