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Her new duet with Kaleb is out today (check out the collaborations thread!)

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How I Travel: Kelly Clarkson Has More Books in Her Carry-On Than Rory Gilmore

I’m busy, you’re busy, but Kelly Clarkson is busy. This year alone, she debuted a daytime talk show (The Kelly Clarkson Show), released new music, coached on two seasons of The Voice, hosted the Billboard Music Awards, and announced a Las Vegas residency. She travels between four homes in four states with her four children and her husband, Brandon Blackstock. Taken all together, you might understand why she actually looks forward to the airport: “Flying is my 'me' time,” she says. Now, Clarkson has yet another new gig: last month, Norwegian Cruise Line named her the godmother of its newest ship, Norwegian Encore. She just wrapped up the christening ceremony in Miami on November 21. “They totally won me over with the laser tag arena and the longest race track at sea, all of that fun stuff," she says. "To be a godmother to something that represents family, and making magical memories—it’s pretty rad.” Noting that her kids currently dominate her approach to travel, she told Condé Nast Traveler about the other things that define how she operates on the road. Why she’s a cruise person: We have a wide range of kids, from three years old to 18, so to find a movie, let alone a vacation, is hard for everyone to agree on. A cruise is always good because there's literally something for every age of kid there, and even adults. Everyone wins, and that's rare on vacation. I am a cruise person when you surround yourself with the right people. When you don't do that and you're stuck at sea with people you maybe don't want to be with, that can be not good. But man, when it's done right and you bring people that are just cool—and the thing I love about Norwegian cruises is that you can kind of create your own schedule. A lot of times we go on and everything is mapped out and you have to be somewhere at a certain time. It's really cool that they kind of cater to what your scheduling needs are for your family, because every family's different. They just make it super easy. I’m busy, you’re busy, but Kelly Clarkson is busy. This year alone, she debuted a daytime talk show (The Kelly Clarkson Show), released new music, coached on two seasons of The Voice, hosted the Billboard Music Awards, and announced a Las Vegas residency. She travels between four homes in four states with her four children and her husband, Brandon Blackstock. Taken all together, you might understand why she actually looks forward to the airport: “Flying is my 'me' time,” she says. Now, Clarkson has yet another new gig: last month, Norwegian Cruise Line named her the godmother of its newest ship, Norwegian Encore. She just wrapped up the christening ceremony in Miami on November 21. “They totally won me over with the laser tag arena and the longest race track at sea, all of that fun stuff," she says. "To be a godmother to something that represents family, and making magical memories—it’s pretty rad.” Noting that her kids currently dominate her approach to travel, she told Condé Nast Traveler about the other things that define how she operates on the road. Why she’s a cruise person: We have a wide range of kids, from three years old to 18, so to find a movie, let alone a vacation, is hard for everyone to agree on. A cruise is always good because there's literally something for every age of kid there, and even adults. Everyone wins, and that's rare on vacation. I am a cruise person when you surround yourself with the right people. When you don't do that and you're stuck at sea with people you maybe don't want to be with, that can be not good. But man, when it's done right and you bring people that are just cool—and the thing I love about Norwegian cruises is that you can kind of create your own schedule. A lot of times we go on and everything is mapped out and you have to be somewhere at a certain time. It's really cool that they kind of cater to what your scheduling needs are for your family, because every family's different. They just make it super easy. Her tips for traveling with kids: I’m going to be real with you. I know there’s a lot of hippy dippy moms out there who don’t approve of iPads, and I think that’s great for them. More power to you. But we definitely have iPads, because at some point travel can be total hell. Not just with kids, but in general—a flight gets delayed, things happen, weather. Just having something they can escape [with], play little games, watch movies on it. We definitely make sure everyone's fed, heavily fed, just so they don't go crazy. And this is a true tip, okay? Travel at nighttime. I know it sounds weird, but then they're asleep on the plane. Especially when we go overseas, we get on the plane and then everybody winds down. We drink some chamomile tea, calm everything down, and then we go to sleep. It's kind of perfect when you're traveling with kids to try and get those really late flights so they sleep the whole time. But I don't know. I think it's different for every family. My tips might not work for the next one. Why you shouldn’t pity her travel schedule: This is going to sound sad but funny. I actually love being on an airplane, because when you're on an airplane, you can't really do much. It’s the only time I get to read. I wrote a song on my last flight because my kids were like, "We want to watch a movie!" Flying is my 'me' time. We’re in our own worlds. I try to lean in and find the silver lining in anything. Like traveling so much—no, it’s not the best, especially with children. It can be difficult. But you go, well, at least I have time to read and go over my schedule, or work on the next Voice rounds, or write some songs. There’s always stuff to be done. It’s kind of like my office. When she can sleep on a plane: I can sleep on planes and sometimes I do but—I sleep on a plane if we’re not with the kids. If we’re with the kids, it’s hard for me to fall asleep because I’m responsible for them. It’s kind of hard to check out when I have a three-, five-, 13-, and 18-year-old on this plane. For the rest of the people on this plane, I should probably stay awake to make sure they’re not, you know, tiny turds or anything. What’s in her carry-on: Oh, there’s a ton of mom stuff, yes. I have a little emergency kit for every situation. I definitely carry far too many books. I’m like Rory from Gilmore Girls. You just don’t know! I like a lot of different styles, from classic literature to Harry Potter to “how to make your own essential oils” and self-help books. I usually have one from each genre, just in case I don’t know what I want to read. The best vacation she’s ever taken: Oh man. I would have to say being on safari in Africa. That was pretty magical, having Mufasa from The Lion King three feet away from me, just living his best life. Like, wait, what? Her happy place: My favorite place to vacation in general is our ranch in Montana. We try to get there as much as we can. I didn't grow up in a big city, so we don't do well trapped in L.A. for a long period of time. And the commute, this back and forth to Tennessee, is exhausting. So we try and get to it as much as we can. It's so awesome there, just a different style of living. Her favorite hotel stay ever: We were recently in Paris, and Le Royal Monceau was amazing. Our five-year-old loves Fancy Nancy [the book and television series about a fancy girl who loves all things French], and we happened to be in Europe for work, and the kids love Paris, so we did this whole thing [and visited]. The hotel set up all this extra stuff—we walked into the room and it looked like Pottery Barn Kids had exploded. There were tents, there were games, there were coloring things and towers of sugar, and it was the most magical thing ever. Basically it seemed like our kids were going to the most fancy camp. We went in a horse and carriage around town on our day off, we went to this beautiful park, the Jardin d’Acclimatation. It was the most wonderful day that our family’s had in a long time.

