Desperate times call for desperate measures — and there’s no more desperate time than the holiday season, is there? Especially for moms. We bear the brunt of creating holiday magic for our families, while also keeping the house clean, preparing food, and planning what to get for every teacher gift, hostess gift, in-law present, and white elephant exchange. (I didn’t even mention the damn Elf on the Shelf!) So, when Khloé Kardashian just revealed that her mom Kris Jenner used to literally lock her in the attic at this time of year, we’ve never felt more seen.
On an appearance on Kardashian’s Khloé in Wonder Land podcast this week, the Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch confirmed that she did keep her youngest daughter with ex Robert Kardashian in the attic at Christmastime.
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In a clip of that taping on Instagram, the mother-daughter duo wore matching red-and-green plaid outfits as they chatted Christmas. “Mom, when I think of Christmas, I think of you. Christmas is,” “Our thing,” Jenner chimed in.
Kardashian added, “our World Cup.”
Jenner admitted to buying Christmas presents in “June or July.” And once the presents were bought, sometimes she needed a little help getting them all wrapped.
“My mom would always make me help her,” Kardashian recalled. “You made me go in the attic and wrap all these gifts. You locked me up there.”
Jenner laughed, responding, “Oh my god! Thank you for doing that.” Jenner added, “Mother gets really desperate around the holidays.”
As a kid, I remember staying up late on Christmas Eve helping my mom wrap gifts too. Maybe it’s part of being in a big family — there are just too many things to wrap, tag, and do before the holidays. Or maybe it’s because Jenner is a Type C mom like me, buying all the presents with plenty of time in advance, and then scrambling to wrap them all at the last second. But literally locking her daughter in the attic to help her get it done? That’s like something out of National Lampoon’s Family Vacation, and I am cackling just picturing it.
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 06: 2022 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS — Pictured: (l-r) Kris Jenner and Khloé Kardashian accept the The Reality Show of 2022 award for ‘The Kardashians’ on stage during the 2022 People’s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on December 6, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.
Other holiday traditions the Kardashian-Jenners do include hosting a huge Christmas Eve party every year and sending out family Christmas cards. One year, a nostalgic Instagram account @90sanxiety pointed out ahuge mistake in one of the only family cards from the ‘90s. Everyone’s names were listed, except “Khloé” was misspelled as “Kholé.” She re-posted the picture on her Instagram story, writing, “Wait!! @90sanxiety just pointed out the typo in my name!!! So rude! The disrespect of it all lol.”
This girl is always getting the short end of the stick at the holiday season, isn’t she? At least she has a good sense of humor about it!
Before you go, check out Khloé Kardashian’s best quotes about being a mom.
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