Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have started to build their own royal traditions in recent years, and they’re both excited for this year’s Christmas with their kids for one big reason.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not spent a Christmas with the royal family since 2018. By 2019, tensions were already brewing between the Sussex family and the rest of the royals, so Harry and Meghan took their son, Prince Archie, on holiday to Canada for six weeks.

This year, it doesn’t look like Harry and Meghan will be spending any time with the royals. Insiders say the two are especially excited for the holiday, though, for one big reason.  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s kids are old enough to understand Christmas

Harry and Meghan are reportedly looking forward to this year’s holiday because their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, are both old enough to understand what’s happening. Archie is five and Lilibet is three, and they’ve reached the age where Christmas is starting to mean a lot to them. Insiders say that the Sussexes are planning to spend the holiday with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, but nobody from Harry’s family.

“This year feels special because both children fully ‘get it’ — they’ve been talking about Santa and Christmas for weeks,” a source told OK! Magazine, per Express. “The kids will have their own tree to decorate, while the main tree will be a bit more color-coordinated! They will have lots of people over for the holidays; Doria will even move in for a bit.”

Harry and Meghan both reportedly love the holiday season and decorate for the holiday immediately after Thanksgiving. The two have mostly kept quiet about their holiday plans over the last few years, but now that the kids are getting older, holiday traditions will likely start to form.