Jennifer Love Hewitt opens up about sobbing in the shower, Christmas movies and her bizarre heritage theory
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Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed that she spends every Christmas morning sobbing in the shower - even though it’s her absolute favorite time of year. She has also jokingly hinted that her ancestry may hold the clue to her outlook on life. A self-confessed ‘holiday junkie’, the actress, 45, embraces every opportunity to celebrate a holiday - from Valentine’s and St Patrick’s Day to Easter, Fourth of July and Halloween.
![[The source of Hewitt's sadness is the tragic death of her mom in 2012, after a battle with cancer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/11/20/93056169-14182821-image-a-75_1733949827192.jpg)
And, while December is ‘the most magical month of all,' she says it's also the most ‘emotionally complicated.’. ‘It’s pure, it’s enchanting, it’s exciting, and it brings as much joy as sadness,’ she writes in her new book, Inheriting Magic, ‘because for every one person who is feeling connection, another is feeling loss. For every couple in love, someone is lonely. For every perfect family, there is a broken one.’.
![[Her family traditions include toasting with her husband’s ‘famous Christmas cocktail’ once the tree has been decorated]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/11/20/93055293-14182821-image-m-77_1733949842420.jpg)
The source of Hewitt's sadness is the tragic death of her mom in 2012, after a battle with cancer. And she recently broke her silence on the heartbreak at knowing news outlets had found out about the death before she did. The actress had been travelling to Monaco for the 52nd Monte Carlo Television Festival at the time, and only learned after her flight had landed that her 67-year-old mother, Patricia, had slipped into a coma.
![[Hewitt has now picked up the 'magic mantle' for her family - husband Brian Hallisay, and children Atticus, Aidan, and Autumn]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/13/93055671-14182821-Hewitt_has_now_picked_up_the_magic_mantle_for_her_family_husband-a-1_1734011055401.jpg)
In her book, she writes: ‘It felt like a nightmare, and I was begging to wake up... this couldn't be happening. Hewitt says she has at least three mom breakdowns of 'Can I get it all wrapped and done in time?' and 'one big I-miss-my-mom cry in the shower' every Christmas (pictured in the series 9-1-1).
![[She stars alongside her husband and children in the new Lifetime movie The Holiday Junkie]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/13/93055299-14182821-She_stars_alongside_her_husband_in_the_new_Lifetime_movie_The_Ho-a-4_1734011055615.jpg)
