--- title: Tony Blair Awkward Christmas Card Memes description: The Tony Blair Christmas card got memed canonical: https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-02T16:50:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:56.455Z og:title: Tony Blair's Christmas Card Goes Viral on Twitter (and Not in a Good Way) og:description: It's been called "terrifying/the stuff of nightmares" og:url: https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tony Blair's Christmas Card Goes Viral on Twitter (and Not in a Good Way) twitter:description: It's been called "terrifying/the stuff of nightmares" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tony Blair's Awkward Holiday Card Gets a Seasonal Roasting on Twitter  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 2, 2014 4:50 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 2, 2014 4:50 PM UTC Twitter users are mocking the 2014 holiday card from Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, tweeting that the expression on his face is [“terrifying/the stuff of nightmares”](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tony-blairs-christmas-card-is-a-sight-to-behold-twitters-best-reactions-9896623.html) and looks “strained.” Snarky remarks are tagged with the hashtag [#tonyblairchristmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/tonyblairchristmascard?src=hash): Never pose for a Xmas card during a proctology appointment: [#tonyblairchristmascard](https://twitter.com/hashtag/tonyblairchristmascard?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/phYQvvVaRT](http://t.co/phYQvvVaRT) — Ben Milne (@benmilne) [December 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/benmilne/status/539808185167917056?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) And the parade of memes features parodies of… that episode of _Friends…_ Grant Wood’s _American Gothic…_ Although if we're honest, the Blair's Christmas card is still better than last year's effort [pic.twitter.com/4oqoVT05zO](http://t.co/4oqoVT05zO) — Dean Burnett (@Garwboy@ohai.social) (@garwboy) [December 1, 2014](https://twitter.com/garwboy/status/539515696821309441?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) _The Demon Headmaster_ (book and TV series)… Is it just me or does Tony Blair resemble The Demon Headmaster in his new 2014 Christmas Card? [pic.twitter.com/lZSwimZPcL](http://t.co/lZSwimZPcL) — Lucy Wood (@Lucy\_Jane87) [December 1, 2014](https://twitter.com/Lucy%5FJane87/status/539463323797168129?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) A belated Halloween card… And a typical face swap meme: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/"},"headline":"Tony Blair's Awkward Holiday Card Gets a Seasonal Roasting on Twitter","datePublished":"2014-12-02T16:50:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:56.455Z","description":"It's been called \"terrifying/the stuff of nightmares\"","url":"https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3613611/tony-blair-christmas-card-seasons-greetings/","name":"Tony Blair's Awkward Holiday Card Gets a Seasonal Roasting on Twitter"}}]}] ```