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woodsprite

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33. I thought the exact same thing.

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 11:44 AM

Nov 2018

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.

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Melania's White House Christmas decorations are up, and there are blood red trees [View all] demmiblue Nov 2018 OP

Not enough trees. And not enough gold. dalton99a Nov 2018 #1

Redrum, redrum! Girard442 Nov 2018 #2

Nice heels though Freethinker65 Nov 2018 #3

Yeah, do they have the thermostat turned down? JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #26

The Trumps epitomize "more money than taste." highplainsdem Nov 2018 #4

In fact, they don't even have that much money! PJMcK Nov 2018 #31

Yeah, but it's still more money than taste! lunatica Nov 2018 #45

Exactly PJMcK Nov 2018 #46

Kind of "witchy" isn't it? It reminds me of some kind of sinister holiday. allgood33 Nov 2018 #5

Those red trees look like they are wearing Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Siwsan Nov 2018 #6

Why does she always wear a coat as a cape? tammywammy Nov 2018 #7

No matter what she wears, i can't un-see her photo as an immigrant call-girl that circulated. allgood33 Nov 2018 #10

Her god-awful make up doesn't help. She shovels that crap on. fleur-de-lisa Nov 2018 #39

I await the day .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2018 #42

She thinks it's elegant Blue_playwright Nov 2018 #15

It's not elegant. It just looks stupid. tammywammy Nov 2018 #43

I don't know why she doesn't just go out and buy herself a CAPE. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #17

That will match all the dead pines in the intermountain West...how apropos shanny Nov 2018 #8

Better than last year unc70 Nov 2018 #9

My thought exactly. Last year's ghoulish display was horrible Beaverhausen Nov 2018 #24

I thought the exact same thing. woodsprite Nov 2018 #33

They are, but she probably let the help do those. lunatica Nov 2018 #47

Grotesque! Turbineguy Nov 2018 #11

Who pays for all of this crap? secondwind Nov 2018 #12

Excess! Glorious Excess! MineralMan Nov 2018 #13

"Be Best" progressoid Nov 2018 #14

"Be Tacky" smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #19

OMG! It's the Red Forest from Twelve Monkeys. hedda_foil Nov 2018 #16

Am I the only one who thinks the red trees are actually more "Hell on Earth" GoCubsGo Nov 2018 #18

They were "Handmaid's Tale" red. n/t woodsprite Nov 2018 #35

Yep... PunkinPi Nov 2018 #41

Great photoshop! n/t woodsprite Nov 2018 #50

Wish I could claim credit, but found it on Twitter. It is a good one though. nt PunkinPi Nov 2018 #58

LOL! sheshe2 Nov 2018 #54

Twitter is quick... PunkinPi Nov 2018 #60

Cool! sheshe2 Nov 2018 #63

Some more: demmiblue Nov 2018 #67

Come play with us... NYC Liberal Nov 2018 #73

Perfect!!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2018 #91

I like the red winterberry trees Donkees Nov 2018 #20

Bring in the birds..let the feasting begin SoCalDem Nov 2018 #75

Oh, yes! Polly Hennessey Nov 2018 #21

Wasteful Nonhlanhla Nov 2018 #22

More Runway Show than Christmas Decorations for a Residence erpowers Nov 2018 #23

Yeah especially at the end underpants Nov 2018 #61

Why is she carrying/wearing gloves while indoors? greatauntoftriplets Nov 2018 #25

No Heat In The WH? Me. Nov 2018 #27

Yet she wasn't actually wearing the coat, it was just draped across her shoulders. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2018 #29

Royalty surveying her kingdom or the work of the help underpants Nov 2018 #62

Now, that's curious since she presumably supervised the design of that house of horror. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2018 #64

I like this woman less and less MontanaMama Nov 2018 #28

At least it looks expensive. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #30

Jumping the frikken xmas gun Achilleaze Nov 2018 #32

Looks like one of those garden centers at Christmas .. CatMor Nov 2018 #34

I've never seen a garden center that looked so tacky. highplainsdem Nov 2018 #37

Vlad tidings to you... Blue Owl Nov 2018 #36

The red trees are scary and weird; the rest of it is just overdone The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #38

No warmth Bettie Nov 2018 #40

I agree, but compared to last year's Christmas decorations... FakeNoose Nov 2018 #65

grotesquely excessive (n/t) Richard D Nov 2018 #44

Her wearing her coat as a cape really irritates me no end HipChick Nov 2018 #48

Normally I really like something done in a different way lunatica Nov 2018 #49

They're just winterberry holly branches. I think they look better than poinsettia 'trees' Donkees Nov 2018 #66

Well blood is just blood too lunatica Nov 2018 #68

I like them Donkees Nov 2018 #69

Lol... I was one of the few who liked this from last year: demmiblue Nov 2018 #78

I liked those too. The night-lighting of that display captured the 'darkest night' solstice mood Donkees Nov 2018 #80

I liked that one too but only when it was lit like the photo shows. lunatica Nov 2018 #85

The White House model is made from Legos, not chocolate. Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #51

No it isn't (it is made of gingerbread & decorated with white icing or chocolate). n/t demmiblue Nov 2018 #55

not what I saw on the news the other day Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #86

link Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #87

Nope, not the same (clearly). demmiblue Nov 2018 #88

Need a palate cleanser... cilla4progress Nov 2018 #52

''Wreaths are made with lacquered magnolia leaves. '' Donkees Nov 2018 #72

That's appropriately cancerous. C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #77

Those red wreaths were from White House Christmas 2009 Donkees Nov 2018 #79

She does not deserve to be there Ohiogal Nov 2018 #53

Why so many trees? LoveMyCali Nov 2018 #56

Some people confuse wretched excess with good taste (n/t) Retrograde Nov 2018 #71

"It's beginning to look a lot like Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad Dracula!" struggle4progress Nov 2018 #57

Ew! She touched a decoration with the Seattle outline. ismnotwasm Nov 2018 #59

What's with the Cape thing? Rene Nov 2018 #70

Because it makes it impossible to hold her husband's hand. DesertRat Nov 2018 #92

Those red trees make me think of California Retrograde Nov 2018 #74

"be best" C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #76

That video clip is stupid. llmart Nov 2018 #81

A much more preferable White House guide: demmiblue Nov 2018 #83

Red trees look like used tampons.. HipChick Nov 2018 #82

! demmiblue Nov 2018 #84

Good one!.. HipChick Nov 2018 #90

she SEEMS LIKE THE SNOW queen... yuiyoshida Nov 2018 #89