Brenda Song was living the sweet life as a kid, and she wants her sons to have the same.

When it comes to creating holiday magic for Dakota , 4, and Carson , 2, she and fiancé Macaulay Culkin "try to do small things,” the Suite Life of Zack and Cody alum shared in an exclusive interview with E! News. “We always take a picture with the mall Santa, because it’s something I did. So every year, since my oldest son was a baby, we go to the mall and we take a picture with Santa.”

And Brenda even incorporates her parents—who live close by—into the holiday activities with her toddlers.

“We are the family that the day after Thanksgiving our tree goes up, and we spend all day doing our tree,” she explained. “We like to do our lights ourselves. So my dad comes over with

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