{"id":232421,"date":"2026-01-11T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232421\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:17:09","slug":"chris-pratt-gets-santa-portrait-painting-from-arnold-schwarzenegger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232421\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt gets Santa portrait painting from Arnold Schwarzenegger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/chris-pratt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chris Pratt<\/a> received a unique Christmas gift from his father-in-law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">During a recent appearance on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4_7etFfZtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Graham Norton Show<\/a>,&#8221; the 46-year-old actor shared the one-of-a-kind gift he received from his father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His love language is giving gifts, that&#8217;s for sure. He just goes all out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This year, one was like a 6-foot by 8-foot portrait painting of all three of my children and him as Santa Claus. And it&#8217;s very lifelike, and it&#8217;s very big. And it&#8217;s him as Santa Claus and then the three kids peering around the Christmas tree seeing him eat a cookie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Due to its size, Pratt admitted he isn&#8217;t &#8220;sure exactly what we&#8217;re supposed to do with that the rest of the year,&#8221; adding they will probably &#8220;break that out in November sometime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chris-pratt-mercy.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Pratt in Las Vegas for CinemaCon in April 2025.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Pratt shared his father-in-law gifted him a giant painting of him with his kids. (Jerod Harris\/Getty Images for CinemaCon)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/matthew-mcconaugheys-mother-scolded-him-having-baby-camila-alves-out-order-before-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY\u2019S MOTHER SCOLDED HIM FOR HAVING A BABY WITH CAMILA ALVES \u2018OUT OF ORDER\u2019 BEFORE MARRIAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the &#8220;very thoughtful gift,&#8221; Pratt shared that Arnold also gifted him a pair of boots that he once wore in a movie.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt is married to the former governor of California&#8217;s daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and the couple share three children: Lyla, 5, Eloise, 3, and Ford, 1. He is also a father to son Jack, 13, whom he shares with ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/anna-faris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anna Faris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8221; star celebrated Jack&#8217;s 13th birthday on Instagram in August 2025, sharing photos of the two of them on various outings, including feeding animals, wearing matching Dodgers jerseys and watching a Detroit Lions game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a teenager???&#8221; Pratt wrote over the pictures shared to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/prattprattpratt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram story<\/a>. &#8220;Jack, I can&#8217;t believe you are 13 today. I&#8217;ve watched you grow into such an incredible young man, and am truly proud of the person you are becoming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/anna-ferris-chris-pratt-guardians.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Ferris and Chris Pratt at the London premiere of &quot;Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,&quot; in April 2017.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Pratt also shares a 13-year-old son with his ex-wife, Anna Faris. (Justin Goff Photos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>During a March appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/chris-pratt-made-deals-god-save-his-son-after-premature-birth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends,&#8221;<\/a> Pratt discussed how the premature birth of his son in 2012 strengthened his connection to his faith, when he made &#8220;deals with God&#8221; to save his son. Jack was born seven weeks early and only weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most impactful moment was when my son was born,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;He was born early and had some health scares, and, in that moment, I really made some deals with God, as you do when you&#8217;re praying. And I felt like if you save my son, I will give you everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pratt received backlash in November 2021 when he thanked Katherine for providing him with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/chris-pratt-praises-god-backlash-social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a &#8220;healthy daughter,&#8221; <\/a>with many believing it was insensitive toward Faris.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Chris Pratt sports maroon blazer on red carpet with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Pratt received backlash when he thanked Katherine for giving him a &#8220;healthy daughter.&#8221; (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me if was the emphasis on \u2018healthy child\u2019 like your firstborn is lesser in your eyes,&#8221; one commenter wrote. &#8220;You need to go read that sentence thru HIS eyes &amp; apologize to him bcuz your wording was cruel Dude&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His mother-in-law, Maria Shriver, defended him amid the backlash, reminding him in the comments section &#8220;what a good man you are and what a great father you are to jack and lyla.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a great husband you are to Katherine\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/maria-shriver-defends-chris-pratt-backlash-healthy-daughter-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">what a great son-in-law <\/a>you are to me and what a great sense of humor you have,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Rise above the noise. Your family loves you. What a beautiful life. I&#8217;m proud of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/maria-shriver-chris-pratt.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Pratt, Maria Shriver and others at the Los Angeles premiere of Unstable in March 2023.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Shriver defended Pratt against comments slamming him for his remarks on his daughter. (Charley Gallay\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lori Bashian is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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