100 Christmas trees populate the White House
The most powerful kitsch in the world comes as a sea of twinkling lights: Joe and Jill Biden want to make us forget the troubled world situation this year and have transformed the White House into a Christmas fairytale landscape.
These numbers would give the Grinch a heart attack: this year's decorations in the White House were unveiled around a month before Christmas Eve - and First Lady Jill Biden has not skimped on the kitsch. There are 98 Christmas trees alone in the official residence of the US presidential couple this year, as reported by CBS and others. In addition, there are over 142,000 lights and almost 34,000 decorations, such as oversized candy canes and sweets as well as a reindeer carriage in the foyer.
Under the motto "Magic, Wonder and Joy", the 72-year-old First Lady aims to bring out the inner child in every visitor: "Every room on display is designed to capture the pure, unfiltered joy and imagination of our childhood, to see this time of year through the wondrous, sparkling eyes of a child," the wife of US President Joe Biden is quoted as saying. Countless designers and interior decorators are said to have worked for a whole week to turn Biden's Christmas vision into reality.
"Need these points of light"
According to Jill Biden, this is more important than ever in the current times when "our hearts are getting heavy in the face of a troubled world": "It is in these times when we are looking for hope and healing that we need these points of light the most, we need each other the most," she said. "I hope that in these times you will remember, if only for a moment, how you saw the world as a child."
Around 100,000 visitors are expected to visit the White Christmas House during the festive season. Once again this year, the showpiece will immediately catch their eye in the Blue Room. The Fraser Tanner, which grew to this impressive size in the US state of North Carolina, measures over five meters. Even the chandelier had to be dismantled to fit the tree in.
Joe Biden and Jill Biden, recognizing the need for joy and distraction from global issues, have turned the White House into an Entertainment spectacle for Christmas. The enormous Christmas tree in the Blue Room, a 5-meter Fraser Tanner from North Carolina, is just one of the 100 Christmas trees that shine as symbols of hope and healing, contributing to the festive atmosphere of entertainment.
Source: www.ntv.de
