Step Inside Kathy Hilton’s Glittering House of Christmas - Architectural Digest

There are so many artificial Christmas trees in the house that she has to count them out to keep track: “I have one in the library, one in the living room. One in the sunroom and one in the entry. Boy, I could have a sale here.” There’s also a tree that Hilton leaves bare until Christmas, so that the family can trim it together. “Usually I do not let the family touch anything. I’m a control freak when it comes to the ornaments. My husband likes to hang some of them, and I’m like, No, no, no, Rick, no.”

Hilton’s prized possession is this trio of figurines. “It’s Father Christmas with two children, and they’re about 30 years old,” she says. Though she doesn’t remember how much they cost—and she originally bought them for her antiques store, The Staircase on Sunset Plaza—she confesses, “It was very expensive. Like over $1,000, for sure.”

Although many impressive brands make up her household and holiday decor—including pieces by Scalamandré and Brunswick—Hilton is not driven by labels. “Lots of things we bought in Europe,” she says. “I don’t know. I buy what I like.”

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This year’s festivities may be a tad less grand than years past, thanks to COVID and the outsize November wedding celebration of Hilton’s daughter Paris and Carter Reum. “Three days does take a lot out of you,” says the mom of four. However, she promises that Christmas will be classically Kathy Hilton.

Come Christmas morning, there’ll be a laid-back, family-only, pajamas-required affair. “I do a really fabulous Christmas day brunch.” And to be clear, Hilton does not involve caterers for lunch. Hilton herself cooks “a frittata with really nice vegetables, and sour cream and caviar, and these little cinnamon rolls, bacon, and pancakes with melted butter and really good syrup.”

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When things don’t turn out the way perfectionist Hilton planned, she pivots. “Those are vintage, and I have all sizes,” she says of her pastel houses. “I dug those out quickly because I didn't like the flowers [I got]. I thought, You know what, I'm going to use these as a centerpiece. I have to tell you, these things are more charming in person than even in pictures.”

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Make no mistake, though, Christmas wasn’t always so informal in the Hilton house. Paris and her sister Nicky Hilton Rothschild used to joke that the chairs were just for decoration, no sitting allowed. Their mom admits: “I lightened up about 15 years ago.”

And as cozy and comfortable as her home has become, one thing Hilton won’t do is rest on her (Christmas) laurels. “I want to redo most of the house,” she says, even though she loves it as is. But don’t have a gorilla—the home will undoubtedly keep that quintessential Kathy Hilton quirk: “I’m thinking of doing pale leopard sofas,” she says of her burgeoning decor vision. “And I love lacquer.”

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