Nicole Kidman was on Ellen yesterday, which was taped after her Golden Globe nomination, for supporting actress for Lion, and before her SAG nom. It’s doubtful she’ll win, that category is between Viola Davis and Michelle Williams, but she seems excited to be nominated. She might score an Oscar nom too, we’ll see. Nicole’s visit on Ellen was brief and she’s getting the most attention for telling Ellen that she doesn’t exchange Christmas presents with her husband of ten years, Keith Urban. They do give their two daughters, Sunday, eight, and Faith, five, presents but also encourage them to give to charity by letting them select organizations to support. This is similar to what Kristen Bell does with her daughters, and I hope this catches on, it’s a great idea.
On what the girls want for the holidays
They want American dolls and they want candy. They want want want. The one thing we are doing, which I just read an article on [it’s] a great idea. They get to choose a charity to donate to and then we donate. They get to go online and choose it.What will Keith get you?
We don’t give each other gifts at Christmas.Portia and I say that but then – do you think you’ll end up getting him something?
I’ll kiss him. He’s in Australia now on tour and the girls are here and we’re flying to him tonight. We’re his presents!
[From Ellen]
My parents are trying to get rid of stuff, I’ve discovered the joy of thrift shopping and basically buy myself whatever else I need and also am tiring of getting more stuff I don’t need for Christmas. I like presents and jewelry, don’t get me wrong, but it starts to feel hollow after a while. We’re trying to give more charity gifts among my family and I like that the celebrities are talking about it too. Also, it really seems like Nicole and Keith are solid doesn’t it? I didn’t think they would stick it out this long but just watching her talk about him, you can tell she adores him.
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My husband and I don’t do Christmas presents. We have 4 kids and enjoy giving them gifts but i have no wants and neither does he.
We also do the charity thing but often when it’s a birthday and we don’t accept presents for the kids rather asking people to donate to a charity.
But her face. My god it has to stop!
Right!? I’m looking forward to the Big Little Lies series, but I feel like they made her wear a wig with bangs so her frozen forehead wouldn’t be so noticeable! But then the wig is so distracting. Ugh! She’s really beautiful but the fillers and tox have got to go!
Her face, what about Keith’s face??? He looks like some kind of Pixar character.
LMAO. HIs hair has always been so cheesy.
YO!!! I ONLY came to see how long before someone brought this up to discuss:
A) WHAT IN THE F*CK she looks like in the header pic .. Dear GOD!…
B) But then i Clicked in the article and their picture loaded… and HOLY SH*t MY EYES GOT SO BIG!!!?!? do they not have real people around them telling them the truth?? they Both looked embalmed… shit he is the color of George Hamilton in the KFC commercial for extra crispy chicken… Holy crap!!!
C) I couldn’t even pay a single lick of mind to the article behind these pics.. Father God
Keith and Nicole look like they are a brother and sister pair from an inbred cult with a grooming obssession.
The photo where she is looking directly into the camera….she looks absolutely cray-cray.
Those fillers. That photo is no good.
Yes! I’m going to have nightmares tonight thanks to that photo. Such a shame how she has ruined her naturally beautiful face!
It looks like she’s had an eye lift recently. The fillers settle down eventually. I keep hoping some one in her circle will be like, ” nic, look girl, here’s some coconut oil and conditioner. Go put that in your wig and come back in the morning” and then hide all the flat irons.
That pic made me laugh. She looks like a cute crazy little chipmunk.
Agreed! Too much filler; she looks ghastly!!!
My husband and I don’t do presents ever; birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, V-Day, etc. We decided a couple years ago to spend money on vacations and experiences. Waaaay better making memories together.
Why is the headline “Nicole doesn’t give presents to Keith” when neither give to each other? It sounds like Nicole is doing something wrong. Many of the adults in my family don’t give gifts to each other. We can afford to buy things we need and want during the year that it’s hard to come up with a list. Usually we just do a white elephant. It’s good and bad. There are interesting gifts that everybody wants or nobody wants.
My boyfriend and I don’t do gifts either, christmas becomes so relaxing when you don’t need to stress about finding the perfect gift.
Exactly. My husband and I stopped exchanging gifts years ago.
Bingo. My husband and I stopped about 10 years ago — so much less stress during the holidays, now.
Yep. Us too. We do stockings sometimes; that’s funner anyway. Candy and trinkets.
+1
I stopped doing gifts a few years ago for adults and I wish I would’ve done it sooner. Honestly, I think it’s a little odd giving gifts to other adults outside your immediate family. I only buy one gift now and that’s for my godson.
Yup. The only present giving I do is to my nieces and nephews. What my husband and I do during this time is try to spend more time with family. We try new recipes and play games etc., So Christmas is fun. No gift giving pressure and minimal stress.
We don’t give gifts to each other either, instead we combine that money and buy ourselves a night at a bed and breakfast away from our toddler, haha.
Agreed — we might do a token for each other, but we give to charity and do gifts for kids’ charities. Gifts for children in our families.
