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
(80,057 posts)efhmc
(16,134 posts)nonwhites.
Irish_Dem
(80,057 posts)They are the only ones who count.
This is the message.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,175 posts)efhmc
(16,134 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,175 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
(6,596 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
(37,433 posts)C_U_L8R
(48,954 posts)Must be Lazyboy Bold
BumRushDaShow
(166,171 posts)of MS Comic Sans.
Blue Owl
(58,236 posts)yardwork
(68,988 posts)Blech.
muriel_volestrangler
(105,633 posts)If they call it "The Golden Noël", they've said "50 years of Christmas" twice.
QueerDuck
(1,088 posts)the "Sweet Charity" typestyle. Groovy!


Blue Owl
(58,236 posts)QueerDuck
(1,088 posts)QueerDuck
(1,088 posts)
Chasstev365
(7,190 posts)Will you start talking about the "War on Hanukkah?"
Paladin
(32,327 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,009 posts)FakeNoose
(40,333 posts)OK, good to know
Pinback
(13,509 posts)
70sEraVet
(5,271 posts)regardless of whether or nor it's appropriate.
mpcamb
(3,181 posts)delisen
(7,241 posts)When we restore democracy lets drop the female Imitation royalty honorifics.
quaint
(4,693 posts)BumRushDaShow
(166,171 posts)that Doug Emhoff was the first "Second Gentleman" with respect to VP Kamala Harris.
riversedge
(79,636 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,607 posts)It has a certain bland and meaningless style to it.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,634 posts)How very Christian of them!
Hope those celebrating the Jewish holy rite of lights stay home.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,607 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
(37,433 posts)karynnj
(60,813 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
(13,509 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
(166,171 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
(14,263 posts)Vance should only go shit in his hat.