Savannah Chrisley is gearing up for another Christmas without her parents.
The Chrisley Knows Best star, 27, was joined by her grandma, Nanny Faye Chrisley, on the Dec. 23 episode of her Unlocked podcast, where the two discussed the holiday season and how it feels to celebrate Christmas for a second time with Todd and Julie Chrisley in prison.
“Obviously, mom and dad are not here, shocker,” Savannah said.
“But hopefully they will be next year,” Nanny Faye, 81, chimed in. “Our hearts are heavy, but we’re not going to let the devil win and the people that hate us, we’re going to march right on down that road. I tell you children, nothing’s forever. This shall pass, and we will be better for it because God don’t put stuff on us that he don’t get us out of.”
She went on to say that the Chrisleys “are a strong family” with “strong genes,” but also joked “I don’t pray all day for nothing!”
“People lie on you, it will come to get you,” Nanny Faye continued. “So I’d rather be me, because karma’s not coming for me.”
Savannah giggled as she asserted that karma wasn’t coming for her either — unless it was the good kind.
“I have got so much good karma coming my way after the past two years and everything that I’ve done, I’m just waiting for it to show up,” Savannah said.
Savannah Chrisley, Nanny Faye.
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As for their Christmas plans, Savannah is shaking things up.
“I learned last Christmas — I did Christmas for the kids, I cooked a whole meal all of that and friends came over you came over — it was great, we enjoyed the time, food was great, but also, Mom and Dad aren’t here, so trying to pretend everything’s the same really is not what’s in the best interest for everybody,” Savannah explained. “So this year, I asked the kids, I said, ‘Do you guys want gifts or do you want to go somewhere?’ They decided they wanted to go somewhere.”
Savannah shared that her boyfriend, Robert Shiver, and his family plan to meet them on the international trip, noting that she’s bringing the kids’ stockings to keep a piece of Christmas tradition. Nanny Faye, on the other hand, said she’d be spending Christmas with her other son, Randy Chrisley.
“This is also our last trip before Grayson goes to college,” Savannah added, to which Nanny Faye responded, “I’m kind of sad.”
Faye Chrisley, Chase Chrisley, Todd Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley, Chloe Chrisley, Julie Chrisley, Grayson Chrisley.
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“He said, ‘Nanny, why don’t you just go with me?’” Nanny Faye revealed. “I said, ‘No, I’m retiring.’ He said, ‘No, you’re not retiring!’”
She went on to joke that Grayson only proposed she move in with him so she could “work for him.”
“So you can cook, clean, do laundry,” Savannah laughed. “But I really don’t know. I don’t know what I’m going to do without him.”
In August 2019, Todd and Julie were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy, all of which they have denied.
They began their prison sentences on Jan. 17, 2023. After receiving reduced sentences in September 2023, Todd is now set to be released on June 11, 2032, from the Federal Prison Camp Pensacola. Julie, whose sentence was upheld in September 2024, will be released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on March 23, 2028.
