White House Unveils 2019 Christmas Decorations

The White House unveiled its 2019 Christmas decorations on Monday, December 2.

First Lady Melania Trump announced the theme is “The Spirit of America” in a tweet late Sunday.

This is the third Christmas the Trump family has celebrated in the White House.

The East Room decorations include four star-spangled trees with cascading ribbons, each with gilded eagles perched atop them, according to a statement released by the White House.

The Green Room features classic Christmas tales and the Red Room is decorated with children’s games.

The Blue Room hosts the White House Christmas tree, standing over 6 meters tall. The surrounding décor pays homage to the distinctive floral emblem of every state and territory with handmade paper flowers.

The Grand Foyer and Cross Hall are decorated like a winter garden, with 22 evergreens, 14 golden magnolia topiaries, and 10 floral urns.

Finally, the White House pastry team designed a gingerbread house that features landmarks from across the country, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Space Needle, Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty. The work used 200 pounds of gingerbread dough, 125 pounds of pastillage dough, 35 pounds of chocolate and 25 pounds of icing. (AP)

[idaayers]

BEAUTIFUL, and very classy! Great job, FLOTUS Melania.

[Hyecules]

Beautiful as always, great job first lady!

[NoBrakes]

Very beautiful looking decorations this year

[susanlauper]

so beautiful..wish I could see it in person...

[crobinson]

Beautiful FLOTUS and decorations are much prettier than last year!. Just lovely!

[EvelynElaineSmith]

So hear me exclaim, ere I click this Web page out of sight,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL-- the decorations are a delight!

[nickbeats]

The Christmas decorations look Tremendous 👍👍

[saritabrown]

The staff did all this for the house..it looks beautiful. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

[brightbite]

Classy! Great job!! For the record, I enjoyed last year's too! Red AND white are gorgeous!

[janetdelau]

so beautiful majestic and definitely the spirit of America

[jamsid]

I wonder if the Today show will interview Melania Trump about the decorations like they did with Michelle Obama, for some reason I don't think so

[rethamoore]

The White House looks like Heaven ! So Beautiful and majestic! I love the CHRISTMAS lights and trees ! Everything is perfect !!

[tashee]

Everything looks so incredibly beautiful. Can’t believe I missed this years White House Christmas on HGTV. Hope someone uploads to YouTube before New Year.

[lazarus]

finally I've been waiting all year (sarcasm)

[msrtoday]

Thank you White House Historical Organization decorators for helping FLOTUS to make more folks happier this holiday. More relaxed and inclusive of the USA 'feels' about Christmas, These decorations are both traditionally USAian and reflective of the elegance/style that FLOTUS seems to hope to project personally.

[peanutandsophie]

These rooms are so beautiful. Very nice and simple. Not too much bling, in which some people do when they go wild with decorations. Thank you for sharing. Have always wanted to see what it looked like in the the big house$

[LaBucci]

So beautiful! I always anticipate every single year how the white house will decorate for Christmas and it’s always done right.

[madfaith]

Lovely and warm...a closer....longer look would be appreciated❤

[nadinezachary]

Definiatly better than the red murder scene last year. It wouldn't hurt my feelings if they reused some of this crap and didn't buy entirely new decorations every year, wasting tax dollars.

[jamesdryable]

Elegance, sophistication, beautiful just like Melania, much love from Australia