Posted December 27, 2025
Teresa Giudice shared photos from her family Christmas celebration—and some of them included Melissa Gorga.
The long-estranged “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars spent their first Christmas Eve together in years after recently reconciling. Now, fans are hoping enough repair has happened to allow the two women to both return to the Bravo reality show for its upcoming 15th season.
In a series of photos posted to Instagram on Dec. 25, Giudice posed with her husband, Luis Ruelas, and her daughters Gia, Gabriella, Milania, and Audriana. In another photo, Gorga, her husband Joe, and tehri kids Antonia, Joey, and Gino all posed with the Giudice side of the family.
The fifth and ninth pictures in the slideshow featured Giudice and Gorga posing by a bar cart with a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” poster on the wall beside them. The two women playfully pointed to the poster as they smiled.
“Merry Christmas from our family to yours 🎄♥️,” Giudice captioned the post.
Fans Reacted to the Christmas Miracle
After a years-long estrangement, Gorga told Peacock’s Reality Hot Seat that she would be hosting the Giudice-Ruelas’ for Christmas Eve this year after making “amends” with them off camera. She also confirmed that RHONJ cameras would not be documenting the family dinner, but joked, “Bravo, where you at?”
After Giudice posted the smiling family photos, many fans were moved that they were able to put aside their differences and move forward as a family.
“Your parents would be so proud of both of you putting it all aside. Family matters ❤️,” one fan wrote in the comment section.
Others were more skeptical, with some questioning if the reunion was a ploy for the two women to return to RHONJ amid rumors of a cast shakeup.
“They must be paying them all A LOT of money to pose for these photos. I will say I do hope they prove me wrong. But we as real fans see right through this and see it for exactly what it is. A required Photo OP. Please Prove me wrong,” one commenter wrote.
“What family doesn’t go through high and lows? …Lets be optimistic🙏,” another chimed in.
Melissa Gorga Had No Updates on the RHONJ Cast
BravoWhile some fans wondered if the family members reconciled just to get back on the show, Gorga has said the fate of the cast is still to be determined.
Speaking with Extra TV in mid-December, she shared, “We do know that the show is coming back. We just don’t have any details yet.”
Of reconciling with Giudice, she said they were all simply “moving forward” after years of drama.
“Just kind of how it should have been, to be honest,” the RHONJ veteran added. “I don’t know who it got to where it got, but thank God we’re moving on because life’s short.”
