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demmiblue

(39,730 posts)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:14 PM Nov 2021

WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE: First Lady Jill Biden received the official White House Christmas tree

WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE: First Lady Jill Biden received the official White House Christmas tree, an 18.5 foot Fraser fir from Jefferson, N.C., Monday. Mrs. Biden was joined by a National Guard family, and she wished a happy, healthy holiday to all members of the armed forces.




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WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE: First Lady Jill Biden received the official White House Christmas tree (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2021 OP
great response from the First Lady onethatcares Nov 2021 #1
If it's not a blood red tree, then it's not for me. Xavier Breath Nov 2021 #2
I'm actually going to decorate this year! leftieNanner Nov 2021 #3
A couple more vids: demmiblue Nov 2021 #4
Melania grumbles about Christmas in the WH keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #5
I thought she was working her kidneys off. Oh that was something else. George II Nov 2021 #10
The heck with Melania. NOW we have a real and legitimate First Lady. calimary Nov 2021 #15
Thank goodness we have a real First Lady MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #6
++ First Lady Jill Biden is terrific in many ways! appalachiablue Nov 2021 #26
She sniffs it..thats what i would have done Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #7
It looked as is she was going to... 3catwoman3 Nov 2021 #20
Well, I'm not posting this on FB to rub in Mailordia's "I don't geev fock about Kreesmaz!" brewens Nov 2021 #8
Hahaha moose65 Nov 2021 #24
With all we've gone through in recent years, that made me choke up. A REAL first lady once again! George II Nov 2021 #9
Can't wait to see "the reveal" next week! GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #11
the tree came through sonora ca . what a tree. it was somewhat decorated too. AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #12
From Jefferson, North Carolina??? NullTuples Nov 2021 #16
si. AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #17
It came from Ashe County, NC moose65 Nov 2021 #25
The tree from Humboldt confused me as well PufPuf23 Nov 2021 #29
No more creepy Christmas decorations Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #13
Weren't the Clydesdales a wonderful touchd? colorado_ufo Nov 2021 #14
Beautiful horses! mrsadm Nov 2021 #31
Those beautiful, elegant Clydesdales... ailsagirl Nov 2021 #18
Jill Biden is so genuine. badhair77 Nov 2021 #19
Mercifully, an end to monochrome xmas dcor tishaLA Nov 2021 #21
The blood trees and the Dead Trees. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #28
That's a nice tree! BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #22
Hey, Melania! PJMcK Nov 2021 #23
Was that reporter trying to bait her. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #27
Christmas MAJones Nov 2021 #30

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
1. great response from the First Lady
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:16 PM
Nov 2021

she should have thrown in, "this is the first year in years we are not engaged in a war at Christmas"

leftieNanner

(16,159 posts)
3. I'm actually going to decorate this year!
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:20 PM
Nov 2021

Last year, I purchased a door wreath from the high school snowboard team (I buy one every year). I stuck it on a bench on the front porch. That was it! Didn't even pull the boxes full of Christmas treasures out of the garage.

It was a bah-humbug kinda year. We had a brief zoom Christmas day with our two daughters.

This year will be the whole deal. Don't know if there will be any Christmas trees available in our area, but I'm going to pick one up as soon as I can.

It's so wonderful to have such a gracious First Lady. I'm going to guess that we won't have any horror movie hallways in the White House this year.

Thanks for posting this.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
5. Melania grumbles about Christmas in the WH
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:33 PM
Nov 2021

“I’m working like a — my ass off at Christmas stuff,” Mrs. Trump laments to Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who served as a top aide in the East Wing and has just published a tell-all book, “Melania and Me.” Mrs. Trump continues, “You know, who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration?”

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=A+recording+of+Melania+Trump+captures+her+complaining+in+vulgar+terms+about+Christmas+decorations+and+mocking+detained+migrant+children.

calimary

(90,067 posts)
15. The heck with Melania. NOW we have a real and legitimate First Lady.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:08 PM
Nov 2021

And thank goodness for that! AND for a graceful, compassionate, brilliant, classy, and sincerely, genuinely caring First Lady like Jill Biden.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
8. Well, I'm not posting this on FB to rub in Mailordia's "I don't geev fock about Kreesmaz!"
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:03 PM
Nov 2021

Like hell I'm not! LOL

moose65

(3,454 posts)
24. Hahaha
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 03:19 PM
Nov 2021

I love that name....... Mailordia!! Fits her to a T.

I always heard Eva Gabor's voice in my head whenever I saw Melania -"What do you spect me to do - decorate Hootersville??"

Of course, Lisa Douglas had more heart in her little finger than Melania had in her whole exposed body.

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. With all we've gone through in recent years, that made me choke up. A REAL first lady once again!
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:06 PM
Nov 2021

GoCubsGo

(34,919 posts)
11. Can't wait to see "the reveal" next week!
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:39 PM
Nov 2021

I don't think we'll be getting a red car wash, like her predecessor did.

AllaN01Bear

(29,515 posts)
12. the tree came through sonora ca . what a tree. it was somewhat decorated too.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:42 PM
Nov 2021

loved the tractor trailor outfit that was all decked out and it had glass windows so one could see the tree.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
16. From Jefferson, North Carolina???
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:10 PM
Nov 2021

I'd read that the tree was coming from the Humboldt Bay region a few weeks back, but after hearing about the White House tree today figured that one must've been destined for somewhere else?

So just now I checked kymkemp and it says the tree was indeed headed for the US Capital - maybe the Capitol Building? They're playing fast & loose with the spelling.

https://kymkemp.com/2021/10/25/us-capitol-christmas-tree-trucked-to-northern-humboldt-and-packaged-for-trip-to-the-east-coast/

PufPuf23

(9,864 posts)
29. The tree from Humboldt confused me as well
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 05:56 PM
Nov 2021

The White House tree must be different from the Capitol Building tree.

The tree from Humboldt is much larger.

I found the parade through Sonora (in the Youtube clip) sort of gruesome.

Sheesh, once long ago was a forester and born and now living old in Humboldt.

colorado_ufo

(6,252 posts)
14. Weren't the Clydesdales a wonderful touchd?
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:06 PM
Nov 2021

Jill looked so lovely! Wonderful outfit. We needed this so badly.

badhair77

(5,182 posts)
19. Jill Biden is so genuine.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:45 PM
Nov 2021

It’s refreshing after the past 4 years. Definitely puts me in the holiday spirit. Extra points for her sincere answer in wishing the military a safe holiday.

tishaLA

(14,781 posts)
21. Mercifully, an end to monochrome xmas dcor
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:58 PM
Nov 2021

who could forget Melanie's abominations?
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BumRushDaShow

(169,860 posts)
22. That's a nice tree!
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 10:01 PM
Nov 2021


They have the 2021 WH ornament for sale now - https://shop.whitehousehistory.org/collections/ornaments/products/official-2021-white-house-christmas-ornament





It's in commemoration of LBJ with a quote by him on the obverse -

The White House Historical Association's 2021 Official White House Christmas Ornament commemorates the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson. One side of the ornament features a painting of the 1967 Blue Room Christmas Tree. On the other side of the ornament, there is a quote from President Johnson: " Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man."

PJMcK

(25,050 posts)
23. Hey, Melania!
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 04:12 AM
Nov 2021

Most of us care about Christmas, you idiot.

It's one rare time of year that people can come together in peace.

Enjoy Florida and Donald!

 

MAJones

(44 posts)
30. Christmas
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 12:10 AM
Nov 2021

I can't wait to see Jill's holiday decorations! After 4 years of no White House Christmas it will be wonderful, no doubt.

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