Celebrities Getting Into the Christmas Spirit for Christmas 2020

From hanging stockings by the chimney with care to donning their most festive apparel, these stars know what it takes to get on Santa's nice list 

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Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson
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The mom of three cozied up to her youngest, daughter Rani Rose, to open up some Goop goodies from pal Gwyneth Paltrow on her Instagram Story. Spot the festive stockings strung up along the mantle in the background!

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Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown
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The Stranger Things star gave fans a peek at her Christmas tree while hinting at what they might want under theirs: some of her Florence by Mills Lip Oils.

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Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb
Hoda Kotb and daughter Haley. TODAY/Twitter

The Today host shared a sweet shot on the show of her twinning with oldest daughter Haley Joy in matching Santa outfits.

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Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi/Instagram

Snooki's daughter Giovanna sweetly chauffeured her little brother Angelo around on a scooter through the family's living room, which is decorated with red bows and twinkling trees galore.

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Kourtney Kardashian

Kourtney Kardashian
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Why waste tinsel on the tree when you could wear it? Kourtney matched her sheer, sparkling look to her white-and-blue tree while sharing a holiday playlist on her Instagram Story.

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Julianne Hough & Tituss Burgess

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Is there a more magical place to celebrate the holidays than Walt Disney World? Even though most visitors can't be there, Hough and Burgess are still giving us the holidays Mickey-style, hosting this year's annual Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration airing at 10 a.m. EST on Dec. 25. on ABC.

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Tori Kelly

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The American Idol alumna will also be performing on the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration — while looking glam in a red dress!

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Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling keeps the magic of the holidays alive with 'got milk?' and Santa's Journal
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The Beverly Hills, 90210 grad got into the holiday spirit with some help from her kids and the California Milk Processor Board, dressing up in cozy Christmas apparel to celebrate the holiday got milk? campaign.

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Jack Black

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The actor and musician kicked off Brightcove's Merry and Bright Holiday Celebration livestream event with a lively reading of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

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Tamron Hall

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The talk show host arrived at her studio in style, pulling up in a Moke America car-turned-special-"sleigh" to surprise hospital staff with Christmas gifts on her eponymous show.

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Jennifer Aniston

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The Morning Show actress sprinkled some joy into our lives with these festive masked cookies on her Instagram Story — not to mention her adorable new puppy, Lord Chesterfield, dressed up in a Santa hat.

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Thomas Rhett & Lauren Akins

Thomas Rhett, Lauren Akins family
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Gang's all here! The country star got the whole family together for a holiday outing to buy their Christmas tree, which his wife proudly documented on Instagram in early December.

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Rod Stewart

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The singer shared a smiling selfie of himself and his wife driving their tree home "from out local provider," he wrote on Instagram.

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Chrissy Teigen

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The Cravings cookbook author shared a sweet series of photos of her and John Legend's kids Miles and Luna dressed up in red beside a white powdered Christmas tree and nutcracker guards.

"I love these so much because the pics completely encompass their different personalities," she captioned the shots. "Luna wanting to be perfect and miles solely caring about cars while holding cars yelling about cars."

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Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton, Carter Reum. Paris Hilton/Instagram

No mistletoe needed! Hilton gave boyfriend Carter Reum a sweet smooch beside her glittering white tree in a series of photos shared to Instagram.

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Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin

Justin Bieber Says Decorating Christmas Tree Is 'Way Better' with Wife Hailey Baldwin
Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin. Justin Bieber Instagram

The "Yummy" singer and his model wife documented their time decorating the tree together with a time-lapse video, which Bieber shared to Instagram along with photos of the finished product.

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Reese Witherspoon

Ava Philippe, Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon/Instagram

Witherspoon got her daughter into a matching Christmas sweater and the holiday spirit and it only took a little begging!

"Ok. It's 💯 true that I had to beg her to wear a matching Holiday sweater.... but isn't it CUTE??!! #humorme #itsamomthing 🥰," the Draper James founder wrote on Instagram.

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Kylie Jenner

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Kylie Jenner and her daughter Stormi got in the spirit by making Grinch-themed treats and wearing matching pajamas.

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Tarek El Moussa

"Is it me or is it starting to feel a lot like Christmas," Tarek El Moussa asked alongside a family photo with his kids and fiancé Heather Rae Young.

This one's cute enough for the family Christmas card for sure!

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Dorinda Medley

Medley made it nice by wearing pink to match her Christmas tree.

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Shawn Johnson East

Shawn Johnson and Andrew East's daughter, Drew Hazel, is so elfing cute (in her Christmas pajamas, of course)!

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Rani Rose

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Kate Hudson's daughter, Rani Rose "just showed up for Christmas and she is NOT messing around 🎄."

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Ryan Dorsey

Dorsey and his son Josey placed a star atop their Christmas tree together. This is their first Christmas since the tragic death of Josey's mom and Dorsey's ex-wife Naya Rivera, in July.

"Along with Nickayla and both of their families, Ryan works hard at making things the best possible for Josey. They are getting ready for Christmas now," a source told PEOPLE of Dorsey and Rivera's sister Nickayla, whose families both plan to spend Christmas together. "Ryan and Josey have been decorating."

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Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Christmas tree
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Lopez went all out this year with her Christmas decor, decking the halls with a silver tree, white lights and fake snow. Do we expect anything less from the Queen of Glam?

