Fox Attacks Obama For Having Too Many Christmas Trees

Perhaps because the "War on Christmas" needs new battles, or perhaps because there is no wrong way to attack the President, Fox Nation has posted an article condemning the First Family for displaying 54 Christmas trees in the White House. The "outrage" stems from Obama allegedly being extravagant with taxpayer money, "as Americans face a fiscal cliff," on "50% more Christmas trees than last year."

It seems unlikely, however, that Obama could do anything not to anger his detractors. Fox Nation's post comes from Investors.com which did almost the same story last year. Then, there were only 37 trees but Investors.com used the same picture and some paragraphs were repeated almost verbatim. For example, from the 2011 story:

"We have 37 Christmas trees here at the White House--37!" Michelle Obama excitedly told a recent group of visitors. "That's a lot, right? Yes, that's a lot of trees. And we also have a 400-pound White House gingerbread house."

In 2012:

"We have 54 trees in the White House," an excited Michelle Obama proudly told visitors the other day. "54! That’s a lot of trees."

Both articles talk about Bo, "who's being made into a kind of first family Christmas canine symbol" (2011 article) and "who seems to have become the First Family's favorite symbol of Christmas" (2012).

Coincidentally, Bo's presence was the source of last year's Fox Nation outrage - because last year's White House Christmas card displayed Bo near the fireplace instead of showing a Christmas tree. Then the headline blared, "No Christmas in White House Card."

It is also worth noting that in 2008, then-First Lady Laura Bush told ABC News, " I think there are 49 trees in the whole house, just decorated with snow and tinsel and bright lights." It is doubtful Fox Nation found fault with that, even though it was a mere two months after the stock market crash in October 2008.

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commented 2012-12-08 10:03:57 -0500 · Flag

Its a good thing our President is so cool and calm.The insane Merry go round of the Foxies would put the Pope in a straight jacket.

commented 2012-12-08 09:43:27 -0500 · Flag

Holiday Trees 54. Christmas Trees 0.

commented 2012-12-08 06:25:20 -0500 · Flag

What’s a Muslim doing with Christmas trees anyway, if you know what I mean?

commented 2012-12-08 02:03:05 -0500 · Flag

@Aria: How in the hell does O’Reilly even reach that insane conclusion? I mean, I suppose in an incredibly technical sense it could be true but it requires some “out of the box” thinking (and O’Reilly’s not really very good at the regular kind) similar to the old joke about how, if you’re driving along a highway, that all the tree branches are on just one side. (In that instance, they’re all on the “out” side of the tree.) Since tree limbs run around the tree, there’s obviously going to be a few limbs that will point to Mecca, but—just to point it out—there will also be some pointing to Rio and some to Fort Knox and some even to the North Pole.

commented 2012-12-08 00:45:04 -0500 · Flag

Ellen, I sent you a prelim about this, but Jay Leno tried using this as a point against O’Reilly regarding the “Holiday tree” on December 6th.

O’Reilly shot back “Well, all his trees face Mecca!”

A lot of people, besides thinking the joke would have been in very poor taste (even with better timing), told me that they think it’s a perfect reflection of how far they’re prepared to go. Frankly, I’m surprised they haven’t used it yet.

commented 2012-12-08 00:26:03 -0500 · Flag

The money used to purchase and decorate X-mas trees in the WH comes from private donations, not taxpayers. The people who do the decorations are all volunteers.