Grandpa Gary Allan’s Christmas

Gary Allan is the proud father of three daughters.  A few years ago, the 45-year old country star welcomed his first grandchild.  He talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I got a grandbaby that’s 5!  She’s awesome.  Her name is Chloe.   We had Christmas at my house this year, and when you have a 5 year old in the house, and there’s a magic to that.  You only get a couple magic Christmases anyway.  Kids don’t figure it out til they’re 3 or 4, and someone messes it up by the time they’re 8, so you only have four or five really magic ones in there, so I try to take advantage of those.  ‘No’ is not even in my vocabulary with mine.  You can do anything you want at my house.”

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Gary’s granddaughter will likely grow up surrounded by music.  That’s how Gary raised his three girls:  “They all play and they all sing.  But I never pushed music as a career.  My oldest one told me she didn’t want to travel like I did.  My middle one toys with it, I think she’d like to be a songwriter in the music business. My youngest one may be the most natural at it, but she wants to be a cheerleader.  She’s 17.  I’m like whatever makes you happy, I’m behind it.”  Three years ago, when Gary performed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, his middle daughter Dallas came out to perform one song. 

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