A VERY LOPEZ CHRISTM

MARIO LOPEZ, HIS WIFE, COURTNEY, AND THEIR THREE KIDS CELEBRATE THE LOVE- AND CHAOS-THEY SHARE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND BEYOND

- By DANIELA AVILA

A Group Effort Dominic, the selfproclaimed "life of this family," stars in Chasing Christmas alongside Cleary Herzlinger. He admits his parents helped him prepare for every scene.

Moments before Mario Lopez and his family are about to shoot for their annual Christmas card at home in Los Angeles, no one is in position. The actor and host, 52, and his 15-year-old daughter Gia are in another room filming a TikTok dance; his wife, Courtney, 43, is finishing getting ready; and his sons Dominic, 12, and Santino, 6, are chasing each other down a hallway with their three barking bulldogs following close behind. But when all that energy comes together, their love for one another is palpable. “I love being at home,” Mario says with a smile. “My family brings me fulfillment. They’re what I work so hard for.”