Sunny Hostin Holiday-Shames Sara Haines For Not Sending Christmas Cards on ‘The View’: “You’re a Scrooge”

Sunny Hostin may have a Daytime Emmy nom and a law degree, but she’s also earned herself the title of Queen of Holiday Shaming. During today’s episode of The View, she was seen rolling her eyes at co-host Sara Haines‘ efforts to relieve some of the pressures during what’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year.

Haines, who is the self-proclaimed “one-woman-holiday-show,” explained how she took on the pressure of making the holidays perfect when she married her husband, who “didn’t grow up with traditions.” The co-host said she came in “envying” everything her mother pulled off and wanting to do it herself.

However, she recalled her family’s most recent Christmas tree experience, where she ended up “snapping” at her kids, resulting in her husband telling her to “go rest and then come back,” to which Sunny Hostin chimed in to say, “You’re a Scrooge.”

Despite Hostin’s low blow, Haines continued, “Because it starts to take away the joy of what you’re doing. There’s so much pressure. So, like, we don’t do holiday cards. That just is too much time for me.”

Hostin insisted, “it’s just a quick picture.”

When Haines, who sunk into her seat, replied, “The weight of the world is getting heavier and heavier,” Whoopi Goldberg came to her defense, assuring Haines, “You don’t need to send holiday cards.”

The co-host continued to find her way onto Hostin’s naughty list as she told the panel that she also no longer exchanges gifts with her extended family. Instead, she invites everyone to dinner for an “experience gift” so that she doesn’t “have to shop for every single person.”

As Hostin interrupted with, “But gifts are fun!” Haines quipped, “Sunny’s grateful she’s not a Haines right now and she’s a Hostin.”

Haines isn’t the only one from the panel who doesn’t send out Christmas cards. Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed she has also “never” taken part in the holiday tradition because “it seems like a lot of work.”

Goldberg remained diplomatic as usual, and made sure to let the audience know, “Christmas is your choice. It’s your choice of how to do it. Don’t listen to anybody. Do your thing because I do nothing and do everything. Because I want to.”

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.