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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMelania's White House Christmas decorations are up, and there are blood red trees
'Tis the season to see what winter wonderland the White House is transformed into, and ohhh boy are the 2018 decorations something.
In the minute-long Christmas decor trailer the White House dropped Monday morning, you can see Melania walk through a forest of blood red trees, show off a bowl of artichokes, gaze at a confusing wreath made of "Be Best" pencils and trim the tree with a "Be Best" ornament.
They seem to have scaled back the "hell on Earth" vibes from last year, but there's still a great deal to question.
https://mashable.com/video/white-house-2018-christmas-decorations/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#pLz0NXpYvZql
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)Girard442
(6,070 posts)That's what popped into my mind when I saw the red trees.
Freethinker65
(10,016 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Did she have to dress like she just alighted a one horse open sleigh or is the White House conserving energy? I know the answer to that.
highplainsdem
(48,975 posts)PJMcK
(22,035 posts)HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)We think alike!
allgood33
(1,584 posts)Really, really gaudy.
Siwsan
(26,260 posts)Who the hell does she hire for decorating?
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Does she not realize the sleeves on coats are for her arms?
allgood33
(1,584 posts)She always looks like a slut to me. Sorry, but that's the truth and it's not just because she is Trump's spouse either. If she had never married the orange man, I would have felt the same way just looking at her.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)When the Birthing, tReasonous Filth buckets are OUT of the White House.
The place will have to be fumigated and scrubbed down LITERALLY if what I hear about there being an infestation of roaches, rats and a general all-around FUNKY smell lingering in there is true.
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)But she isnt.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Wear a fucking cape if you want a cape.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)She obviously has a problem with sleeves.
shanny
(6,709 posts)unc70
(6,113 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)Although these red trees are strange.
woodsprite
(11,913 posts)At least she didn't use white Handmaid's caps for tree toppers and ugly boots as tree stands.
Actually, I thought with the exception of the red trees and the "Be Best" trees, that all the other decorations were beautiful.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)Evangelicals will love it.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Children in Yemen are starving to death.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Feh!
progressoid
(49,988 posts)I really don't give a shit about most xmas stuff. Those decorations seemed fine until I saw the "Be Best" bullshit.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)is more like it.
Worst First Lady ever!
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)than the white ones were? Is it supposed to be a nod to the wildfires that are destroying that Evil California, or what? Bizarro. As for the rest. Meh. It's just your standard republican-style Xmas decorations. Whatevs.
woodsprite
(11,913 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)woodsprite
(11,913 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)That didn't take long!
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)and funny sometimes.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)Link to tweet
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Donkees
(31,392 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,794 posts)Im dreaming of a Red Christmas. Why is she wearing her Cape-Coat inside? It must be cold in the Merry, Merry Halls of Be Bestism Land.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I don't understand why there need to be quite so many trees. Have a few trees, donate the rest of the money to a charity, or buy presents for poor children. That would be so much more in the spirit of Christmas.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)It looked more like a runway show than the Christmas decorations for a residence.
underpants
(182,788 posts)Why was there a shot of her walking away to end it? Are we supposed to think she'd just finished surveying her little kingdom?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)"Garish" doesn't even begin to describe that display.
Me.
(35,454 posts)So she needed a cape/coat?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)Maybe she's over-compensating for all those nude photos.
underpants
(182,788 posts)The style of dress and the ending shot of just her walking away gave me the impression she was finished looking at it and she approves.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)But with this bunch of clowns, you never know.
MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)as we find out more and more about her. What happens to those heinous red trees after she casts them off? Landfill?
Liberal In Texas
(13,548 posts)Lots of taxpayer money down the drain.
The red trees look like Vlad the Impaler is expected as a guest.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans never do anything right. Advent is a week away - December 2. KGOP republicans just couldn't wait to piss on Christmas.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)selling their trees and decorations. As usual Donnie and Melania overdo their idea of decorating.
highplainsdem
(48,975 posts)Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)n/t
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)and probably very expensive. I'm sure Malaria hired a decorator but had nothing else to do with any of it; her only role was to sashay around in the video trying unsuccessfully to look elegant.
Bettie
(16,095 posts)no human touch seems to be there at all.
But, I guess it reflects the woman who approved it.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... these are warmer and more "American." I'll bet Melania had other decorators helping this year, because last year was such a disaster.
The scene that I liked was the fireplace with the trees on either side. She could have stopped there and it would have been perfect. But instead she brought in 3 dozen more trees and now it's way too much.
Richard D
(8,754 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)and I truly appreciate decorations, architect and art pushed to the limit, but those red trees would scare children. They are not a delight to the eyes or a wonderful child approving fantasy from a fairytale world. Theyre more like a sinister bloody nightmare scenario of evil trees ready to feed off your blood if you dare get too close.
Really. Thats the impression the child in me has. Scary as hell!
Claustrophobic!
Donkees
(31,392 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)But they are craptacular!
Donkees
(31,392 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)It reminded me of walking my dog during a snowy Winter's eve... the silence and solitude of nights like that are very peaceful.
Donkees
(31,392 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)Really. White Legos.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)The display was built with white Legos. Brick by brick by brick.
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)cilla4progress
(24,728 posts)anyone have a clip of Michelle's Christmas decorations?
Donkees
(31,392 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)Donkees
(31,392 posts)White House Christmas 2009
Boxwood garlands frame the windows in the East Colonnade. Wreaths are made with lacquered magnolia leaves. Both plants can be found in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden right outside the windows.
https://www.hgtv.com/shows/white-house-christmas-2014/white-house-christmas-through-the-years-a-presidential-photo-album-pictures
Ohiogal
(31,989 posts)in any way, shape, or form, or be decorating or ordering menus, etc. It is a travesty that gold digger is even there. She and Dolt 45 stain that whole house.
LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)It looks like the Christmas tree department at Lowes.
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Im glad its rainingget Melania cooties off
The red trees are weird. The rest standardishexcept where it looks extraterrestrial growth from The War of the Worlds
Rene
(1,183 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Retrograde
(10,136 posts)specifically the forests lining I-5 in the northern part of the state as they burned this summer.
C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)Wasn't that the motto of the assholes who drove Rudolph and Herbie out of Santa's workshop?
llmart
(15,536 posts)She walks around in winter, outdoor clothing on the inside of the house. There is not one bone of authenticity in her body. We all know what authenticity looks and feels like since we've had the very best of it in the Obama family. Both this person and the ugly person she's married to are as fake as a three-dollar bill.
Ick. But all the red is in keeping with Putin's communism.