Take a look at WH Christmas decorations from decades ago to present....Notice anything?

[essme]

https://rb.gy/kvadgb

Wait til you see it; it's horrifying.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

2. Bitter freezing cold came to the White House ...nt

[hlthe2b]

3. Melania should have acknowledged Stephen King for her "Murder in the WH" motif inspiration.

There is something really wrong with her, IMO

[PJMcK]

4. Well, the Trumps are not known for their taste

Didn't Melania tell her former friend (who wrote a tell-all) that no one cares about "the fucking Christmas decorations?"

Clearly Melania didn't care too much.

Trump and his-- whatever she is-- can't be gone soon enough.

[Baked Potato]

5. Such a beautiful look back in time!

There was an imposter at the end, though. She has never been happy since meeting IT.

[MineralMan]

6. Melania's Decorations Remind Me of an Ingmar Bergman Movie.

[LearnedHand]

9. Or a David Cronenberg film

Spot on!

[Princess Turandot]

15. To me, they also look like the kind of holiday decorations that you might see..

..in a high end department store in a luxury shopping area or mall. An overly design-oriented back drop.

[Politicub]

20. Liv Ullmann peeks out and contemplates the abyss.

[MineralMan]

22. Yes. I suggested to my wife that we watch Fanny and Alexander

as our Christmas Movie. "No way," she said. So we're going to watch "Die Hard" again. It's also a Christmas movie.

[dalton99a]

7. Fucking psychopath:

The Washington Post pointed out that per the first lady’s office: “The choice of red is an extension of the pales, or stripes found in the presidential seal designed by our Founding Fathers. It is a symbol of valor and bravery.”

[Chainfire]

18. She looks like she is preparing to be sacrificed in that photo.

It probably wasn't appropriate for her to wear white to her grammar school graduation. They don't want to call Jill Biden, Dr., I wonder if I can still refer to the first lady as the first madam?

[Volaris]

21. I like the design idea kinda; I DONT like the red...

As a whole, I happen to think most of them are hideously overdone and border on gaudy...

But I'm a minimalist so pretty much everyone's gonna disagree with me heh...

[GoCubsGo]

24. Planet Melania has pink air.

All the trees are red.
Lots of people die there.
No one has a care.

(My apologies to the B-52s.)

[LymphocyteLover]

39. In retrospect, SOOOO creepy... kind of foreshadows the death ...

[Autumn]

8. The First Nudes dress is horrifying and her hair! Ick.

It looks like she fell into a dumpster full of unused trash decorations from Hobby Lobby for the WH, got lucky and also found a dress from the Goodwill.

[Wicked Blue]

10. The evil witch of Narnia nt

[regnaD kciN]

11. To be fair, 2019 was a drastic improvement...

I’m guessing Malaria got some outside advice on the design of the fucking Christmas decorations last year.

[Towlie]

12. That's not the sort of link that I would ever click. Where does it go?

 
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[Princess Turandot]

16. It's in Town and Country Magazine..

Here's a non-shortened link to the first photo of the set (FDR in 1934.)

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/g13943774/white-house-christmas-decorations/?fbclid=IwAR2YfMRwdWdGcNUhGcjuLCb8_9c196FTaVKYsHQewwFydK2LtmW8_uz0UHg&slide=01

[Dagstead Bumwood]

27. It was worth it just to see

Mr. T dressed as Santa.

[nolabear]

33. Yeah, Nancy owned that Christmas. "I saw mommy..."

[Dagstead Bumwood]

37. I Hope "Mrs. Claus" wasn't too jealous.

[Towlie]

35. Thank you!

 
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[tavernier]

13. I guess "they" prefer portraits of couples over family gatherings

for the official photos. Never could figure out who “they” were.

The red trees look like red uniformed soldiers lined up in the American White House. Like an inside joke between Malaria and who-knows.

[magicarpet]

14. Melania couldn't do a few nude photos to dress up the Xmas scenes at the White House ?

[Princess Turandot]

17. That was fun! Thanks. One image that caught my eye was of Socks in 1993..

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/g13943774/white-house-christmas-decorations/?fbclid=IwAR2YfMRwdWdGcNUhGcjuLCb8_9c196FTaVKYsHQewwFydK2LtmW8_uz0UHg&slide=28

One of my departed but still dear kitties would have turned that into a post-earthquake apocalyptic scene in about 90 seconds.

[MissB]

19. I like the Nixon trees the best

Honestly I preferred their decorations to the rest, although Laura Bush had a decent tree and the Michelle Obama’s trees were excellent.

And yes, the third lady Trump’s decorations were simply awful.

[justgamma]

23. I got a kick out of

the dime store stockings on their fireplace.

[GoCubsGo]

29. I kinda like Lady Bird's tree with the flower garland.

It's so 1960s. I like her roadside wildflowers a whole lot more though.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

25. I see what you mean. Michelle Obama shold've been impeached for showing

her arms in public like that!!

But seriously, what's up with Moronia in image 44? Was she going for Japanese horror film chique?

[BainsBane]

26. It's only 2018 that was really bad

But the Clinton's sticking gingerbread houses in the tree was also unsightly.
Melania's 2018 display was essentially soulless.

[JHB]

28. No joy. No heart.

No soul.

[csziggy]

30. I remember the needlepointed ornaments from 1991!

I had just joined the American Needlepoint Guild which had made it a project for chapters to make those. I was a member at large since there were no chapters near me so I didn't make any.

Once the tree was revealed, I was disappointed - I thought the ornaments were too crammed together to appreciate.

Barbara Bush was an avid needlepointer - one of the ANG magazines had an article about a rug she had made. It takes a lot of dedication to stitch an entire rug!

For those who don't know, needlepoint is a specific type of needlework done on an open weave canvas, traditionally with wool yarn, though over the years the techniques and stitches have expanded as have the types of fibers used.

[msongs]

31. I like red trees - xmas at the nudie bar nt

[AnnieG]

32. Everyone seems to have a different take on this.

Could you explain what, in particular, you wanted us to see?

[essme]

36. Everyone else got it from what I read

The coldness- the ugliness- of the Trump decor.

Soul sucking shit-

[MustLoveBeagles]

40. Welcome to DU

I think it was the ugliness of Melania's decorations compared to the efforts of First Ladies of the past. I will say that the 2019 decorations were an improvement.

[AnnieG]

42. Thank you kindly for the welcome. :-)

[LudwigPastorius]

34. What's notable about the squatter's photos is...

the only person in them is Mel. No Donny, no kid...

I bet they don’t even celebrate Christmas, because it would entail giving...something as alien, and foreign to the Trumps as Venusian unicorns.

Heck, even if they were all in a shot together, everyone would be scowling.

I think Melanoma does it because she thinks, “I am beautiful now, like anorexic supermodel on catwalk, yes”. Trump undoubtedly does it because there’s a little loser’s voice inside his head that says, “Must look tough, must be intimidating or Daddy won’t love me”.

[Hekate]

38. Nostalgia, and then a blank. It refused to reveal Melania's horrible renditions. nt

[DFW]

41. I remember that 2015 tree

Obama's WH Christmas parties were always wonderful.
Here with Cecile Richards (Ann's daughter, and head of Planned Parenthood at the time).