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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMelanoma's ghastly red Christmas trees... someone PLEASE photoshop a Handmaid's hat
on them.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/melania-trump-shares-white-house-christmas-decorations.html
hlthe2b
(102,282 posts)Aimee in OKC
(158 posts)"These large cranberry trees are situated in the East Colonnade of the White House ..."
I do not like the solid red, unrelieved look -- they should've been 'softened' with something cheerful & festive... being too big, too artsy, too ... disconcerting. But Nancy Reagan did have smaller ones, so there is some precedent.
hlthe2b
(102,282 posts)trees that had been dyed red). Those (on close up view) look pretty amazing given the amount of laborious effort taken to pain-stakingly place cranberries, one by one, on a mold to craft. Certainly I find that impressive. Yet the entire hall filled with them? Garish.
Do you deny the symbolism from a hall of RED trees meant to convey? Or the wreaths made of thousands of "BEBEST" pencils. Same pencils hanging off trees as ornaments?
Tacky....And, though, the close-up of cranberry trees looks "better", the point remains; I wouldn't condone an entire hall of BLUE trees either.
Kali
(55,008 posts)Who knew she could make it worse than last year? looks like piles of melted plastic volcanos.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)erronis
(15,272 posts)woodsprite
(11,915 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,645 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)I am embarrassed to the core for her. She can't feel it herself.
FINE JOB.
woodsprite
(11,915 posts)It was posted to one of my comments on another thread. It is awesome though. I can't do stuff like that at work since we've been relegated to totally open cubbies
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)that needs to be recognized or asked permission of before I make this my FB cover photo?
msongs
(67,406 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)bdamomma
(63,850 posts)that is ghastly, just like this regime.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,645 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,827 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)JDC
(10,127 posts)woodsprite
(11,915 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Maybe some ball ornaments that say, "No Collusion" and "Fake News".
lark
(23,102 posts)She always dresses so nice, why can't she decorate the WH nice for Christmas? My guess is she hates us and does this badly on purpose or she's just really stupid, one or the other??
lostnfound
(16,179 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)It's not like they're Starbucks cups.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)...
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)... of the cheap gold-digging tart she is.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)erronis
(15,272 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)All of her taste is in her mouth.
sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)hideous red 'flocked' representations of a holiday tree.
Oh, but wait. They'll 'say' it's a primary Christmas color.
"Kiss my Royal Carpathian задняя часть."
A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)Be Tree
Be Red
Be Christmassy
Be Indicted
Be Impeached
Be Gone
Be Jailed
CurtEastPoint
(18,645 posts)bdamomma
(63,850 posts)jalan48
(13,868 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)red stars get hung?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I think they are the same trees, just drenched in blood this year.
EarlG
(21,949 posts)Ha ha love it!
jmbar2
(4,887 posts)coffee out the nose...
dlk
(11,566 posts)The other trees look like someone skimmed from the decorating budget - the least decorated trees they could get away with.
a kennedy
(29,663 posts)Ive had two siblings die of melanoma and it makes me sad to see you call HER that. Its a horrible, horrible form of cancer and even in jest it makes me very sad.
NBachers
(17,110 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)
a kennedy
(29,663 posts)JudyM
(29,250 posts)a kennedy
(29,663 posts)JudyM
(29,250 posts)Im very sorry for yours, too, a kennedy
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)my Facebook cover photo. Is this or should this be sourced to someone and if so who?
0rganism
(23,955 posts)"Behold the awesome power of our fakey tree-lined hallways"
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)That's about as Christmas themed as a guillotine
Donkees
(31,408 posts)bdamomma
(63,850 posts)my opinion. Not overdone
Baitball Blogger
(46,715 posts)Looks like the powdered blood from human sacrifices that spews from the alien ship in War of the Worlds.
mainer
(12,022 posts)That horrible blood-covered landscape in the movie.
lilactime
(657 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Then I remembered she has multiple degrees and speaks five languages, so what do I know?
procon
(15,805 posts)niyad
(113,315 posts)AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)Really, this is real?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Here's a video of Melania walking through the hallway of bloody red trees:
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Did you notice the wreath of BeBest pencils at the 33 second mark? Probably all for sale at the Trump store
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Look at all of the non-red trees and decorations. The red ones are the only bad ones and they are barely shown here.
I decorated Macy's trees for 4 years when I was in Visual/Display and the people who did these trees and all the decorations did a very good job.
It is just the one hallway with the red trees that is hideous, the rest is lovely. Last year's trees were like White Birch trees with out leaves and lighting that made the branches' shadows look spooky on the ceiling.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)It overshadows the other lovely decorations.
underpants
(182,814 posts)The video though gave me a sense of royalty examining the work of the help and at the end she walks away (why?) implying approval
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)to kiss her ring.
justgamma
(3,666 posts)I noticed that there was a lot of gold in that room and that seems to be their color of choice.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Come play with us, Melania. Forever and ever and ever and...
progressoid
(49,990 posts)in a post-apocalyptic kind a way.
yardwork
(61,622 posts)Here the video. I wonder how much of this stuff they'll be selling in the company store? #BeBest
Skraxx
(2,977 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)but this year earns a huge, "WTF?"
Somebody probably told her that last year needed a little color.
DFW
(54,387 posts)Back then, they had real trees with real colors.
But, then, we had a real president, too (last time was three years ago for me).
Hassler
(3,377 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)for the love of God, please add some lights and ornaments!!!
Hurry!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)Guess Cheetolini's "falling down on da job". I feel ya, girl. lol
Hekate
(90,694 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)I saw that in the replies on Melanie's twitter page. Fitting.
Cha
(297,249 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)To every right winger I know.
betsuni
(25,531 posts)Watching later
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)This time, the theme is "Silent Hill".
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Butterflylady
(3,544 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)jrthin
(4,836 posts)Gothmog
(145,274 posts)Raven
(13,891 posts)lancelyons
(988 posts)The large chunk of the video was normal christmas stuff. Maybe she was looking at some red trees to go wtih some white trees and green trees.
this is an example of us doing the same thing the repubs do. taking something and making something out of it in a misleading way.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)No taste, no class. The whole family is a waste.
I'm sure the long-time White House domestic staff must be quietly outraged. They have too much dignity to say anything that would reflect negatively on the history of the White House.
Cha
(297,249 posts)how fitting. #beworst
VOX
(22,976 posts)912gdm
(959 posts)when is krampus going to jump out
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Sigh
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)"Merry Christmas to you?
DISGUSTING, and the trees are too!