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thanks for posting

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we should find out Friday then!! I am curious now!!

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Thanks for the news Sounds like she's done a few cruises with her family then

The Paris trip sounds amazing


I'd love to know if people responded negatively to her saying she finds iPads a necessity traveling with children . I mean I'm on the limit the use in the early years side of the fence but that's because I've actually done research on the subject & would be concerned over brain development for those children who are constantly babysat/raised by iPads. But I imagine the hippy dippy mothers she's describing would love to jump on how Kelly's a bad mother for letting her children have iPads. Meanwhile Kelly would actually be a great mother as she actually cares for, engages with, & seems to put her children first.

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I'm just excited for new music!

I'm sure there are some moms who would love to complain! but you really see it a lot when people go on vacation that they humor their kids with an Ipad

The Kelly Clarkson show got its first nomination!!
It got nominated for 'Best Talkshow' at the Critic's Choice Awards!
It's a category that entails both daytime and late night talkshows!

BEST TALK SHOW Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

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Yay, that's amazing!

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and she's the only daytime show I think!
not even Ellen is nominated!

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Oh, that's a cute ornament, and a good cause, too.

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it was a lucky find yesterday!

the price of that ornament has already gone up 30 dollars since yesterday!


btw curious to know what song she wrote on that plane flight!
and I'm curious what kind of work thing she had in Paris

LIVE performance of I Dream In Southern on The Voice

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What is the Christmas decoration for?

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This is what Organisation Smile is about
I even believe they have a Reba ornament!

Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives and heal humanity. With 35 years of expertise, we continue to provide life-saving reconstructive cleft surgeries and increase our overall surgical safety, quality and capacity worldwide.

wow Kelly's ornament is at $162 now!!

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Sounds like a nice organization, thanks for providing that info
Yeah I think I've seen a few different singers do decorations for it

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sure thing


This is funny too!!


I love how they mock this

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Kelly talking a bit why she chose doing a talkshow

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For someone who would love new music from Kelly, I'm looking into everything to see if I can see something new coming on!



Is this something or me just doing wishful thinking?