What Holidays Are Like For The Kennedy Family, According To Maria Shriver

A few weeks after the event in 2019, Ancestry published an article written by Maria Shriver titled, “Advice from Maria Shriver for Making Your Holidays More Meaningful.” She expressed the importance of bonding with your family during the holiday season and said, “[Ancestry and I] share this belief that a deeper understanding of yourself, your heritage and your history helps create deeper connections across generations and uncover shared experiences that bind us together.” Shriver then outlined ways to make family gatherings better, for example, by passing down “family mementos” instead of exchanging traditional gifts.

Holiday traditions and fostering good conversations are important to Shriver. On her website, she shared a Christmas season tradition that she and her family liked to stick with, which includes discussing a Biblical passage and giving each member of the family a chance to share how they feel. Although Shriver and her ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger divorced after 25 years of marriage, she hasn’t let that stop her from enjoying any holidays with her family.