President Joe Biden released a simple holiday video card over the weekend that conservatives still found objectionable.
The 20-second clip featured decorated Christmas trees in the White House, a toy truck filled with presents and paper doves hanging overhead.
“Wishing your home peace and light this holiday season,” the caption of the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, read.
Wishing your home peace and light this holiday season. pic.twitter.com/EkfGMvp3GB
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 21, 2024
And yet critics found something to grouse about.
Outrage that the greeting didn’t specifically include the words “Christmas” or “Merry Christmas” filled the comments.
“Holiday season? You mean MERRY CHRISTMAS,” one person wrote.
“Please tell Biden it’s called Christmas,” another commented.
The reaction came off as a collective salvo in the conservative-invented “war on Christmas.” Past and incoming President Donald Trump has persistently claimed he is that nonexistent battle’s greatest warrior to save Christmas.
Trump has claimed to have restored Christmas retail traditions and the use of “Merry Christmas” after asserting that the wokeness of liberal Grinches stole it.
Here are others who gave Biden the gift of grievance:
I mean, why are they afraid to say Christmas ????????♀️
— Hi, I'm KellyJo ????????♀️???????? (@BiologicalWoma2) December 21, 2024
Merry Christmas! - say it. ???? pic.twitter.com/8TLysNB9We
— DK???????????????????? (@1Nicdar) December 21, 2024
*Christmas
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 21, 2024
It’s called Christmas.
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) December 22, 2024
It's Merry Christmas!!! ????????????????
— Agent Z (@ZiggyTheAvatar) December 21, 2024
Why is it so difficult for @POTUS Joe Biden to simply write: “Wishing you and your families peace, light, and a Merry Christmas”? Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/XQGNyc9T8s
— Torsten Prochnow (@TorstenProchnow) December 22, 2024
It’s the Christmas season, Joe… The Christmas season. I thought you said you were Catholic? Oh that’s right you just play one on TV.
— Joe Keffer (@keffer145964) December 22, 2024
