First lady Jill Biden was shouted at by children for wishing “Happy Holidays” instead of Christmas, sparking laughter and joy from commenters online.
On Friday, the first lady hosted the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign the White House. She greeted everyone with “Happy Holidays,” to which several children emphatically shouted back, “Happy Christmas!”
“Happy Christmas,” Biden replied. “Yes!”
“If you only remember one thing this holiday season, after all the wrapping paper has been cleared away, let it be this: You are loved,” she told the military children in attendance during her speech. “There are so many people who care about you, from your family and your friends, from your teachers and your classmates, to the president and me.”
She concluded with: “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.”
First lady Jill Biden spoke to the children of military families at the Toys for Tots event.
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Commenters on X praised the children in attendance for correcting the first lady at the beginning of the event.
“Even kids get it,” former NCAA swimmer and OutKick host Riley Gaines wrote with a laughing emoji.
The Babylon Bee’s counterpart, Not The Bee, said that “a child shouted back what we’re all thinking.”
Conservative communicator Steve Guest argued that the incident was an “epic response” to “Jill Biden’s war on Christmas.”
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 20: US first lady Jill Biden speaks while attending her first Cabinet meeting during her husband President Joe Biden’s administration at the White House on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Jill Biden spoke about the progress made by the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
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“We’ll be right back,” the socially conservative Catholic group CatholicVote wrote with a crossed face emoji.
“THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!” conservative host David J. Harris Jr. cheered.
X-show host Mario Nawfal said this exchange “basically sums up the Biden era…”
“And a little child will lead them,” wrote conservative podcaster Wade Stotts, quoting the Bible.
