Biden White House Christmas video is missing the ‘reason for the season’
Christopher Tremoglie
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Many people have criticized the Bidens White House Christmas extravaganza that the first lady posted yesterday on X, formerly Twitter. As the Washington Examiner previously reported, the video featured an interpretive dance performance by the group Dorrance Dance. Many roasted the footage, claiming it was disturbing, dystopian, and resembled scenes from The Hunger Games. Nevertheless, the most important criticism about the video should be that it did not acknowledge the word “Christmas” or the birth of Jesus Christ.
“A bit of magic, wonder, and joy brought to you by the talented tappers of Dorrance Dance, performing their playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite,” Jill Biden’s post said.
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It was a performance that many Christmas traditionalists probably wouldn’t like. I can’t say I enjoyed it, but I did not think the criticism it received was warranted. Objectively, claims of it being dystopian or from The Hunger Games were a bit over the top. I would argue that much of the criticism stemmed more from partisan disdain than legitimate criticism. Individual tastes and preferences aside, anyone who has ever seen “The Nutcracker,” the famous ballet by Tchaikovsky, should know what the performance references.
But Christmas is about Christ’s birth, and the lack of any reference to that, or anything Christmas-related, was a glaring omission. “The Nutcracker” is a time-honored tradition for many people around the holidays. My family goes to the annual performance in Philadelphia every Christmas season. If Jill Biden wanted to have a tap-dancing “Nutcracker” interpretation, that was her prerogative. The video, however, should have at least referenced Christmas in some way, if not the birth of Christ.
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Granted, every Democrat typically thinks that referencing Jesus Christ in any way violates the (misunderstood and misapplied) separation of church and state. They probably believe they forfeit the right to acknowledge Jesus in any way upon being elected to office. But, without Christ, there would be no Christmas, and without Christmas, there would be no “Nutcracker.” However, I can’t say I am surprised by the omission.
And, let’s be honest. Other than probably an anecdote in front of the cameras by the president about how he personally knew the “Three Wise Men” or how his ancestors owned the manger Jesus was born in, the lack of Jesus, Christmas, or religion in the social media post is to be expected. Leave it to the Bidens to ignore the “reason for the season.”