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Khloe Kardashian really sleighed her Christmas photos this year.

The Good American founder and her kids True, 5, and Tatum, 16 months, posed for pics during the annual Kardashian-Jenner family Christmas Eve party—with Khloe sharing the adorable portraits on Instagram Dec. 27. In the photos, Khloe is wearing a champagne-colored Galia Lahav gown and is holding her toddler, equally dressed to impress in his white tux. At her mother’s side is True, who paired her sparkly silver and white dress with white combat boots. 

While Khloe’s ex Tristan Thompson—with whom she shares True and Tatum—was absent from the pics, the reality star posed with the basketball player’s brother Amari, with the 17-year-old subsequently joining her and her kids for another family photo.

However, the photos didn’t end there, as Khloe and her little ones joined party hostess Kim Kardashian and her four kids North, 10, Saint, 8, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 4—their dad is Kanye West—for a group pic. Alongside a few festive emojis, Khloe simply captioned the carousel, “Christmas 2023.”

The force will always be strong between these two. 

On the seventh anniversary of Carrie Fisher‘s death, Billie Lourd shared a moving tribute to her late mother, detailing her grief journey and the ways in which she’s chosen to honor Carrie’s legacy since her passing. 

“It has been 7 years since my mom died,” she captioned her Dec. 27 post, which featured a throwback photo of her a child on the beach with the Star Wars star. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once.”

This year, however, the mom of two—who shares son Kingston, 3, and daughter Jackson, 1, with husband Austen Rydell—was greeted by a different feeling: gratitude.

“When I woke up I felt grateful – or griefull if you will,” the 31-year-old continued. “Grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before. It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last.”

Sleighing the family Christmas photo? Bring it on.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade cozied up for a precious family portrait with kids Zaya, 16, and Kaavia, 5, during the holiday season.

“This year we asked for the gift of family,” the couple captioned the Instagram photo Dec. 26, “and we were more than blessed.”

Gabrielle, 51, and Dwyane, 41, added, “Wishing you and yours blessings upon blessings.”

In the snap, the Bring It On actress was matching with her youngest in red plaid pajamas, while Zaya rocked a gray waffle knit top and sweatpants. As for the former basketball player, he was comfy in a green crewneck reading “Based on Truth.” 

He and Gabrielle—who tied the knot in 2014—also celebrated Christmas with their “bonus family,” including her sister Tracy Union and BFF Essence Atkins, as seen in a big group photo. 

The Cheaper By the Dozen star added more bells and whistles to her look when she got all gussied up for a formal Christmas party with friends and family. As she put it, the pals were “more lit than the tree” as they posed in a snowy lane with cocktails in hand. Another clip showed Gabrielle in a black dress, letting loose with a glass of red wine and sour candy rope.

Christmas turned into a tragedy for a young couple from Utah.

Parker and Chloe Stott died in a Dec. 20 car crash while traveling to Arizona to share news of their pregnancy with their family during the Christmas holiday.

“They had just found out they were pregnant with a baby and were so excited to be parents and share the news with their loved ones over Christmas,” a GoFundMe page for the pair reads. “They were involved in a tragic car accident that took the life of Chloe and their precious baby boy.”

Around 8:20 p.m., the couple was trying to pass another vehicle in Wickenburg, Ariz., but collided head-on with a commercial truck-tractor that was pulling a trailer, Arizona Department of Public Safety officials told local outlet KUTV.

The truck driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution but Chloe, the CEO of Clover Skin Bar, died in the crash. She was 24.

Parker was transported to the Arizona Burn Center, where he underwent “intense care to save his life,” per the fundraiser. However, he later died on Dec. 24. 

She concluded, “I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”

When Swift returned to the stage Nov. 20, she didn’t expressly mention the tragedy, but she did add “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” as one of her surprise songs—which fans around the world quickly took to be a tribute to Benevides.

The 34-year-old also met with Benevides’ family, who were spotted in a VIP area at her Nov. 26 show.

“I lost my only daughter, a happy and intelligent girl,” Benevides’ father, Weiny Machado, told Folha de São Paulo (per a translation from Portuguese into English) the day after she died. “She was about to graduate in psychology next April, saving money. I have no words to express my pain. She left home to fulfill a dream and came back dead.”

After the tragedy, event organizer Time 4 Fun announced plans to distribute free water at all future shows in Rio (Swift fans had noted online that, on the day Benevides died, they hadn’t been allowed to bring their own water bottles into the venue) and said multiple medical stations and mobile ICUs would be set up around the stadium.

In announcing that the show would not go on Nov. 18, citing “extreme temperatures” in Rio, Swifted noted in a statement, “The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.”

The bond between these two remains unbreakable. 

