Kim K. Vs. Paris: Who Won the War of the Holiday Cards?

By Jo Piazza Posted Dec 20th 2010 06:00PM

Welcome to the next battle in the Celebutante Wars: Operation Holiday Cards This week Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian released their respective Christmas cards to much chatter on the Internet.

Using the holidays to exploit oneself was a game invented by Paris. Hilton was one of the first celebrities to leak her annual card to the press back in the mid 2000s, when she still sat atop the celebutante throne and ruled the landscape of vacuous party girls as a sovereign.

So Hilton knows that the Christmas card sets the tone for the year and invariably sends a message to fans and foes alike.

What did Paris' card say this year, as she struck yet another sex kitten pose all by her lonesome? The solitary pose showed that Paris really is going it alone. On the cusp of 30, she is single, the result of a string of sorry relationships, she has alienated most of her former friends and her family's many attempts at making themselves famous have largely failed.

"Hilton's card bears a striking resemblance to the Christina Aguilera flick 'Burlesque' that unfortunately flopped at the box office," says celebrity blogger Micah Jesse. "I don't think there's any need for such a sexy holiday card... I mean, she is planning on sending this to her family members, right? Anyone who gets their hands on this card might think Paris Hilton is going (back?) into porn..."

'Cult of Celebrity' author Cooper Lawrence agrees that Hilton's card is screaming (moaning?) the wrong message!

"The Paris Hilton card looks like an escort ad not a Christmas card and is all about her not family or the holiday. It lacks class and sophistication and screams look I'm not wearing any underwear!," Lawrence tells PopEater. "It is the perfect image of an ego driven narcissist but it also says I'm insecure please pay attention to me whereas the Kim card is about family and is a beautiful portrait of a very close family who despite their antics really care about each other."

Kim poses with her entire family, biological, and extended through marriage and accidental pregnancy. Yes, they even let baby daddy Scott into the photo, proving that when it comes to the Kardashians the more the merrier, even if the more is a douchey drunk.

Kim has surpassed Paris as a brand because and not in spite of her family. The Kardashian Klan is appealing, offering a little something for everyone. Sure their card may look like the cover of a V.C. Andrews novel, but we love them because of their flowers in the attic, not despite them.

"While no one is smiling in the Kardashian pic, the card makes the entire family look royal, confident, and chic. Kim, specifically, looks elegant and pristine in a white floor-length gown," Jesse says. "This immaculately airbrushed and coiffed photo is the perfect card to put out after an extremely successful year for the Kardashians."

A picture isn't just worth a thousand words, it can also be worth thousands of bucks. The Kardashians have set the tone for 2011. If this card is any indication, Kim will continue to trump Paris into the new year.

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Tags: Kim Kardashian, paris hilton

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Monday 20 December

By Mike

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Gee, this is tough. The Addams Family or the Disco Queen riding high over the dance floor. Not a clue in the bunch.

By OfAlaska

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The banana slugs or the dung beatle? I'll take the scorpion.

By ec

the kadaskanks look like the adams family. who is the thug at the top...the butler?

By Teresa

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u r STUPID!!!!!!!!!

By cjb

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I AGREE LOL THATS SO FUNNY

By Jamie

At least Paris Hilton's says Merry Christmas on it. I wouldn't know the Kardashians was a holiday anything.

By caraanise116

Psssht, neither!

By lisa

total waste of space....all of them! Except for the little baby, he can't help what he was born into.

By Nico Toscani

They both just SCREAM Christmas don't they?

By Terry

Only the media seems to think we care about Paris or Kim and her sisters.
Kim and Paris started their climb to "fame" by being in sex tapes taped by their boyfriends. They have no talent, none of them. Their "fame" makes us look stupid to even care about them. The funny thing is only the different media think they are liked and cared about.

Monday 14 February

By Patty

DITTO!

By mary

Kardashian's card is death annoncement not a christmas card.They look royal?!! the royal family of death kingdom.

By chicobombico

Nice cards to warn people about STDs. Caption don't let this happen to you. These people are the bottom of the barrell, pukes, white trash.

By rob

stop this before I kill myself. Please I beg you.

By Melody

Both photos equally scream superficial narcissistic trash. I literally laughed aloud when I saw the cards. Neither evoke the spirit of the holidays... what they evoke is "LOOK AT ME! AREN'T WE WONDERFUL!" Seriously pathetic and oh so Hollywood.

By chewhorse

Why not just have a card of Charlie kicking his next trophy wife to be... and a 'merry xmas' scrawled on the bottom would give us an idea why we're actually looking at it to begin with.

By Rock

There is rumor going around that on the day of this shoot, they got some very sad news! Scott's physical exam came back, looks like he's healthy and could live a long life! Was a very sad day I'm sure :(

By bigdog

Paris is a pig and how and why anyone care about the loser family is beyond me. Kardashians are trash

By carol

Oh gee- is this a card about how "pretty" we can be or about a religious holiday? The gift of giving-- it's not about you-- silly girls

By Zero

Ha, Paris' should say, "Well, now that I'm broke all you get's this lousy card." Ha ha.

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