Today’s Al Roker Shares His Favorite Family Tradition After Returning Home From Hospital – E! Online

Al Roker is grateful for family time around the holidays.

The longtime Today weatherman, who is home and on the mend after being hospitalized with blood clots earlier this month, reflected on his favorite holiday pastimes—especially one in particular that has developed as his kids have gotten older.

“My favorite family tradition is not everybody fighting,” Al said on Today Dec. 21. “That’s a great thing. If that happens—you can get your adult children together and their significant others and everything is fine? Win-win.”

The reporter, who shares kids Leia, 24, and Nick, 20, with wife Deborah Roberts—and is also dad to Courtney, 35, with ex-wife Alice Bell—admitted that celebrating Christmas with his adult kids is a special gift.

“My kids—look, it’s different now that they’re older,” Al explained. “Holiday shopping becomes much simpler. They’re not looking for the hot toy or anything like that.”

He added that the family’s sleep schedule has changed as well, noting that he no longer has to think about “getting up at 6 a.m. in the morning because the little ones are up.”