Ten, ten, ten across the board for Tina Knowles’ Christmas game plan.
In fact, Beyoncé’s mom already know how she plans to celebrate her eldest and Jay-Z’s children—daughter Blue Ivy Carter, 12, and twins Rumi Carter and Sir Carter, 7—this holiday season.
“For the kids, we buy toys just like in any other family,” Tina told E! News in an exclusive interview at the Paley Center for Media’s Fall Gala Dec. 4. “That’s what they like.”
But toys aren’t the only thing the matriarch plans on bringing to the table—and we mean that literally.
Her other holiday traditions include, as she said, “Making my amazing gumbo. I just made it for Thanksgiving, it was so many people that came over. Just good food and company and family.”
For the 70-year-old—who is also mom to daughter Solange Knowles with ex Matthew Knowles—the holiday season can be summed up simply: “Music and family—that’s what it’s about.” (For more with Tina, tune into E! News tonight, Dec. 5 at 11 p.m.)