The Biden family.Photo:Naomi Biden/Twitter
Naomi Biden/Twitter
The Biden family is jumping back into theirThanksgiving Daytradition!
On Thursday,President Joe Biden’sgranddaughter,Naomi Biden, shared aphotoof the family bundled up in towels after they took a dip into cold water in Nantucket, Massachusetts, as part of their holiday ritual.
“Annual Biden fam polar bear plunge,” Naomi captioned the post on X (formerly Twitter). “Happy Thanksgiving!”
The Bidens traditionally spend Thanksgiving in Nantucket, and arrived on the island earlier this week.
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The family plunge photo came hours after President Biden andFirst Lady Jill Bidencalled for unity on theTodayshow during NBC’scoverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The pair called in to speak withAl Roker, who missed last year’s Thanksgiving Day coverage forthe first time in 27 yearsdue toblood clots.
When Roker asked the president what message he wanted to send to viewers on Thursday, he said he would like Americans “to remind ourselves how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on the face of the earth.”
The president and the first lady calling in to “Today.".Josh Wingrove via the White House
He went on to say that despite differing political views, he hopes people can focus on shared goals for the nation.
“We should focus on dealing with our problems and being together, and stop the rancor,” he said. “We have to bring the nation together and we have to [create] a little bit of decency, and I think that’s where the vast majority of the American people are.”
Every year since he has taken office, President Biden and the first lady have called in toToday’sThursday morningThanksgiving broadcast.
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It’s been a week of traditions for President Biden. On Monday, he participated in the annual White House turkey pardon, in which hepardoned two turkeys named Liberty and Bell, who were raised in Willmar, Minnesota. He was also celebrating his81st birthday on Monday, and he even snuck in a joke about his age during the event, bringing in laughs from the crowd.
“This is the 76th anniversary of this event,” he said of the pardoning ceremony. “I want you to know I wasn’t there at the first one. I was too young to make it up.”
source: people.com
