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Jenna Bush Hager travels back to the 18th century for 2024 holiday family photo

Jenna Bush Hager poses in a holiday photo with her husband, Henry Chase Hager, and their three children.
Jenna Bush Hager poses in a holiday photo with her husband, Henry Chase Hager, and their three children. Screengrab from @jennabhager's Instagram

Jenna Bush Hager is no stranger to a good holiday family photo.

The 43-year-old talk show host revealed her 2024 family holiday card Dec. 9 and it, as always, featured a serious photo on the front and not-so-serious photo on the back.

“Peace and Love, Happy Holidays,” the front of the card reads under a lovely photo of Bush Hager surrounded by her husband, Henry Chase Hager, and their three children.

The couple’s two daughters, Mila, 11, and Poppy Louise, 9, wore leafy crowns, while Mila held her 5-year-old brother, Hal, in her arms.

The sweet and festive photo was coupled with a goofy photo that took the family back a few hundred years.

“Wishing you hope ever after,” the back of the card reads under a photo of Bush Hager and her husband wearing 18th century-inspired powdered wigs.

And they even had the outfits to match.

The kids also played along with Poppy wearing a floral dress and golden crown, and Mila sporting a velvet-and-lace gown.

Hal was the only one not dressed for the occasion, but he took part by covering his face with a dragon mask.

jenna bush hager with husband henry chase hager
Jenna Bush Hager poses in a photo with her husband, Henry Chase Hager. Screengrab from @jennabhager's Instagram.

Bush Hager has been sharing her holiday card with “Today” viewers for several years now, but last year took the cake when she debuted the goofy side of her family.

The front of her 2023 holiday card saw the family of five smiling in summer clothing, while the back featured a less-serious photo with the family cat.

“Happy Holidays,” the front of the card read. “... Or Meowy Christmas!” she wrote on the back of the card.

And while her 2022 holiday card didn’t feature a funny photo, it did have a unique design.

The front of the card had a stone-like background and a door that revealed a sketch of her family when it opened.

“The Hagers are home for the holidays!” read a note on the back of the door.

The back of the holiday card featured a photo of Mila and Poppy kissing then-3-year-old Hal on the cheek.

“Hugs and kisses from our new stomping ground!” the back of the card read.

Hoda Kotb, who has been Bush Hager’s co-host since Kathie Lee Gifford left the show in 2019, was quick to compliment the mother of three on her holiday card.

“By the way, you always use good cardstock,” Kotb said in 2022, adding that it’s a “beautiful card.”

Bush Hager humbly explained that Cheree Berry of Cheree Berry Paper & Design was the mastermind behind the holiday card, as well as her cards in the past.

“I mean, I didn’t do that myself,” Bush Hager joked at the time.

Bush Hager’s latest holiday card comes a little more than a week after she posted a series of family photos from her Thanksgiving festivities.

“GRATEFUL,” she captioned the post, which also included photos with her sister, Barbara Pierce Bush, and her family.

A few days prior, Bush Hager took to Instagram to share photos on her 43rd birthday, which fell on Nov. 25.

“Feeling so grateful for all the love...really soaking it in,” she wrote in the caption.

“As someone wrote to me today, hoping I slow it all down a little so I can appreciate every single second,” she continued. “Thanks for it all.”

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