Check out this excellent video featuring the ballet chops of the Nationals’ Racing Presidents, who followed Kojo Nnamdi as special guests at the (unfortunately orchestra-less) Washington Ballet production of The Nutcracker. There’s just something about seeing Teddy’s smiling mug in a Santa hat and and trying his best to keep proper ballet form and technique without losing his balance which makes everything seem okay.

Of course, opening the video with an establishing shot of the Presidents in their body storage bags kind of wipes those feelings of reassurance away.