Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman crushed co-parenting this Christmas.
The former couple wore matching pajamas while celebrating the holiday on Thursday with daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6.
The foursome was all smiles in an Instagram group shot alongside the ex-“Today” show co-host’s mom, Sameha Kotb, and sister, Hala Kotb.
“Merry Christmas🎄❤️,” Hoda, 61, captioned the sweet snap.
She and Schiffman, 67, similarly spent the holidays together last year, sporting another set of matching jammies at the time.
The journalist documented their 2024 festivities, from eating “dinner a la Joel” to watching an NFL game.
Hoda and Schiffman called it quits three years prior.
“Joel and I have had a lot of prayer and really meaningful conversations over the holidays, and we decided that we’re better as friends and parents,” the Daytime Emmy winner confirmed in January 2022 after making headlines for ditching her engagement ring.
“They say sometimes relationships are meant to be there for a reason, for a season or for a lifetime and I feel like ours was meant to be there for a season,” she continued, denying anything bad “happened.”
The pair had been together since 2013, with Schiffman getting down on one knee in 2019.
While together, they adopted Haley and Hope in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
Hoda has raved over her former partner’s parenting skills since ending their engagement, breaking down how she co-parents with the “great dad” in an August 2022 People interview.
“He’ll have a Saturday, and I’ll do the Sunday. We switch each week,” the former “Dateline” correspondent explained to the outlet. “He’ll take the girls and do some fun things, and I’ll take some quiet time.”
She gushed over the “healthy mix” and insisted “the kids love it.”
Hoda has given rare insight into her love life in recent years, including her three dates with a mystery man.
The NBC personality told Page Six last year that she is confident she will find love again.
“I can see romance clearly, I just can,” Hoda said in August 2024. “It’s how you know something is meant to be.”
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