By Shelby Moquin [email protected] Christmas, a beloved holiday around the world, and one at the White House as well. Every year the White House is decorated in colorful lights and spruced up with trees. The Trump family is celebrating their second Christmas in the White House, and just like families all across the world, the decorating season is underway. The recently revealed theme is called American Treasures. The theme is all about American patriotism, celebrating America and all the things and people that make America great. “This is a joyous time of year when we decorate the White House for the Christmas Season. Our theme honors the heart and spirit of the American people. Thank you to the many volunteers and staff who worked hard to decorate the halls of the People’s House in Christmas cheer. On behalf of my family, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,” Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States, via whitehouse.gov. The Gold Star tree in the east wing honors those who have served along with their families. It is decorated with golden ribbons and bulbs, and visitors are encouraged to write notes to ones who are serving and place them on the tree. Skylines of cities and monuments around the country can be found on a mantelpiece placed in the East Room, along with seventy-two handmade paper ornaments on a fir tree. In the Grand Foyer is twenty-nine trees, covered in over fourteen-thousand gleaming red ornaments. Melania Trump has also received some backlash on the red trees lining the east hallway in the White House, it sparked a large amount of jokes, memes, and comments about the trees. Some people compared the trees to the sea of blood in The Shining, or the cloaks that women wear in the television dystopian-drama The Handmaid's Tale. Melania responded at an event with, “We are in (the) 21st Century and everybody has a different taste,'' she said. "I think they look fantastic. I hope everybody will come over and visit it. In real life, they look even more beautiful.” Regardless of your Christmas decor, The Anchor Staff wishes you a very Merry Christmas! By Shelby Moquin [email protected] Image via @FLOTUS from Twitter
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