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Julia Roberts' Holiday Plans: "I Cook for Days and Days"

Oscar winner looking forward to eating and getting "cozy" on Christmas

By Marc Malkin Nov 16, 2015 1:00 PMTags
Watch: Julia Roberts Shares Her Holiday Traditions

Merry Christmas, Julia Roberts!

The Oscar winner says she and her family's holiday time is quite traditional.

"Just eat and be cozy," she told me at the premiere of her new thriller Secret in Their Eyes (in theaters Nov. 20). "It's such a great [time]. It's cold outside, have a fire."

And spend plenty of time in the kitchen. "I just cook what anybody wants to eat," Roberts said. "Cook for days and days. I love it."

She really does. "To feed people," Roberts said, "is one of the joys of my life."

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Roberts also recently told me about juggling home life with her hubby Danny Moder and their three kids, 11-year-old twins Hazel and Finn and son Henry, 8.

"Listen, come over to my house—that's directing," she told me when I asked if she's had any second thoughts on directing one day. "'Hey, brush your teeth! Get your uniform, basketball is tomorrow! Get your violin!' I'm like an air traffic controller.'"