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Thomas Rhett: Spending 4th Of July With His Family

Thomas Rhett spends special days like the Fourth of July with family. While Thomas heads to Canada next week for some shows, he will spend the Fourth of July in…

Thomas Rhett: Always A Family Fourth of July
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Thomas Rhett spends special days like the Fourth of July with family.

While Thomas heads to Canada next week for some shows, he will spend the Fourth of July in America with his family. He says, “My wife, growing up, celebrated every holiday. I mean, like, we wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, we go all out on fireworks for 4th of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day.”

He adds, “We do try to do stuff for every holiday because it is technically a day that you’re supposed to do something, you’re supposed to hang out, you’re supposed to remember the fact that why it’s happening. And so yeah we go all out for a lot of the holidays.”

Usually, on the Fourth of July, Rhett and his family head to his farm down in Georgia, where they celebrate with fireworks.

Speaking of family, Thomas recently posted a photo to Instagram of his daughter Willa Gray taking up the family business. He wrote, "Look out world. Willa gray bout to take over the songwriting world."

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