JD Vance's Hanukkah invitation says 'Celebrating 50 years of Christmas' in embarrassing blunder
Source: The Independent
Thursday 04 December 2025 16:24 EST
In an apparent oversight, Vice President JD Vance has reportedly sent out invitations for a Hanukkah party that said Celebrating 50 years of Christmas.
The holiday mix-up was noted by Gabby Deutch, a reporter for Jewish Insider, who shared a photo of the invitation on X Wednesday.
The invite states: The vice president & the second lady request the pleasure of your company for a Hanukkah reception at the vice presidents residence. The event is scheduled for December 15. Above this, in large cursive lettering, it reads: Golden Noel, followed by Celebrating 50 years of Christmas at the vice presidents residence.
Its not the first time the White House has included references to Christmas while celebrating Hanukkah, Deutch noted. In November 2008, invites for then-President George W. Bushs Hanukkah reception included images of Christmas trees.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/vance-hanukkah-invitation-christmas-blunder-b2878401.html
This was no "blunder". It was intentional.

An invitation reportedly received by Gabby Deutch, a reporter for Jewish Insider.
Gabby Deutch, X
Irish_Dem
(81,964 posts)efhmc
(16,860 posts)nonwhites.
Irish_Dem
(81,964 posts)They are the only ones who count.
This is the message.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,757 posts)efhmc
(16,860 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,757 posts)that are primarily evil and happen to be really, really stupid. The intent is primary, the poor execution is secondary. More than one person proof reads and approves.
Exultant Democracy
(6,597 posts)But this one isn't typical. You always have to balance the evidence at hand with the question of it it their evil, their stupid, their greedy or their incompetence behind most of the things they produce.
In this instance the inherent bigotry of LLMs and a Whitehouse where we known they are lazy and sloppy with AI seems to be another credible possibility for how this was produced.
ck4829
(37,978 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,461 posts)Must be Lazyboy Bold
BumRushDaShow
(171,092 posts)of MS Comic Sans.
Blue Owl
(59,398 posts)yardwork
(69,504 posts)Blech.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,425 posts)If they call it "The Golden Noël", they've said "50 years of Christmas" twice.
QueerDuck
(1,865 posts)the "Sweet Charity" typestyle. Groovy!


Blue Owl
(59,398 posts)QueerDuck
(1,865 posts)QueerDuck
(1,865 posts)
Chasstev365
(7,993 posts)Will you start talking about the "War on Hanukkah?"
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,558 posts)FakeNoose
(42,044 posts)OK, good to know
Pinback
(13,620 posts)
70sEraVet
(5,549 posts)regardless of whether or nor it's appropriate.
mpcamb
(3,239 posts)delisen
(7,408 posts)When we restore democracy lets drop the female Imitation royalty honorifics.
quaint
(5,112 posts)BumRushDaShow
(171,092 posts)that Doug Emhoff was the first "Second Gentleman" with respect to VP Kamala Harris.
riversedge
(81,272 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,706 posts)It has a certain bland and meaningless style to it.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,966 posts)How very Christian of them!
Hope those celebrating the Jewish holy rite of lights stay home.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,706 posts)... when it becomes a political expedience.
I'm sure he is currently a fine, devout, newly-minted Catholic, with his shiny membership card to Opus Dei.
ck4829
(37,978 posts)karynnj
(61,043 posts)might be that they are using that Golden Noel, graphic and tag line for all the December celebrations and no one thought it out that this was not good for the Hanukkah event.
Pinback
(13,620 posts)Its also highly possible that the invitation was done in some automated graphics generator based on an AI prompt. These people are dumb, mean, and lazy.
BumRushDaShow
(171,092 posts)When you occupy a position at the very top level of the federal government, you are EXPECTED to "think it out". The staff are SUPPOSED TO be keeping track and doing some kind of "quality control".
QC was expected and demanded by those "above", for the general civil servant workforce, and in this case, with all the bogus justifications for financially "punishing" people and institutions for "antisemitism", the very act of what they did with these invites, embodies it.
LudwigPastorius
(14,888 posts)Vance should only go shit in his hat.