Ebenezer Trump changes his Christmas tune and saves the festive season from lefties
Donald Trump wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. The US President on Twitter, yesterday:
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas, then tomorrow it’s back to work in order to Make America Great Again (which is happening faster than anyone anticipated)!
President Trump saved Christmas this year for all the children of America. The commander-in-chief on Twitter, Sunday:
People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Americans have been a bit funny on the whole Christmas thing for the past couple of years. USA Today, December 31 last year:
Officials in an Indiana town removed a cross atop the town’s Christmas tree because they said they could not win what was expected to be a costly lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
But Trump has even converted his oldest enemy to his Christmas cause. Former US president Barack Obama on Twitter, yesterday:
On behalf of the Obama family, Merry Christmas! We wish you joy and peace this holiday season.
OK, OK, Obama loves saying Merry Christmas. The then president’s video message from the White House, December 24 last year:
Merry Christmas everybody! ... we will join our fellow Christians around the world to rejoice in the birth of our Saviour.
He likes saying it a lot. Obama’s Christmas message from the White House on December 24, 2015:
Merry Christmas, everybody! This is one of our favourite times of the year in the Obama household, filled with family and friends, warmth and good cheer. That’s even true when I spend all night chasing Bo and Sunny (the Obamas’ dogs) away from the cookies we leave for Santa.
Ever since he became president. Obama’s very first Christmas message, December 24, 2009:
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas.
And Donald Trump that year? The then-Apprentice star on Twitter, December 24, 2009:
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday & a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.
A wonderful what? What is this PC, secular nonsense? Trump on Twitter, December 24, 2010:
Wishing everyone a very Happy Holiday season!
Trump hasn’t always possessed the Christmas spirit, it seems. The New York Times, February 7, 1984:
Trump ... spent some time trying to obstruct a group of his tenants from putting up a Christmas tree in their lobby.
And yet the President still saved the phrase “Merry Christmas”. Trump on Twitter, yesterday:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
After all, the Grinch saved Christmas too ... Dr Seuss in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, October 12, 1957:
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.” “Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!” And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say, that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day!