Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are total #couplegoals.
The two have an adorable love story, two cute kids, and one holiday tradition that has people scratching their heads: they don’t give their children Christmas presents.
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So, what’s the deal? Let’s find out.
Mila and Ashton met on the set of “That 70’s Show.”
When they first met, Mila was 14 and Ashton was 19 — though no one knew Mila was so young.
The role of Jackie called for someone who was 18 or older. Mila told producers she would be 18…just not when.
Ashton wound up being Mila’s first kiss.
Producers eventually discovered her true age, but cast her anyway. She was perfect for the role.
Because she was so young, her first on-screen kiss was also her first real kiss.
Who knew it would be with her future husband?!
However, they never dated while on the show.
Unlike most co-stars who end up married, Ashton and Mila stayed just friends while on That 70’s Show .
Ashton famously married (and divorced) Demi Moore, while Mila dated Macaulay Culkin for 8 years.
They eventually got together in 2012.
They were together for 3 years before they got married on the 4th of July weekend in 2015.
The ceremony was very private, with only a select few of family and friends in attendance.
They have two kids.
Their first child, Wyatt was born in October 2014.
She was then joined by Dimitri in November 2016.
The couple work hard to keep their children mostly off of social media.
Their family is a blend of different religions.
Mila, who was born in the Ukrainian SSR under the then-Soviet Union, left the country as a young child.
Mila cited that antisemitism as one of the primary reasons that her family left the USSR.
Despite that, her parents made sure they “raised [her] Jewish as much as they could.”
They celebrate every type of holiday.
“I come from communist Russia, where you’re not allowed to be happy, so my holiday traditions are ‘be quiet’,” she told Entertainment Tonight .
“Coming to America is when you realize Christmas has a magical quality to it,” Mila explained.
Yes, girl! We love Christmas in this house!
She didn’t think Christmas was something she could celebrate at first.
“In Russia, back in the day, it was a very religious holiday, so you don’t celebrate Christmas if you’re not Christian and if you’re not at Mass. So, I being Jewish, was like, ‘Christmas is not for you.'”
Her family adopted Christmas because of how happy it seemed.
“We come to America and we’re like, ‘Christmas is so inclusive.’ We literally bought a Christmas tree.”
“So as far as tradition goes, my family’s big on any excuse to get the family together and get drunk.”
I love that.
They even celebrate Easter now!
“Whether it’s Easter, which we’ve now all accepted into our Jewish household, or Christmas, it doesn’t matter.
It’s all family time, but having kids, we’re building up our own little versions of tradition.”
They have their own tradition involving presents, too.
“So far, our tradition is no presents for the kids,” she revealed.
Wait, no presents?!
Well, it turns out, that tradition is down to their kids’ ages, interestingly enough.
“We’re instituting it this year because when the kids are one, it doesn’t really matter.”
The grandparents spoiled the kids!
“Last year when we celebrated Christmas, Wyatt was two and it was too much. We didn’t give her anything — it was the grandparents.”
Getting presents lost its luster for their kids.
“The kid no longer appreciates the one gift. They don’t even know what they’re expecting; they’re just expecting stuff.”
They put a rule on the amount their children could get.
“We’ve told our parents, ‘We’re begging you — if you have to give her something, pick one gift.”
Given that Wyatt and Dimitri have two hardworking parents that can give them *literally* whatever they want, this makes sense.
So, their new tradition is to give back to others.
“Otherwise, we’d like to take a charitable donation, to the Children’s Hospital or a pet, whatever you want.’ That’s our new tradition.”
This is an amazing lesson to teach their kids!
They don’t want to raise rude kids!
“Yeah, we’re not gonna raise [expletive]. There’s enough [expletive] in this world!”
“We don’t need to contribute. But, you know, there’s some nice people.”
Listen, we had to censor the swear, but that word was related to a butt. You know, a word you might call Kelso.
