Melania's White House Christmas decorations are up, and there are blood red trees

[demmiblue]

'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]

1. Not enough trees. And not enough gold.

[Girard442]

2. Redrum, redrum!

That's what popped into my mind when I saw the red trees.

[Freethinker65]

3. Nice heels though

[JohnnyRingo]

26. Yeah, do they have the thermostat turned down?

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]

4. The Trumps epitomize "more money than taste."

[PJMcK]

31. In fact, they don't even have that much money!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[lunatica]

45. Yeah, but it's still more money than taste!

[PJMcK]

46. Exactly

We think alike!

[allgood33]

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

Really, really gaudy.

[Siwsan]

6. Those red trees look like they are wearing Lady Gaga's Meat Dress

Who the hell does she hire for decorating?

[tammywammy]

7. Why does she always wear a coat as a cape?

Does she not realize the sleeves on coats are for her arms?

[allgood33]

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

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]

39. Her god-awful make up doesn't help. She shovels that crap on.

[LenaBaby61]

42. I await the day ....

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]

15. She thinks it's elegant

But she isn’t.

[tammywammy]

43. It's not elegant. It just looks stupid.

Wear a fucking cape if you want a cape.

[smirkymonkey]

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

She obviously has a problem with sleeves.

[shanny]

8. That will match all the dead pines in the intermountain West...how apropos

[unc70]

9. Better than last year

[Beaverhausen]

24. My thought exactly. Last year's ghoulish display was horrible

Although these red trees are strange.

[woodsprite]

33. I thought the exact same thing.

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]

47. They are, but she probably let the help do those.

[Turbineguy]

11. Grotesque!

Evangelicals will love it.

[secondwind]

12. Who pays for all of this crap?

Children in Yemen are starving to death.

[MineralMan]

13. Excess! Glorious Excess!

Feh!

[progressoid]

14. "Be Best"

I really don't give a shit about most xmas stuff. Those decorations seemed fine until I saw the "Be Best" bullshit.

[smirkymonkey]

19. "Be Tacky"

is more like it.

Worst First Lady ever!

[hedda_foil]

16. OMG! It's the Red Forest from Twelve Monkeys.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Am I the only one who thinks the red trees are actually more "Hell on Earth"

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]

35. They were "Handmaid's Tale" red. n/t

[PunkinPi]

41. Yep...

[woodsprite]

50. Great photoshop! n/t

[PunkinPi]

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

[sheshe2]

54. LOL!

That didn't take long!

[PunkinPi]

60. Twitter is quick...

and funny sometimes.

[sheshe2]

63. Cool!

[demmiblue]

67. Some more:

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[NYC Liberal]

73. Come play with us...

Link to tweet

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[dixiegrrrrl]

91. Perfect!!!!

[Donkees]

20. I like the red winterberry trees

[SoCalDem]

75. Bring in the birds..let the feasting begin

Drunken birds cause havoc in town after eating too many fermented berries

[Polly Hennessey]

21. Oh, yes!

I’m 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]

22. Wasteful

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]

23. More Runway Show than Christmas Decorations for a Residence

It looked more like a runway show than the Christmas decorations for a residence.

[underpants]

61. Yeah especially at the end

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]

25. Why is she carrying/wearing gloves while indoors?

"Garish" doesn't even begin to describe that display.

[Me.]

27. No Heat In The WH?

So she needed a cape/coat?

[greatauntoftriplets]

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

Maybe she's over-compensating for all those nude photos.

[underpants]

62. Royalty surveying her kingdom or the work of the help

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]

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

But with this bunch of clowns, you never know.

[MontanaMama]

28. I like this woman less and less

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]

30. At least it looks expensive.

Lots of taxpayer money down the drain.

The red trees look like Vlad the Impaler is expected as a guest.

[Achilleaze]

32. Jumping the frikken xmas gun

republicans never do anything right. Advent is a week away - December 2. KGOP republicans just couldn't wait to piss on Christmas.

[CatMor]

34. Looks like one of those garden centers at Christmas ..

selling their trees and decorations. As usual Donnie and Melania overdo their idea of decorating.

[highplainsdem]

37. I've never seen a garden center that looked so tacky.

[Blue Owl]

36. Vlad tidings to you...

n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. The red trees are scary and weird; the rest of it is just overdone

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]

40. No warmth

no human touch seems to be there at all.

But, I guess it reflects the woman who approved it.

[FakeNoose]

65. I agree, but compared to last year's Christmas decorations...

... 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]

44. grotesquely excessive (n/t)

[HipChick]

48. Her wearing her coat as a cape really irritates me no end

[lunatica]

49. Normally I really like something done in a different way

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. They’re more like a sinister bloody nightmare scenario of evil trees ready to feed off your blood if you dare get too close.

Really. That’s the impression the child in me has. Scary as hell!

Claustrophobic!

[Donkees]

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

[lunatica]

68. Well blood is just blood too

But they are craptacular!

[Donkees]

69. I like them

[demmiblue]

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

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]

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

[lunatica]

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

[Grasswire2]

51. The White House model is made from Legos, not chocolate.

Really. White Legos.

[demmiblue]

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

[Grasswire2]

86. not what I saw on the news the other day

The display was built with white Legos. Brick by brick by brick.

[Grasswire2]

87. link

[link:https://www.wilx.com/content/news/White-House-replica-made-of-Legos-500900731.html|

[demmiblue]

88. Nope, not the same (clearly).

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/20/white-house-made-out-of-legos/

[cilla4progress]

52. Need a palate cleanser...

anyone have a clip of Michelle's Christmas decorations?

[Donkees]

72. ''Wreaths are made with lacquered magnolia leaves. ''

[C_U_L8R]

77. That's appropriately cancerous.

[Donkees]

79. Those red wreaths were from White House Christmas 2009

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]

53. She does not deserve to be there

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]

56. Why so many trees?

It looks like the Christmas tree department at Lowes.

[Retrograde]

71. Some people confuse wretched excess with good taste (n/t)

[struggle4progress]

57. "It's beginning to look a lot like Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad Dracula!"

[ismnotwasm]

59. Ew! She touched a decoration with the Seattle outline.

I’m glad it’s raining—get Melania cooties off

The red trees are weird. The rest standardish—except where it looks extraterrestrial growth from “The War of the Worlds”

[Rene]

70. What's with the Cape thing?

[DesertRat]

92. Because it makes it impossible to hold her husband's hand.

[Retrograde]

74. Those red trees make me think of California

specifically the forests lining I-5 in the northern part of the state as they burned this summer.

[C_U_L8R]

76. "be best"

Wasn't that the motto of the assholes who drove Rudolph and Herbie out of Santa's workshop?

[llmart]

81. That video clip is stupid.

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.

[demmiblue]

83. A much more preferable White House guide:

[HipChick]

82. Red trees look like used tampons..

Link to tweet

[demmiblue]

84. !

("There was blood coming out of her....wherever." )


Here is another good one:

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[HipChick]

90. Good one!..

[yuiyoshida]

89. she SEEMS LIKE THE SNOW queen...