--- title: Donald Trump: President-Elect Celebrates Christmas description: Donald Trump raised his fist in a tweet to celebrate Christmas this year canonical: https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-25T14:29:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:27:54.312Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Celebrates Christmas With a Raised Fist og:description: He spent Christmas Eve at midnight services at an Episcopal church og:url: https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/ 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: Donald Trump Celebrates Christmas With a Raised Fist twitter:description: He spent Christmas Eve at midnight services at an Episcopal church twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump Celebrates Christmas With a Raised Fist by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 25, 2016 2:29 PM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 25, 2016 2:29 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/) raised his fist to celebrate Christmas this year, through a [photo posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump) Sunday morning. “#MerryChristmas,” he Tweeted, followed by a Christmas tree emoji. The president-elect, who has [railed against](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-stoking-his-base-on-his-pre-inaugural-tour-but-is-he-building-bridges/2016/12/17/a74a0f0a-c3ad-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d%5Fstory.html?tid=a%5Finl&utm%5Fterm=.6a042d1cedef) the practice of saying “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” spent Christmas Eve at midnight services in the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/813003030186622976) Trump, who ended his recent “Thank You” tour with a Christmas-themed [rally in Alabama](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/us/politics/donald-trump-alabama-victory-rally.html?%5Fr=0), will spend the holidays at Mar-a-Lago, the Associated Press reported. He has been [holding meetings](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-latest-trump-spokesman-takes-a-pass-on-white-house-job/2016/12/24/64794830-ca3d-11e6-acda-59924caa2450%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.7f09ae06e9c9) with advisers, senior staff members and business executives at the Florida estate. Trump on Saturday tweeted “Happy #Hanukkah,” with a photo of a menorah. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/812775995837218816) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Celebrates Christmas With a Raised Fist","datePublished":"2016-12-25T14:29:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:27:54.312Z","description":"He spent Christmas Eve at midnight services at an Episcopal church","url":"https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4617786/donald-trump-christmas-tweet/","name":"Donald Trump Celebrates Christmas With a Raised Fist"}}]}] ```