Joe Biden’s Sweet Holiday Video Card With Christmas Trees Produces 1 Major Gripe

The president’s season’s greetings were greeted with contempt by conservatives for the silliest reason.
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US President Joe Biden at a "Christmas Dinner for All" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.
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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.

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: