How Taylor Swift and other celebrities showed off their holiday vacations on Instagram

If you ever wondered how wealthy, connected celebrities enjoy Christmas and the time off it affords, Instagram offers a porthole — as was proved this year when Taylor Swift posted a picture of herself dressed in an elf onesie.

From celebrating babies' first Christmases to sharing vacation pictures, check out how some stars took in the holidays below:

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Taylor Swift

Swift dressed like an elf to show her Christmas spirit and added a holiday twist to a lyric from Drake's "Hotline Bling."

You used to call me on my elf phone.

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 24, 2015 at 10:53am PST

She also spent the holiday with boyfriend Calvin Harris. They built a snowman along with her brother, Austin.

Really proud of ourselves over here.

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 23, 2015 at 9:39am PST

Mindy Kaling

Kaling spent her Christmas in Hawaii, sharing a number of selfies and pictures of beautiful scenery. She couldn't avoid using a pun and wished everyone a "Maui Christmas."

Maui Christmas heh heh. Do you see the rainbow?

A photo posted by Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) on Dec 25, 2015 at 6:39pm PST