Fall on your knees! Oh see the celebs posting. O night divine, the night Beyoncé did a halftime show. Xmas 2024, in fitting with the rest of the year, was a bit of an up-and-downer. Up, Beyoncé’s concert. Down, Gramercy Park reportedly refused to open its doors to the plebs, breaking with tradition. Also, Khloé Kardashian’s kids were too sick to attend the family’s annual Christmas Eve party. Still, the celebs made merry and watched all the Christmas classics: A Muppet Christmas Carol, Home Alone, Nosferatu, and Babygirl. Happy Holidays, from the famouses to all youses.
Mariah Carey’s Pretaped Best Wishes
Mariah Carey kicked off Netflix’s big football show with a pre-recorded rendition of “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” A likely song for her to sing at this time.
A Modern Family Reunion
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, his husband Justin Mikita, and his fake niece Sarah Hyland all went to see Once Upon a Mattress on Christmas Eve. They prayed for the true meaning of Christmas: a career renaissance for Ana Gasteyer.
Khloé Kardashian Misses Kris-mas Eve
Khloé Kardashian sent the world her regrets for missing her family’s Christmas Eve party. On IG stories, Khlo said her kids were feeling under the weather and couldn’t celebrate with/spread germs to the rest of the fam. “Tatum was sick the entire weekend and now my TuTu is sick,” Kardashian said of her kids. “For the first time in a long long time we will miss Christmas Eve 🥹.” She and the kids had a Rankin/Bass Xmas instead, watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Paris Hilton Wishes You a Merry Slivmas
Paris Hilton made herself the present on Xmas Eve, posting two carousels of her wearing nothing but a bow. But on Christmas itself, she shared a more demure family portrait.
Paul McCartney Wants a Heck of a Hanukkah
Thank you, Sir Paul, for reminding us that tonight is also the first night of Hanukkah.
The Fanning Sisters’ Christmas Competition
Dakota and Elle Fanning did the Christmas Candle Challenge, in which you see how many tea lights you can extinguish with the power of your vocal cords.
Alaska’s Rent Was Due
Alaska roped Adam Pascal into a Rent-themed Xmas Eve Instagram Reel. Like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Rent is a Christmas movie even though it takes place over a full calendar year.
Lamorne Morris Is Your Xmas Buddy
Like Buddy the Elf. From Elf. Do you get it?
Jimmy Kimmel Does Feast of the Seven Fishes
A tradition food writer Helen Rosner says she can only find written record of beginning in 1983. But now it’s in The Bear, so that’s officially a tradition!