We’ve been on tenterhooks awaiting 2019's Kardashian clan Christmas card, which normally features the whole gang – all the Ks, from Kris to Kylie and Khloe to Kourtney. It’s become something of a tradition; the 2010s answer to the Coca Cola ad, a signal that heralds time to settle into Christmas in earnest. This year, though, Kim posted the longed-for snap to Instagram – immediate family only, thanks.
So they’re matching (of course they are). It’s a strong aesthetic (of course it is). Six perfect people, all in grey tracksuits, gaze from the echelons of World’s-Most-Famous-Family-Land into Normalsville. Aren’t they beautiful? The Wests really are a spectacularly blessed clan, genetically speaking. We all spend a lot of time looking at them – from different angles, in different outfits, at different events – but it’s a rare photo that captures King Kanye and Queen Kim with all four of their preternaturally symmetrical children.
While a more populated photo may yet appear, a source told US Weekly that it’s a bit of a faff (I’m paraphrasing) to get everyone in the same place. They’re a busy bunch, those Kardashian-Jenners – and with nine kids between them, it’s not the world’s greatest surprise that they seem to have abandoned plans to make EVERY ONE SIT STILL NOW AND SMILE! ‘Kim and the rest of the family could not really agree on a card this year and so Kim wanted to do her own’, said the source, who explained that ‘there are so many schedules and people involved and it was constant arguing and too much stress’.
Our only hope, it seems, is matriarch Kris. ‘Everyone kind of agrees, besides Kris, that it is a pain to organise and plan’, said the US Weekly source, saying that ‘no one is leading it and pushing for it’ besides her. Understandable, perhaps – cast your mind back to the (honestly spectacular) hall of fame, which really got motoring in the early 2000s under her inimitable eye. The black and white edgy-scowls of 2003; the inexplicable ladder prop of 2008; the sort of Sopranos vibe of 2010, and 2018’s all-white how-many-kids-can-we-fit-on-this-sofa challenge (answer: a whole bunch). While this year’s Wests-only tableau is a little more lowkey, it’s as solid an entry into the hall of fame as ever. More than 8 million Instagram likes and counting, I think it’s safe to pronounce 2019’s pared down offering a hit. Merry Kristmas!
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