My niece was raised to get her holiday gifts and enjoy them but then a few days later, select the same number of toys from what she she already had, to donate to a children’s charity. She is in college now and still devoted to giving. Starting them young works. My mom made us go around collecting for various charities with her starting when we were small; we grew up with that mindset.
That really is awesome.
Do her parents do the same? I only ask because some parents can’t understand why their kids don’t do certain things, like write thank you notes, when the parents don’t do those things either.
I’m in the same place as you. I want for nothing even though I’m not wealthy, and in truth, I’ve got more than I can even manage materially. I’ve been purging my possessions for the last two years and still have an overwhelming amount of things.
My husband has a hobby that requires a lot of “stuff” so he’s always up for some gifts. But I really and truly don’t want anything. Or maybe one small, thoughtful thing. I do not want another goddamn sweater or scarf!
Haha! My husband and I exchange gifts. We don’t have any kids. It’s just us. And I like picking out gifts for people. I’m an excellent gifter. My husband not so much. This year I suggested we not exchange gifts because I was tired of being disappointed in putting so much effort into picking out really thoughtful gifts, and I get generic things I will never ever use in return.
My husband and I don’t always exchange gifts. For my B-day last month, he made a donation in my name to the ACLU. Our B-days, Christmas and anniversary are all very close together, so it would be overwhelming to get/give gifts for all of those occasions. Then, Valentine’s Day is right after our anniversary. I don’t exchange gifts with adults in my family either, other than B-days, but my husband’s family buys a ton of crap for Christmas. His parents routinely give me gifts that I neither want nor have asked for. It is a huge waste and actually pisses me off because it feels like more junk I have to get rid of.
Lose the blonde Nic. Red looks so much better on you!
Her face!!! It’s just weird to have a super skinny body with a puffed up face. She looks like she’s on steroids, not “youthful.”
I know, it’s frightening! It does look like steroid puff/bloat. Yikes. It would be interesting to know how she might have aged naturally but alas we’ll never know. So sad.
To me her face looks different in every one of those pics. She looks fabulous, and normal, in the one second from the bottom, but varying levels of bloat/fillers in the others. Weird.
To me, too, it’s like they compiled photos from different decades of her life or something.
Holy frozen face!!! 😳
She looks like she’s storing nuts (or silicone) for the winter. My husband and I rarely give each other Christmas gifts now. I don’t think it’s a big deal.
My boyfriend and I give one another tickets to a concert or show that we know the other really wants to see and on the night of the event, we’ll go somewhere special for dinner. But no other gifts. I do this with friends too.
We don’t really do gifts for each other, either. I pick up a few small things I think my husband might like but they are usually little token items.
This year has been the best, though. My husband saw how devastated I still am from the election so he told me I could make all the decisions about who we donate to this year. We do most of our donations in December. It has been the most inspiring two weeks for me. Every click of the donation button has made me feel more hopeful and powerful. This is the best present I have ever received. (Here’s who I chose: Everytown for Gun Safety, Planned Parenthood, National Wildlife Federation, our local NPR radio station, our local school district’s grant fund for teachers). Giving truly is better than receiving.
And OMG her face. STOP IT, NIC!!
Making donations post election has been extra satisfying for me, too. My husband and I have put some money into a fund just for charitable purposes and it is by far my favorite kind of giving.
While I love to choose gifts for the kiddos in my life, I am generally over material presents, as CB said they tend to feel hollow and unnecessary. My husband and I still buy for each other at Christmas but I think we need to put a stop to it, or at least limit ourselves to one. And I tell my kids that they are the best gift I have so no need for more. We also look for charities for them to support, too.
its nice to not have the stress. in my family we are two siblings and two parents and we dont do gifts anymore, just spending time together. the gifts are hardly exciting when you are an adult, getting rid of the stress is a better gift.
Yes! We stopped with the adults in my immediate family and as I said above I need to talk to my husband about stopping our gifts to each other too. It is stressful and unnecessary.
Hubby and I still exchange gifts…usually novels or comic books we’ve overlooked throughout the year. And I love filling a stocking for him…socks and other necessities.
I’m crafty, so part of my Christmas traditions with the kids is present making. That’s what they give to each other and my husband and I. I usually make something and give it as a gift as well. (I am a commissioned artist so I have seen these gifts hanging up in people’s homes afterwards and I don’t think it’s out of pity or obligation.). My love language is gift giving and being told not to do it is a big let down for me, but I certainly don’t need anything in return. I also strongly encourage donating in people’s name as a form of gift giving.
Years ago I suggested to my three sisters that we stop with the gifts-nobody needs anything-and instead give what we’d spend on gifts to the wonderful, no-kill dog shelter in their small town. That’s what we do every year now. My 14 yo grandson is the only one I gift, basically.
I don’t exchange gifts with my husband. We buy things for ourselves all year long, christmas is all about Santa in our house for our 4 and 2 year olds!
That’s nice about Nicole and Keith.
Who is the person in the header photo?
That pic where she’s looking straight into the camera disturbs me a little. I feel like she’s going to reach through my computer and devour my soul.
