Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Leaves 40 Fellow Squad Members 'Still in Shock' with Individual $600-Value Christmas Gifts

Marissa Phillips spread some holiday cheer amongst her teammates when they unwrapped their new luxury hair styling tools

Zoey Lyttle

December 23, 2024 at 12:59 p.m.·2 min read

Marissa Phillips/Instagram Marissa Phillips and some of her fellow Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. — Marissa Phillips/Instagram
Marissa Phillips and some of her fellow Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are celebrating each other this holiday season, and one member surprised her squad with a gift that left them with plenty of pep.

Marissa Phillips delivered dozens of Dyson Airwrap styling blowdryers to all of her teammates, much to their delight at a group Christmas party. The cheer star, 24, documented her kind gesture on social media, beginning by showing the 40 boxes wrapped, stacked and ready to be given to Phillips' "best friends," as she called them in her video.

"My idea was surprising them all with [the Airwraps] after the Christmas Party, so I'm gonna have them all set up," she said while standing by the tower of presents surrounding her Christmas tree.

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Phillips added that she did indeed wrap each box individually with the help of her fiancé, Braden Leschber.

"Brb… just playing one of Santa’s Elves 🙈🎁," Phillips captioned her Instagram Reel. She added her thanks to Dyson for "helping me pull of the biggest surprise to the girls who deserve it most!"

The next few clips showed several of the NFL cheerleaders excitedly holding the gifts as they were handed around the room. Phillips prefaced the reveal by telling her friends they "deserve the world" before urging them to unwrap.

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Marissa Phillips/Instagram Marissa Phillips (right) and one of her teammates after gifting the Dyson Airwraps. — Marissa Phillips/Instagram
Marissa Phillips (right) and one of her teammates after gifting the Dyson Airwraps.

Upon opening the haircare tools — which retail at about $600 — the room filled with shrieks of happiness. Multiple Dallas cheerleaders took to Phillips' Instagram comments section to reiterate their gratitude.

"This was so iconic!! Thank you for doing this for us, we don’t deserve you 🥹," McKenna Gehrke replied alongside the video. Kleine Powell wrote that she was "literally still in SHOCK!!!!!!!!!"

"The best surprise!!!" added Darah Haidet. "You are my favorite Santa ever and I cannot believe I own a @dysonbeauty Airwrap now!!! Pinch me!!! Thank you so much!!!!! 🤗🥺🩷🎀🎁"

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