Travis Kelce Reveals Thoughtful Christmas Gift from Taylor Swift’s Brother Austin

Travis Kelce elaborated on Taylor Swift’s family’s holiday preparations during his Christmas Day performance.

The 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs player, Travis Kelce, revealed on Friday’s bonus episode of New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce the considerate present he received from Austin Swift, the younger brother of Taylor, while he was in a Santa suit—the exact attire he donned on Monday at the Kansas City Chiefs game.

travis kelce austin swiftWhen asked to choose who she’d pick as the person who “took their game to new holiday heights” this week, Kylie Kelce said she was “tempted to pick on” Travis before revealing her choice was none other than Taylor’s brother and his holiday costume.

“That was a full commit, and I respect that,” Kylie, Jason’s wife, said of Austin’s Santa suit. 

Travis agreed as he said, “It was a full commit. And he killed it,” before revealing the gift that Austin gave him.

“He made me feel like a child because his gift to me was straight out of the bag,” the tight end admitted.

Taylor Swift is seen in a suite prior to a game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on December 25, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kylie was awestruck by the story of Travis receiving the gift straight from “the Santa sack,” as her brother-in-law continued, “It was in the Santa sack, whew, [he] whipped it out and handed me a VHS of my favorite football movie of all time.”

Austin, 31, gifted Travis a VHS copy of Little Giants, the 1994 film about two brothers’ rival youth football teams. 

“Santa kills it,” Travis said of the gift.

At Monday’s game, Austin and Taylor were joined by their parents, Andrea and Scott Swift, as well as Austin’s girlfriend, Sydney Ness, in Travis’ suite at Arrowhead Stadium. Austin, dressed as Santa Claus, also wore a Chiefs Christmas hat and scarf, while his girlfriend wore a vintage-style Chiefs sweatshirt — which appeared to be one from the pile sent to Taylor by local boutique Westside Storey — along with a Christmas-themed Chiefs hat. 

Taylor’s dad, Scott, also wore the sweatshirt at a Chiefs game earlier this month. 

Artis Taylor Swift in the stands with an 87 Santa hat on during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders on December 25th, 2023 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor, 34, was looking festive in a Christmas hat with the number “87” fastened on the front — her boyfriend’s number — and a “T” charm earring, which seemed to be another shout-out to the tight end. 

Travis’ dad, Ed Kelce, was also in attendance at the game on Christmas Day and cheered his son on from the same suite as the Swift family.

In a shot captured by a fellow Chiefs fan, the “Anti-Hero” singer, her parents, and Ed were all pictured chatting before the game started, with Ed sporting a Kelce jersey and Taylor’s mom, Andrea, wearing a Chiefs Christmas hat.

Travis’ mom, Donna Kelce, meanwhile, previously told PEOPLE that she’d be in Philadelphia “spending time with my grandkids as we cheer on their dad,” her older son Jason, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jason and the Eagles secured a win over the New York Giants on Monday, and Donna, 71, was joined by Kylie, who had previously shared with PEOPLE that she and Jason planned to celebrate Christmas with their three daughters on the 26th instead.

“Lucky for us, our girls cannot read a calendar yet, so we are going to take full advantage of that and pretend that Christmas is the 26th,” she said of daughters Wyatt, 3, Elliotte, 2, and Bennett, 10 months. “And I meаn top-to-bottom, presents and all, 26th of December.”