Posted on 11/27/2017 11:18:56 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
On Monday, the Trump family debuted their holiday card, which wishes Americans a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, instead of the generic, more politically correct, 'Happy Holidays.'
That's different from last year's card sent out by President Obama, which included a family photo and wished Americans a 'joyous holiday season.'
The Trump card is signed by President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and even 11-year-old Barron and was displayed in the White House's 'Bookseller's' area, as the Christmas decorations were unveiled today.
The Merry Christmas card keeps Trump's pledge to 'say Merry Christmas again' when he campaigned.
He repeated the pledge most recently in October at the Voter Values Summit when he said: 'They don't use the word 'Christmas' because it's not politically correct,' Trump said. 'We're saying 'Merry Christmas' again.'
The Obamas, in contrast, always said 'Happy Holidays' in their cards, although their defenders say the president used 'merry Christmas' in speeches.
But the Trumps did make common cause with the Obamas by including Barron, in the same way Sasha and Malia had been in their predecessors' cards.
While Barron did not play host alongside mom Melania today, he did guide Americans through this year's Christmas tour.
That's because an illustrated version of the first son is featured in this year's White House Christmas booklet, given to the throngs of tourists and guests who visit the executive mansion during the holidays.
The booklet, titled 'Time-Honored Traditions,' for this year's decorative theme, starts out with cartoon Barron on the cover guiding the horse-drawn carriage carrying the White House's Christmas tree.
The real Barron wasn't behind the wheel, though did a walk-around of the carriage last week alongside his mother, surveying the 18-foot, 6-inch Wisconsin-grown beauty, headed to the White House's blue room.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Agree.
Interestingly, Donald and Melania's signatures are virtually identical. Those signatures were almost certainly made by the same person.
Wrong, he signed it, it is his signature. Have you seen copies of the new dollar bill?
Sec. Tres. prints his signature so that it is legible.
Mnuchin told Wallace that he had printed his signature on the bill, even though past secretaries had signed the bill, because his previous signature was messy. “I felt since it was gonna be on the dollar bill forever, I should have a nice clean signature,” he said.
Cursive writing is going the way of fountain pens and handwritten letters on personal stationery. Relics of a bygone era.
Probably not a bad thing.
Excellent. I despise “Happy Holidays” and “Holiday Party”.
God bless the Trump family. So far, everything President Trump said he would do he is doing. Political correctness was the left’s hate card for all us citizens, to destroy the traditions upon which our nation was built.
For the last ten years of my career n higher education I simply avoided attending holiday season gatherings or responded to happy holiday greetings with “ what holiday are you referring to?” A dumbstruck look was all they had to offer.
Yep - and the Arch Bishop of Canterbury can’t figure out why Christians would support Trump....
I admire beautiful handwriting. I must say though, that I never, ever got the hang of cursive, even though I had to do it on that damned yellow paper with the alternating thick and thin-dashed lines. I had no coordination and just could not ever get it right. (This was back in the early Sixties)
However, I so admired my father’s handwriting...he was a naval officer, and his handwriting was strictly block capitals where the capital letters were a larger capital letter (Though he did write me one short note on memo paper in a form of cursive when I was in the Navy)
I loved that it was so clear, readable, and clean looking, that I began copying it and trying to mimic it exactly, which I eventually did.
A few years ago, I purchased a custom font, where you fill out a special form with your handwriting, and they email you the font...it is great! I used to write letters extensively, but after multiple surgeries on both hands, I can’t write more than a few lines before my hand starts to feel claw-like, and the legibility and neatness of the written words degrades to sloppy illegibility.
The font looks exactly like my handwriting (my style was well suited to a font) and when I sent a typed letter (with my handwriting font) to a woman who I wrote extensive letters to while in the USN, she answered back with a letter and told me that she had forgotten just how neat and clean my handwriting was! (I told her it was a font, but she did have trouble telling the difference)
I often think I might take a calligraphy course...:) I have enough coordination now!
Many posters on FB had a problem with the Sudbury Police posting, calling the tree a *Holiday tree*. LOL
**Sudbury PD would like to remind you to transport your Holiday trees responsibly. One of our Officer's stopped this vehicle on Route 20 today!
https://www.facebook.com/SudburyMAPolice/photos/a.281718282184488.1073741829.265388067150843/505372796485701/?type=3&theater
My brother is in the hospital with a heart attack and my 11 y/o grandson sent him a get well card. He printed his name just like Barron did, and his signature looks just like that.
I find your comment offensive.
>>Cursive writing is now the secret code of those of us over 50. And I agree - my penmanship too deteriorates unless I use it. Like any other learned skill, it requires exercise.<<
My penmanship was learned under the watchful eye of several Nuns, and over the years I received more than a few compliments for it. Unfortunately, as I’ve aged, and due to failing eyesight and shaky arthritic hands, it ain’t what it used to be. Oh well!
Don’t be offended by me, be offended by an educational system that has given up teaching penmanship and cursive writing. Give your grandson some ruled writing tablets and work with him on his letters.
Mnuchin needs to learn how to sign his name properly, in legible cursive writing...Barron, too.
I have a better idea. You take your pompous attitude and insufferable tendency to tell other people what to do with their children and go somewhere I don't care to mention.
Oh, snap.
I dunno. I kind of feel that an entire country of adults who can only print is rather sad. Writing is a symbol of leaving behind childhood and taking on adult challenges. Not that it matters, since we all communicate on our cell phones now and r using a sort of shorthand.
Wow! Now THAT’S a Christmas tree!
My own kids (now grown) were taught cursive writing in third grade - I think it was mandatory. But they never developed that skill and they remember about as much of it as that couple years of foreign language they were required to take. They've been on the keyboards pretty much their entire childhood. Even their homework was done on the computer. Nowadays, students just post their homework to websites. Other than signing your name, there is not much need for handwriting anymore. In my company, we are switching over to digital signatures so even that is going away!
Easy. Bring back the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namour.
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