{"id":119007,"date":"2024-12-24T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/12\/24\/ava-maxs-christmas-traditions-include-this-special-treat-i-have-to-learn-the-recipe\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T21:01:36","slug":"ava-maxs-christmas-traditions-include-this-special-treat-i-have-to-learn-the-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/12\/24\/ava-maxs-christmas-traditions-include-this-special-treat-i-have-to-learn-the-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ava Max’s Christmas traditions include this special treat: ‘I have to learn the recipe’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rowan Papier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ava Max<\/strong> has a new Christmas song this year called “1 Wish<\/a>,” and every year, her mom fulfills her Christmas culinary wish by making her — and everyone else — a special treat.<\/p>\n

Like Dua Lipa<\/strong>, Ava is Albanian, and she says every Christmas her mom makes a traditional treat: baklava<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We give it out to all our closest friends and family,” says Ava. “And every year they always text us right before: ‘Hey, is your mom doing baklava this year?’ I’m like, ‘Of course she is!'”<\/p>\n

While baklava isn’t easy to make, Ava notes, “I have to learn the recipe because we got to keep that tradition going!”<\/p>\n

In addition to a favorite holiday treat, Ava also has a favorite holiday movie, which is kind of an unusual choice. Most people will say Christmas Vacation<\/em> or A Christmas Story<\/em> or Elf<\/em>, but for her, it’s the 2004 comedy Christmas with the Kranks.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I watch it every year and it’s not on purpose. Somehow when I’m with my family, they always put it on — either me, my niece, or my mom, and it ends up to be every single year we’re watching Christmas with the Kranks,” <\/em>she laughs. “Now, it’s a thing. We watch other ones, but that one for sure.”<\/p>\n

And Ava’s holiday soundtrack always includes Christina Aguilera<\/strong> and Mariah Carey’<\/strong>s Christmas albums. “Those two for sure, but there is a lot more!” she says.<\/p>\n