( CNN ) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair 's attempt to spread the festive cheer turned into a turkey after social media users mocked his new Christmas card . Blair issued his annual Christmas card on Monday . It features a photo of him , with a forced grimace on his face , standing next to his wife Cherie alongside the caption `` Season 's Greetings . '' The unnatural-looking smile quickly became the source of online derision , with Twitter users quick to compare the image to a range of gurning icons , from Count Orlock from `` Nosferatu '' and `` Friends ' '' Chandler Bing . @ carlmaxim noted that `` the strange thing about Tony Blair 's Christmas card is how the teeth seem to follow you round the room . '' Other users decided to do their own version of the card . Some took the opportunity for some -- admittedly outdated -- political satire . User @ GeneralBoles superimposed Blair 's successor Gordon Brown 's face onto Blair 's and tweeted `` Come on Tony , it 's my turn , '' a reference to Brown waiting for Blair to step down as prime minister and repeatedly telling him , `` It 's my turn now . '' Others took the culture route , with @ Rowland72James superimposing the couple 's faces onto Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette , while @ garboy photoshopped their faces onto the notoriously unsmiling Grant Wood painting `` American Gothic . '' When asked about the card , a spokesperson for Blair 's office told CNN : `` We do not 'officially ' release the card , cards are sent to their friends and colleagues , which does n't seem to me to be that unusual a process let alone one which merits such interest . ''
Tony Blair 's Christmas card features the former British PM 's unnatural grin . Twitter users were quick to mock the image . Copycat cards on the theme were also quick to emerge .