Donny Osmond jokes: "This year it's going to be 4,562."
Sister Marie was staying behind in Los Angeles after making the cut Tuesday night on ABC-TV's top-rated "Dancing With the Stars," but the rest of the Osmonds will be together in Utah.
It will be a significant gathering because of the death this month of patriarch George Osmond, father of nine children. He was 90.
"Well, it's all about family," Osmond told KTLA-TV at Los Angeles International Airport as he prepared to board a flight for Utah.
"It's been highly publicized, especially when we were on `Oprah' a couple weeks ago, that we lost our father," Osmond said. "So, it's going to be pretty significant this year. The whole family theme.
"And I was hoping that Marie could come to my house but she is going to be here in Los Angeles rehearsing."
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