Kim Kardashian did everything she could to make Christmas magical for her children.
The SKIMS founder, 44, hired her ex-husband Kanye West’s pianist Philip Cornish to wake up her children North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five, with Christmas songs .
Cornish has been the musical director of Kanye’s Sunday service since 2019 and has been playing Christmas songs at Kim’s mansion during the month of December for years.
The Grammy winner comes to the family’s Calabasas home “every morning” to wake up the kids “quietly” while playing the piano in their living room, Kim previously revealed.
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his children during the Christmas season.
‘Kanye and Philip have been good friends and collaborators for years. It was Kanye’s idea to bring him into the house. the sun reported.
Kim Kardashian did everything she could to make Christmas magical for her children
“He thought it was a peaceful and creative way to add a little magic to the children’s Christmas routine and insisted on it.
At first, Kim wasn’t enamored with the idea because she felt it was unnecessary.
But now everyone (including Cornish) is looking forward to his visit.
‘Philip would do it for free and even tells Kim, but he gets paid. “Instead of one day, this is a lump sum, which at this point already exceeds six figures,” the outlet reported.
‘You’ll also receive Christmas gifts and food from the family chef, which is the full Kardashian VIP treatment.
“It’s a good gig for him and he seems very pleased with the dynamic and the treatment he receives. He doesn’t live too far from Calabasas, it’s also outside of Los Angeles, so the commute isn’t bad,” the source said. .
Kim has been nothing but kind to him, even getting closer to the kids and teaching North some piano keys. He has become part of the family.
The tinkling of piano keys can be heard throughout Kim’s massive 15,000-square-foot home.
The SKIMS founder, 44, hired her ex-husband Kanye West’s pianist Philip Cornish to wake up her children North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five.
Cornish has been the musical director for Kanye’s Sunday Service since 2019 and has been playing vacation homes at Kim’s mansion during the month of December for years.
Kim previously captioned a video of the music director playing: “It’s that time of year!!!”
‘@Philthekeys comes every morning to wake up my children playing the piano while the crazy morning rush happens to calm their little souls and fill them with beautiful Christmas songs.’
Cornish revealed how the whole tradition started in an episode of the
In an episode of Can we talk about R&B? On the podcast, he said that Kanye randomly called him at 10 pm one day years ago and said, “I want you to wake up the family with Christmas songs on the piano.”
‘I was like “When?” And he said, “Tomorrow.” I said, “Only tomorrow?” And he said, “Every day until Christmas.” I said, “Are you serious?”
Philip also said that when Kanye asks for something, “there’s never much time” to do it, since “everything is now, no matter what you’re doing.”
The Kardashian-Jenners’ smallest, most intimate annual Christmas Eve party took place on Tuesday night.
Kim posted a video to her Instagram Story showing dozens of bottles of her sister Kendall Jenner’s 818 tequila topped with red bows and surrounded by candles outside their quiet evening.
The Grammy winner comes to the family’s Calabasas home “every morning” to wake up the kids “quietly” while playing keys in the living room, Kim previously revealed.
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his children during the Christmas season. ‘Kanye and Philip have been good friends and collaborators for years.
Kim recently revealed that this year’s Christmas Eve party would be a more “low-key” affair compared to previous years.
‘How cute is this? “We can all take one of these as a little going away gift,” Kardashian captioned the photo.
Kim recently revealed that this year’s Christmas Eve party would be a more “low-key” affair compared to previous years.
Kim explained that the meeting will be a little more “intimate” this year, due to the “construction” work being done.
talking to FashionKim shared, “Just because we have a lot of plays going on, we’re doing a very family-oriented and intimate one that I’m really excited about.”
However, that won’t stop the family from looking glamorous.
Kim added, “We still dress to the nines, because that’s what we do.”