Kim Kardashian has gone all out to make Christmas magical for her children.
The 44-year-old SKIMS founder hired her ex-husband Kanye West’s pianist Philip Cornish to wake her children North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five, to Christmas carols.
Cornish has been music director of Kanye’s Sunday Service since 2019 and has been playing holiday 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 the kids up “peacefully” while he plays the piano in their living room, Kim previously revealed.
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his children over the Christmas period.
“Kanye and Philip have been close friends and collaborators for years. It was all Kanye’s idea to bring him in.” The sun reported.
Kim Kardashian has gone all out to make Christmas magical for her children
“He thought it was a low-key, creative way to add some magic to the kids’ holiday routine and he insisted.
Originally, Kim wasn’t in love with the idea because she felt it wasn’t necessary.
But now everyone – including Cornish – is looking forward to his visits.
‘Philip would do it for free and even tells Kim that, but he does get paid. Instead of per day, it’s a lump sum — which is now well into the six figures at this point,” the outlet reported.
‘He also gets Christmas presents and food from the family chef, which is the full VIP Kardashian treatment.
“It’s a good performance for him and he seems very happy with the dynamics and the way he’s being treated. He doesn’t live far from Calabasas, he’s also deep in the LA suburbs, so the commute isn’t bad,” the insider said.
Kim has been nothing but nice to him, and he has even grown closer to the kids and is teaching North some piano keys. He has become part of the family.”
The tinkling of the piano keys can be heard throughout Kim’s massive 14,000-square-foot home.
The 44-year-old SKIMS founder 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 musical director of Kanye’s Sunday Service since 2019 and has been playing at holiday homes in Kim’s mansion during the month of December for years
Kim previously captioned a video featuring the music director: “It’s that time of year!!!”
‘@Philthekeys comes over every morning to wake my kids up by playing the piano while the crazy morning rush happens to soothe their little souls and fill them with beautiful Christmas songs.’
Cornish revealed how the whole tradition started on an episode of the
In an episode of the Can we talk about R&B? podcast, he said that Kanye randomly called him a day ago at 10 p.m. and said, “I want you to wake up the family with Christmas carols on the piano.”
‘I thought, “When?” And he said, ‘Tomorrow.’ I said, “Just tomorrow?” And he said, “Every day until Christmas.” I was like, “Are you serious?”
Philip also said that when Kanye asks for something, there’s “never much time” to get it done because “everything is now, no matter what you do.”
The Kardashian-Jenner’s smaller, more intimate annual Christmas Eve party took place 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 cool soirée.
The Grammy winner comes to the family’s Calabasas home “every morning” to “peacefully” wake the kids while he plays the keys in their living room, Kim previously revealed.
It was Kanye, 47, who first hired Philip to play for his children over the Christmas period. “Kanye and Philip have been close 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 take all of this with us 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 this year’s meeting will be a little more “intimate” due to the “construction work.”
Speak with FashionKim shared, “Just because there’s a lot of construction going on, so we’re doing a very intimate family project that I’m really excited about.”
However, that doesn’t stop the family from getting all glamorous.
Kim added, “I still dress to the nines because that’s what we do.”