{"id":14289,"date":"2025-12-18T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:20:16","slug":"the-internet-is-divided-over-this-familys-controversial-holiday-card-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14289","title":{"rendered":"The internet is divided over this family\u2019s controversial holiday card photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"283\">Influencer Amanda Cooper sparked online debate after sharing her family\u2019s holiday photo, revealing that she and several relatives subtly flipped off the camera as a prank. The post went viral, dividing viewers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"542\">Cooper explained that the joke was planned with a code word during the shoot and that her mother, Melynda King, was aware before it was posted. The family also took plenty of traditional photos, and the prank shot wasn\u2019t meant to replace their holiday card.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"713\">While many praised the family\u2019s sense of humor, others called the gesture disrespectful. Cooper said she was surprised by the backlash, stressing it was all in good fun.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"874\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her mother confirmed they still got a proper Christmas photo\u2014though Cooper\u2019s father jokingly called the prank image \u201cthe best family picture we\u2019ve ever taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-182798 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1.png 1144w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1-768x795.png 768w\" alt=\"Credit: Instagram\/amandak_cooper\" width=\"1144\" height=\"1184\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1.png 1144w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1-768x795.png 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/18132827\/amandacooper-1.png\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Influencer Amanda Cooper sparked online debate after sharing her family\u2019s holiday photo, revealing that she and several relatives subtly flipped off the camera as a prank. The post went viral, dividing viewers. Cooper explained that the joke was planned with a code word during the shoot and that her mother, Melynda King, was aware before&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14289\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The internet is divided over this family\u2019s controversial holiday card photo&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14291,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289\/revisions\/14291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}