Bruce Willis and his wife Emma Heming Willis have officially been together for 16 years—a milestone the model was sure to commemorate. 

“16 years with this special man,” Emma captioned her Dec. 27 post, which included two photos of her and Bruce kissing each other’s cheek. “My love and adoration for him only grows.”

The 45-year-old also showed her love on her Instagram Story, resharing her post with the caption, “16 years together?! Lord where did the time go,” and in a subsequent slide, “Smitten.”

Emma and Bruce—who share daughters Mabel, 11, and Evelyn, 9, in addition to Bruce’s three daughters Rumer, 35, Scout, 32, and Tallulah, 29 with ex-wife Demi Moore—tied the knot in 2009. In recent years, their blended family has been candid about the Armageddon actor’s struggles with frontotemporal dementia, a more specific diagnosis he received in February after previously being diagnosed with aphasia in 2022.

And the choice to be so open about Bruce’s health is one the family came to for a specific reason. 

Rocky‘s first Christmas was udderly adorable. 

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker showered their baby boy with magical presents on Dec. 25, with Travis posting a photo of a white play tent topped with Rocky’s Santa hat and filled with toys.

In addition to giving him cow, sloth and dinosaur stuffed animals, the couple also included a nod to their love of Disneyland with a Mickey Mouse-inspired toy: The Melissa & Doug Disney Snacks & Popcorn Wooden Pretend Play Food Counter ($109.99).

The popcorn food cart lets Rocky play with Mickey-shaped soft pretzels and cupcakes made of wood. The one-month-old can also experiment with the magnetic menu, fake freezer, popcorn popper and butter pump featuring Mickey, Minnie Mouse and more beloved Disney characters.

That wasn’t all under the tree for Rocky. The Kardashians star and Blink-182 drummer revealed that he received a Manhattan Toy musical llama ($61), a learning toy that’s meant to help toddlers with motor skill activities. Plus, it includes maracas, a xylophone and drumsticks that will help him follow in his dad’s musical footsteps. 

This is Travis Kelce trying to take accountability for his mid-game display of frustration.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end reflected on the team’s Christmas Day loss to the Las Vegas Raiders—during which he angrily spiked his helmet on the sidelines—and didn’t hold back how he felt about his performance.

“We handed that team a win on Christmas,” Travis explained on the Dec. 27 episode of his and brother Jason Kelce‘s New Heights podcast. “We literally played Santa and gave them a present. That was embarrassing. Everybody in the building knows how embarrassing that was.”

Adding that the team will quickly get over the defeat as they move on to play the Cincinnati Bengals on New Year’s Eve, the 34-year-old added, “It’s frustrating when you know you got the guys and you got everybody that you need and things just aren’t going your way.”

In fact, this boiled over when Travis threw his helmet in anger, prompting coach Andy Reid go over and to talk to him. 

For her part Shannon, who dated John for 3 years before their Nov. 2022 split, spoke out about her ex’s new romance shortly after the relationship was made public.

“I’m not going to lie, I’ve been hurt,” the 59-year-old exclusively told E! News on Dec. 6. “I’ve been hurt a lot in the last couple of weeks because, No. 1, John said that he didn’t want to be in the public eye, and he’s thrust himself more into the public eye at this point. So, I’m quite confused about that.”

Plus, her own history with Alexis goes beyond having both been featured on the Bravo series: in 2018 Alexis’ ex-husband Jim Bellino sued Shannon and costar Tamra Judge for defamation, several years after Alexis left the series following season eight.

“John is very well aware of a lawsuit that I was involved in with Jim Bellino, and Alexis was involved in that lawsuit,” the mother of three explained. “I was financially and emotionally devastated for years. And I won. But it devastated me financially. And I’m a single mom. John’s aware of that.”

She added, “I don’t know how to process it. How many Orange County Housewives have there been? Is that your dating pool?”

And for an exact answer to that first question, keep reading for E!’s definitive ranking of every Real Housewife in Bravo history. 

For Reese, however, ’tis the season for matching outfits in general. After all, the Morning Show actress—who is also mom to son Deacon Phillippe, 20—didn’t just twin with her eldest this week. She and BFF Laura Dern simply sparked in their silver sequined skirts, which they paired with cream sweaters, at a holiday party.

And the Big Little Lies stars couldn’t get enough of their coordinated ensembles, with Laura writing on Instagram alongside a pic of the duo posing with a phone, “Listen, I said get Santa on the horn, STAT. We’ve got a skirt emergency.”

Reese, meanwhile, shared an adorable photo of her and the Jurassic Park actress posing in front of a tree, following it up with a snap of the pair looking a little bit tired at the end of the night. As she joked in the caption of her Dec. 21 post, “Spreading Holiday joy … it’s exhausting”

Keep reading to see how more stars celebrated the holidays.