It’s the creepiest photo I’ve seen in a while.
Her current face is tragic. The smooth forehead and inflated lips…She used to be a beautiful woman.
Nicole looks so lifelike in these pictures
She doesn’t give presents because he “wants a little bit of everything”
I’m in the minority here, but I LOVE buying/making gifts.
Something that they’ve wanted but never been able to get. Something little that’s a fancier brand then they would usually get. A unique plant for the green thumb. Pampering for those who work too hard. I dunno, I love being able to bring a little joy with something thoughtful. Yeah you get some duds and misses, but I love it for the most part.
I love buying gifts too. Even if there is a family member who cant afford much, I have never minded buying something out of their budget. Im not expecting the same back. Just happy to see a smile on their face. Of course though, I understand that the older you get the less “stuff’ you want which is why sometimes its nice to get an “experience” gift like some concert tickets or theater tickets or treating them out to a nice dinner or whatever.
Yes! I cook a fancy ass dinner for my parents as a gift. We come with everything, make all the courses and then clean up. They love it. Experiences over things, always!
I hear you. I used to love to do the same thing, still do for certain people. I tend to focus more on birthday gifts now than holidays gifts, though. The older I get the less I enjoy the gift buying part of the holidays, the consumerism gets so manic and over the top that I start to feel like shutting down. The insanely excessive holiday light displays at some houses in my neighborhood have me feeling more “bah humbug” than joyful.
I think it’s less fun when it is expected. It seems the older you get, the more there is that expectation of expense, which totally kills it.
We had a couple tight years and I started making gifts, which I found got rid if that. I still do now for some people and because some still request specific items. Homemade chocolate dipped cookies and candies, fudge or jams and jellies. I actually really love getting that type of stuff in return too. Oh man, or even better hand knit anything. It feels more, a gift from my house to yours, than the expected $30 mittens or scarf or whatever.
This will be the first year that my husband and I don’t exchange gifts. We decided mutually that we didn’t want to go through all the drama of shopping and promised to find time for a vacation sometime next year. I barely feel like shopping for our 5 year old, but of course I will.
My family is Veeerrryyy meh! on gifts, My bf come from the ” a Million Presents at Xmas and lets spend all day unwrapping” school and this has been super hard for us to reconcile during holidays and birthdays cause i’m happy to ignore these things but he is very very into it, this year he finally stopped the gift hose … you see … getting presents, figuring that out, spending crazy money or being told the people in his family JUST HAVE TO HAVE several presents, hikes up my anxiety! Even if i don’t participate on that so much you still feel pressure to be commensurate of their gift giving? :/ .. plus is adults giving each other Toys FFS whereas my family is VEERRRYY practical as a whole we give “You need _______” gifts, if at all and all of us might pitch in if its expensive or wha have you Sometimes we do more for the kids but like we don’ do the Santa/Baby Jesus lie or any of that, for xmas in order to give something to everyone we do an exchange and put a 20 dollar cap and do either a dance of or games or ugly sweater competition etc ( this year I was told is a “something for your head” year)
He should give her the name of his hair colourist……
*spills food all over the keyboard* That’s it… everyone leave!.. Thread is done! ^^^ she killed it
Keith Urban looks like JK Rowling! (Sorry JK Rowling, I think you look really great.)
He looks like her sister. I guess they share doctors/filler centers?
Has she always had that chin? Her face looks like she’s gained about 50 lbs, but her body forgot to get bigger.
My husband and I don’t exchange gifts, not even birthdays. And I hate receiving gifts from people. I want for nothing, I’ve purged my house of things I don’t need or want and it feels great. I don’t want people wasting their money on me on something I don’t want or need and will most likely end up at Goodwill. I’ll happily buy gifts for others though.
I don’t think you need to get anything big and expencive but even something super small like favorite chocolate or something you mentioned in passing months ago can be great to get. And opening presents is fun.
My ex-husband and I actually exchange token gifts. It’s a sign of goodwill, and he usually (coincidence) gets a better gift for me than I get for him!
They are both Botoxed up to their eyeballs 🙁
We’re the opposite, we have lived on a budget for so long and each have so many wants and wishes that come Christmas we go completely irresponsible and spoil each other and our three kids rotten. Then we pay for it the rest of the year but it’s worth it. I don’t have money to spend on makeup really so that’s what I’m wishing for this year, as I do most every year.
Poor Nicole, chasing youth so hard. She definitely looks like she is storing something in her cheeks. (nuts, film reels, Oscar hopes, who knows?) If the dog from Up saw her he would be thinking “SQUIRREL!” and chasing her down the block.
You know now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever given Keith Urban a Christmas present either.
My boyfriend donates to Ronald Mac Donald house or gifts of hope in the names of all his aunts uncles and family for Xmas. It’s an awesome thing to do
There is a disconnect between what she is saying about the consumerism/hollowness of Christmas and what they have done to their faces.
[*Twin Freaks giving the Kardashians a run for their money.*]