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Beverley Mitchell

Beverley Mitchell
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The actress looked full of Christmas cheer standing by her tree this year.

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Ryan Seacrest

Seacrest hung the stockings by the chimney with care (and posted with them) ahead of the Disney Holiday Sing-a-Long on Nov. 30.

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Caterina Scorsone

Caterina Scorsone
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The Grey's Anatomy trimmed the tree with some help from her daughters, Eliza and Paloma.

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Nick Viall

The Bachelor alum may be waiting for love but he wasn't waiting until after Thanksgiving to put up his Christmas tree.

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Jessie James Decker

Decker the halls! Jessie James Decker got some help decorating their tree from her husband, Eric, and their three kiddos, Forrest Bradley, Eric Thomas II and daughter Vivianne Rose.

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Gigi Hadid

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The new mom couldn't help but kick off her baby girl's first Christmas a little ahead of schedule. "A whole new kind of busy and tired but she's da bestie so she got Christmas decorations early," wrote the model, who welcomed a daughter with Zayn Malik in September. In a gallery of photos shared on Instagram, she showed off how she's decked out her Christmas tree, hung up the stockings, and festooned every surface in her living room.

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Kylie Jenner

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"Dinner @ mine?" the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star captioned this sultry shot, showing off a massive green shrub and twinkly lights hanging from the ceiling.

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Tyler Hubbard

"After 13 days of being on the tour bus in the driveway I'm finally covid free and back in the house," wrote the Florida Georgia Line singer, who was reunited with his family — and their freshly decorated home! — after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. "Family dinner never felt so good. So thankful."

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Jennie Garth

"Deck'in these mf-ing halls! Too early?" the 90210 alum wrote, adding plenty of Christmas tree emojis and the hashtag, "#norules."

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Jane Fonda

This Grace and Frankie star's response to those who say it's too early to put the tree up? "SCREW IT! I'M GOING TO DECORATE!"

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Shawn Johnson East

Shawn Johnson
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The former Olympian and entrepreneur not only put up a tree, she also got her whole family into their Christmas jammies.

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Katherine Schwarzenegger

Katherine Schwarzenegger
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The influencer encouraged fans to join her in putting up decor well before December: "Who else is decorating for the holidays already?"

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Kylie Jenner

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A Calabasas Christmas isn't complete without a trimmed palm tree.

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Lauren Bushnell Lane

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The former Bachelor winner rose (get it) to the occasion by posting a pic of her twinkling tree in front of hubby Chris Lane.

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Amanda Kloots

Amanda Kloots Christmas decorations
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The star put up her decor early to help raise her spirits during her difficult first holiday without husband Nick Cordero, who died of COVID-19 earlier this year. "I decided not to question anything this year," she wrote. "I hung every sentimental ornament and all our stockings. Some of it doesn't make any sense at all, but it's ok."

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Mariah Carey

The Queen of Christmas kicked off the transition from Halloween to the holiday season on Nov. 1, by letting everyone know (via original video posted to Instagram) that "It's time!" to start listening to her anthem, "All I Want for Christmas," on repeat.

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Kelly Clarkson

The talk show host proved she's also ready to switch from costumes to Christmas decorations, posting a meme that showed her in a full Hocus Pocus get-up next to a photo of her decorating a tree. "Me on October 31st vs Me on November 1st," she wrote.

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Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi

The Jersey Shore alum explained why she's a believer in early Christmas decorating on her Instagram Story.

"Why do I decorate Nov 1st for Christmas every year?" she wrote, before listing out the answers.

"The kids love preparing for Santa an extra month. We are all happier people sitting around the tree and watching Christmas movies. The pandemic is depressing, Christmas is my savior. My kids realize once the decorations go up, we clean out the playroom and donate most of their toys for kids in need during the holidays. I'm in love with Santa. Christmas goes too fast for just one month. Spread the joy."

She ended the post with a PSA: "Stop being Scrooges and let us early Christmas people live."

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Tan France

Some people go for candy, others for curated Christmas tree decor. "10 year Halloween tradition. Christmas Tree goes up. Haters back off!!" the Queer Eye star wrote alongside a photo of his stunning tree on Oct. 31.

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January Jones

The Mad Men actress shared a sweet snap of her Christmas tree as well as of herself cuddled up to a Santa doll beside the fireplace, where she'd already hung her family's stockings. "Judge away," she joked of decorating on Nov. 1.

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Vanessa Lachey

The actress got into the holiday spirit with a dash of red lipstick and a Christmas sweater, documenting her makeover on Instagram. "It's November!!! Who's with me?! 🎅🏼❤️🎄⛄️," she captioned the clip.

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Candace Cameron Bure

As of Nov. 2, the Hallmark star noted on her Instagram stories that "Christmas music is fair game" - and a week later, her full Holiday transformation was complete.

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Meghan Trainor

The singer - whose Christmas album dropped Oct. 30 - went all out to recreate an iconic scene from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, dressing up as Cindy Lou Who to act it out on Instagram.

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Jen Lilley

"Christmas came early this year," the Hallmark star said, sharing a shot of her son Jeffrey, 2, whom she adopted from foster care in October, peeking out from a gift box. She then posted a photo of her whole family - including husband Jason Wayne, son Kayden and daughter Julie - in front of the tree. (As she keeps saying: "Christmas is not canceled!")

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