Melania Trump’s Handmaid’s Tale-esque Christmas trees are creeping out everyone on Twitter
Normally when you think of Christmas trees, you imagine twinkly lights, pretty ornaments, and that amazing evergreen smell. But apparently, in the White House, that’s not quite how things go. On Monday morning, November 26th, Melania Trump shared a video of the White House all decorated for the holidays, and let’s just say it’s giving us more Handmaid’s Tale vibes than any holiday decor should.
In the video, Trump is seen walking around the White House and dreaming up what the decorations should look like. It all seems pretty standard until she ends up in a long hallway flanked by red Christmas trees. No lights. No ornaments. Just bright red trees—at least a dozen of them—and the visual is pretty disconcerting. And apparently, the image of Trump standing among all those trees has really struck a nerve with people on Twitter.
First of all, the video in question:
The People’s House @WhiteHouse is ready to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season! pic.twitter.com/oejKW3mC15
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) November 26, 2018
The theme this year is “American Treasures,” but we’re having a hard time figuring out how the blood red trees fit into all of this. Fortunately, so are a lot of other people, and they are all hilariously weighing in.
Some had to make those Gilead comparisons:
Maybe this was the look she was going for: pic.twitter.com/oRaQADep52
— gladys hinton (@canibebothered) November 26, 2018
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But others thought they looked more like Muppets.
I'm aghast that Melania slaughtered hundreds of muppets and collected their pelts to make these Christmas trees. Why is no one covering this? https://t.co/Ivaf8UvD8x
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 26, 2018
This amazing tweet sums up exactly what the Trumps might have been thinking:
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/1067085358960132101
But maybe it was more like The Shining?
So Melania decorated the White House for Christmas – with blood red trees right out of The Shining: Holiday Version. #ThisIsReal pic.twitter.com/DNAuTZxTFM
— Stephen A. Rhodes (@StephenARhodes) November 26, 2018
Mostly, people just thought the fact that they were the color of blood was pretty weird:
How festive! Melania’s trees are covered in blood this year! pic.twitter.com/2xSoSSH4XA
— Ana Breton (@missbreton) November 26, 2018
The image of Melania walking alone through the bloody handmaid trees seriously made my morning pic.twitter.com/4KQOFPDIEI
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) November 26, 2018
But should we really be surprised, considering that this is what Trump’s trees looked like last year?
Decorator: Okay, so we want to avoid looking like the entrance to the White Witch's Narnian castle like we did last year.
Melania: What about red?
Decorator: Sure, red ornaments are cheerful!
Melania: No. The trees. Red.
Decorator: ….
Melania: Like the blood of my enemies. pic.twitter.com/hOuDYFT8Om
— Lethality Jane🌻 (@LethalityJane) November 26, 2018
The world is a crazy place, but at least we can count on the Trump White House to creep us out in the name of Christmas every year. That’s something, right?
