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Maybe the trees look better in person, but in the video the texture looks off, and I've been trying all morning to figure out how to describe it. My first thought was pipe cleaners or cheap fake fur, but that's not really it. I hate to say it, but after looking again, I really do think that they look like pointy mounds of hamburger. As another poster said, perhaps some kind of lights or other decorations might have softened the effect.
The problem is, there are no visible branches. It looks like red carpet that's been shaped into a cone and stood up on the wide end.
The video itself is weird. Honestly, the whole time I'm watching it, the way the camera focused on Melania trying to look "in awe" or fake some sort of reverence was sort of awkward. I expected at the end to have announcer come on and say "This Christmas, give the gift of Chanel..." or something. The whole thing was filmed to look like a commercial for Christmas and then a luxury manufacturer chiming in at the end.
Oh come on, people, its Christmas décor, and the attacks on the First Lady over what volunteers put together is, frankly, kind of gross. My own house looks like Santa's sleigh just exploded in it, and I'm sure some of yours do too. Christmas decorating is always garish and over-the-top. That's the fun. Find something else to criticize. There's plenty available. No need to attack the red trees.
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I don’t think the trees themselves are the problem, it’s just the way they are staged. One or two of these make a pretty statement. A hallway full of them lends itself to jokes about the walls running with the blood of your enemies lol.
The color is too bold to be grouped IMO. I think it works more as an accent piece.
The rest of the decorations are nice I think.
They are made of Berries, which is clear in the Washingtonian photos. Staged in the Collonade, which is all windows. The Leftist Media has fuzzed the photo so they have no depth.
A lot of people use Red Berries at Christmas- I always have. Nothing “bloody or demon” about them.
Last year she used white branches and they thought that was Evil also.
I don’t think the trees themselves are the problem, it’s just the way they are staged. One or two of these make a pretty statement. A hallway full of them lends itself to jokes about the walls running with the blood of your enemies lol.
The color is too bold to be grouped IMO. I think it works more as an accent piece.
The rest of the decorations are nice I think.
That's what I think, too. A few would have been fine, but there are too many of them. They are made of holly berries, btw.
I think the forest of decorated trees in the Grand Foyer is lovely.
I think you are in a minority.
Most have criticized the comments about the red trees but few can defend the design choice.
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