It’s easy to forget that once you turn off the cameras and send the makeup artists home, celebrities are just people like everyone else. They get married, have kids, and celebrate holidays with family just like you and I do. Here are the sweetest, funniest, and most romantic celebrity family stories, just in time for your holiday celebration!

Romance, Celebrity Style

Did your husband propose in grand style, or did he flop down next to you on the couch one day and say, “Hey, wanna get married?” (Yes, men actually do that, and no, I didn’t marry him!) This is my favorite celebrity proposal story, direct from Romance Stuck:

Corey Hardrict and Tia Mowry: Corey proposed to Tia on Christmas Day in a prankster way. He first gave her a card telling her that he loved her and wanted to give her a promise ring to work towards the future. Mowry’s younger brother then brought over a piece of paper that read “Psych!”. At the same time, Mowry’s other brother started playing the Jagged Edge song “Let’s Get Married.” Hardrict then got down on one knee and proposed for real.

Celebrity Babies

Who doesn’t love babies? Overlooking some of the goofy things that celebs choose to name their kids (Sorry, Dweezil) is easy when you look at those sweet baby faces. Last year, Alanis Morissette, in the normal celebrity tradition of unusual baby names, had a baby named Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway. What makes this special? Little Ever was born on Christmas day!

Celebrity Marriages

Times can get tough once you get past the honeymoon, but this celebrity couple has stuck it out for over 10 years – an eternity in celebrity years! Good Housekeeping‘s interview with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams is full of cute stories that show why their marriage has worked out! What’s their secret? They got couples counseling before they got married!

“We figured, the odds are against us because we’re both in entertainment,” she says. “And we know that it’s really rare for couples to succeed. So we wanted to arm ourselves with as many strategies as we could.”

Celebrity Stories

It’s fun to hear about the lives of famous people, but most of us have some pretty amazing stories in our very own families. Take some time this holiday season to sit down with Grandma and ask about her stories – you might be surprised at what she has to tell!

What’s your funniest family story?