Kim Kardashian pulled out all the stops to make Christmas magical for her kids.
The SKIMS founder, 44, hired her ex-husband Kanye West‘s pianist Philip Cornish to wake her kids North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five, with Christmas songs.
Cornish has been Kanye’s Sunday Service musical director since 2019 and has been playing holiday songs in Kim’s mansion during the month of December for years.
The Grammy winner comes to the family’s Calabasas home ‘every single morning’ to wake the kids up ‘peacefully’ as he plays the piano in their living room, Kim previously revealed.
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his kids during the Christmas season.
‘Kanye and Philip have been good friends and collaborators for years. It was all Kanye’s idea to bring him into the house,’ The Sun reported.
Kim Kardashian pulled out all the stops to make Christmas magical for her kids
‘He thought it was a peaceful, creative way to add some magic into the kids’ holiday routine and he insisted on it.
Originally Kim wasn’t in love with the idea as she felt it was unnecessary.
But now, everyone – including Cornish – looks forward to his visits.
‘Philip would do it for free and even tells Kim that but he does get paid. Rather than per day, it’s a lump sum – which at this point is now well into the six figures,’ the outlet reported.
‘He will also get holiday gifts and food from the family’s chef, which is the full VIP Kardashian treatment.
‘It’s a good gig for him, and he seems really satisfied with the dynamic and how he is treated. He doesn’t live too far from Calabasas, he’s deep in the outskirts of LA too so the commute isn’t bad,’ the insider said.
Kim has been nothing but kind to him, and he has even grown closer to the kids and teaches North some piano keys. He’s become part of the family.’
The tinkling of the 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 her kids North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five
Cornish has been Kanye’s Sunday Service musical director since 2019 and has been playing holiday homes in 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 over every morning to wake my kids up by playing the piano while the mad morning rush is happening to calm their little souls and fill it with beautiful Christmas songs.’
Cornish revealed how the whole tradition got started on an episode of the
On an episode of the Can We Talk R&B podcast, he said Kanye called him randomly at 10pm one day years ago and said, ‘I want you to wake the family up with Christmas songs on the piano.’
‘I was like “When?” And he said, “Tomorrow.’ I said, “Just tomorrow?” And he said, “Every day until Christmas.” I was like, “Are you serious?” He was dead serious.’
Philip also said that when Kanye asks for something, there’s ‘never a lot of time’ to get it done, as ‘everything is now, no matter what you’re doing.’
The Kardashian-Jenner’s smaller, more 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 of their chill soirée.
The Grammy winner comes to the family’s Calabasas home ‘every single morning’ to wake the kids up ‘peacefully’ as he plays the keys in their living room, Kim previously revealed
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his kids 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 parting 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 gathering will be a little more ‘intimate’ this year, due to ‘construction’ work going on.
Speaking to Vogue, Kim shared: ‘Just because we have a lot of construction going on, so we’re doing a really family intimate one that I’m really excited about.’
However, that won’t stop the family getting all glammed up.
Kim added: ‘Still dressing up to the nines, because that’s what we do.’
