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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