Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:22 PM

essme (1,207 posts)

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

https://rb.gy/kvadgb

Wait til you see it; it's horrifying.

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Take a look at WH Christmas decorations from decades ago to present....Notice anything? (Original post)	essme	Dec 2020	OP
This message was self-deleted by its author	SWBTATTReg	Dec 2020	#1
Bitter freezing cold came to the White House ...nt	N_E_1 for Tennis	Dec 2020	#2
Melania should have acknowledged Stephen King for her "Murder in the WH" motif inspiration.	hlthe2b	Dec 2020	#3
Well, the Trumps are not known for their taste	PJMcK	Dec 2020	#4
Such a beautiful look back in time!	Baked Potato	Dec 2020	#5
Melania's Decorations Remind Me of an Ingmar Bergman Movie.	MineralMan	Dec 2020	#6
Or a David Cronenberg film	LearnedHand	Dec 2020	#9
To me, they also look like the kind of holiday decorations that you might see..	Princess Turandot	Dec 2020	#15
Liv Ullmann peeks out and contemplates the abyss.	Politicub	Dec 2020	#20
Yes. I suggested to my wife that we watch Fanny and Alexander	MineralMan	Dec 2020	#22
Fucking psychopath:	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#7
She looks like she is preparing to be sacrificed in that photo.	Chainfire	Dec 2020	#18
I like the design idea kinda; I DONT like the red...	Volaris	Dec 2020	#21
Planet Melania has pink air.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2020	#24
In retrospect, SOOOO creepy... kind of foreshadows the death ...	LymphocyteLover	Dec 2020	#39
The First Nudes dress is horrifying and her hair! Ick.	Autumn	Dec 2020	#8
The evil witch of Narnia nt	Wicked Blue	Dec 2020	#10
To be fair, 2019 was a drastic improvement...	regnaD kciN	Dec 2020	#11
That's not the sort of link that I would ever click. Where does it go?	Towlie	Dec 2020	#12
It's in Town and Country Magazine..	Princess Turandot	Dec 2020	#16
It was worth it just to see	Dagstead Bumwood	Dec 2020	#27
Yeah, Nancy owned that Christmas. "I saw mommy..."	nolabear	Dec 2020	#33
I Hope "Mrs. Claus" wasn't too jealous.	Dagstead Bumwood	Dec 2020	#37
Thank you!	Towlie	Dec 2020	#35
I guess "they" prefer portraits of couples over family gatherings	tavernier	Dec 2020	#13
Melania couldn't do a few nude photos to dress up the Xmas scenes at the White House ?	magicarpet	Dec 2020	#14
That was fun! Thanks. One image that caught my eye was of Socks in 1993..	Princess Turandot	Dec 2020	#17
I like the Nixon trees the best	MissB	Dec 2020	#19
I got a kick out of	justgamma	Dec 2020	#23
I kinda like Lady Bird's tree with the flower garland.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2020	#29
I see what you mean. Michelle Obama shold've been impeached for showing	Guy Whitey Corngood	Dec 2020	#25
It's only 2018 that was really bad	BainsBane	Dec 2020	#26
No joy. No heart.	JHB	Dec 2020	#28
I remember the needlepointed ornaments from 1991!	csziggy	Dec 2020	#30
I like red trees - xmas at the nudie bar nt	msongs	Dec 2020	#31
Everyone seems to have a different take on this.	AnnieG	Dec 2020	#32
Everyone else got it from what I read	essme	Dec 2020	#36
Welcome to DU	MustLoveBeagles	Dec 2020	#40
Thank you kindly for the welcome. :-)	AnnieG	Dec 2020	#42
What's notable about the squatter's photos is...	LudwigPastorius	Dec 2020	#34
Nostalgia, and then a blank. It refused to reveal Melania's horrible renditions. nt	Hekate	Dec 2020	#38
I remember that 2015 tree	DFW	Dec 2020	#41

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:26 PM

N_E_1 for Tennis (8,574 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:27 PM

hlthe2b (98,813 posts)

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

There is something really wrong with her, IMO

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:31 PM

PJMcK (20,847 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:32 PM

Baked Potato (7,733 posts)

5. Such a beautiful look back in time!

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:34 PM

MineralMan (145,724 posts)

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

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:42 PM

LearnedHand (3,156 posts)

9. Or a David Cronenberg film

Spot on!

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:28 PM

Princess Turandot (4,737 posts)

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.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:54 PM

Politicub (12,154 posts)

20. Liv Ullmann peeks out and contemplates the abyss.

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Response to Politicub (Reply #20)

Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:05 PM

MineralMan (145,724 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:36 PM

dalton99a (78,068 posts)

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.”

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:46 PM

Chainfire (15,178 posts)

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?

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Response to dalton99a (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:58 PM

Volaris (10,197 posts)

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...

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:28 PM

GoCubsGo (31,803 posts)

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.)

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 06:18 PM

LymphocyteLover (4,880 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:40 PM

Autumn (43,457 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:45 PM

Wicked Blue (5,488 posts)

10. The evil witch of Narnia nt

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:09 PM

regnaD kciN (25,983 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:16 PM

Towlie (5,250 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:31 PM

Princess Turandot (4,737 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:41 PM

Dagstead Bumwood (2,814 posts)

27. It was worth it just to see

Mr. T dressed as Santa.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:22 PM

nolabear (41,546 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 05:41 PM

Dagstead Bumwood (2,814 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:37 PM

Towlie (5,250 posts)

35. Thank you!

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:20 PM

tavernier (11,805 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:26 PM

magicarpet (13,441 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:40 PM

Princess Turandot (4,737 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:48 PM

MissB (15,711 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:26 PM

justgamma (3,647 posts)

23. I got a kick out of

the dime store stockings on their fireplace.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:58 PM

GoCubsGo (31,803 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:31 PM

Guy Whitey Corngood (26,310 posts)

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?

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:37 PM

BainsBane (52,854 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:54 PM

JHB (36,932 posts)

28. No joy. No heart.

No soul.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:11 PM

csziggy (34,018 posts)

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.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:14 PM

msongs (66,216 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:16 PM

AnnieG (27 posts)

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

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 05:09 PM

essme (1,207 posts)

36. Everyone else got it from what I read

The coldness- the ugliness- of the Trump decor.

Soul sucking shit-

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 10:04 PM

MustLoveBeagles (11,302 posts)

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.

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Mon Dec 21, 2020, 01:00 PM

AnnieG (27 posts)

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

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 04:36 PM

LudwigPastorius (7,533 posts)

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”.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 06:06 PM

Hekate (86,554 posts)

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

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Mon Dec 21, 2020, 08:56 AM

DFW (52,337 posts)

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).

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