NEW YORK — In a move that has stunned both health officials and grandmothers everywhere, Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth has confirmed he will, in fact, be drinking eggnog this Christmas — but only his own version, dubbed “Freedom Nog.”

“I don’t trust Big Dairy,” Hegseth reportedly told viewers, “so I make my own nog the way the Founding Fathers intended — raw eggs, a splash of bourbon, and zero handwashing.”

The announcement follows years of speculation about whether Hegseth, who once proudly admitted on live television that he hadn’t washed his hands in over a decade (Fox & Friends, Feb. 10 2019), would risk another round of seasonal salmonella for the sake of patriotism.

Health experts are begging him not to. “We’re concerned this could cause an outbreak of freedom-related food poisoning,” said one CDC official, nervously clutching a bottle of Purell.

Meanwhile, supporters on social media have rallied behind the #LetPeteNog hashtag, praising his “courage to drink unpasteurized beverages in Biden’s America.” One fan wrote, “That’s not eggnog — that’s 1776 in a cup.”

Rumors suggest Hegseth’s exclusive “Freedom Nog” recipe will soon hit shelves at Bass Pro Shops, packaged in camo-print mason jars with the tagline: “Fortified with Faith, Freedom, and a Hint of E. coli.”

When asked if he’d consider trying a store-bought version this year, Hegseth reportedly scoffed, “The only thing I buy in a carton is ammo.”

The Fox host then saluted the nearest American flag, took a hearty swig of his concoction, and declared Christmas officially “great again.”

God bless America. And God help the punch bowl.