I have good news to report. Christina Aguilera is still back. Over the summer, she recalled the senior director of content and fired him in 2000.

Joe featured the pop princess on his social media feed and claimed she was a pop culture icon again. We’re talking about the red-hot days of the early 2000s.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 30: Christina Aguilera performs at her opening show at Voltaire at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas on December 30, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Voltaire)

This left Joe in a state of complete confusion. What had happened? Where had 24 years gone? That Friday in July he wrote: “It was like I was hallucinating about mushrooms…”

A few months later I had a similar experience. I haven’t been on quite the same journey as Joe, but out of the blue, as I was minding my own business and scrolling through Instagram, Boom Xtinas popped up on my feed.

She’s out and about with pumpkins and tells us how much she loves Halloween. I had my own, much shorter flashback to the early 2000s and ended up in the same place as Joe. Christina Aguilera was back.

Fast forward to today: It’s December 18th, we still have a week until Christmas, and it’s the pop culture icon’s 44th birthday. Once again she caught my attention.

Xtina announces almost nothing: “Birthday Suit #44”.

Christina Aguilera

This will quickly get your attention. I was scrolling mindlessly at the time. Do I need to buy last minute Christmas gifts? What did we get so and so?

The typical thoughts that go through your head at this time of year. Then a gift from the unknown. It was time to wish birthday suit-clad Christina Aguilera a happy 44th birthday.

Yes, she supported Kamala Harris and was one of the entertainers who performed at her presidential rallies, but as far as I know, she didn’t announce that she was leaving the country because Trump won.

She didn’t go crazy, shave her head and talk about abstaining from sex for the next four years as punishment for men. She did it, which was completely normal until a few years ago.

Xtina lived her life. And part of her life was celebrating her birthday by sending out a birthday suit post. That you can respect. Happy birthday, Christina.