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First lady Melania Trump has already begun prepping the White House for Christmas, which still remains four months away. And just like last year, this year she intends to recruit help from the public to make this Christmas spectacular again. In a press release published Aug. 3, the White House explained that it’s specifically looking for musicians, entertainers and volunteers for this year’s preparations. Volunteers will reportedly be chosen to help decorate, while musicians and entertainers will be selected to perform during White House open houses in December. Becoming a volunteer isn’t as easy as just signing up, though. Potential...

The White House is putting out a casting call for some Christmastime entertainment, giving musicians, singers and others the chance to perform at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. With less than five months to go until Dec. 25, the White House said Friday that “initial planning for the 2018 season is underway.” In addition to its annual call for volunteers to decorate the executive mansion for the holidays, this year the White House is also asking for entertainers to join the Yuletide festivities. The White House “invites local musicians including high school bands, choirs, and Christmas-themed entertainers to apply for the opportunity...

HAPPYNEW YEAR 2018….

PALM BEACH, Fla. — When President Trump sat down with a reporter for a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview at his private golf club here Thursday, not a single aide or adviser was present at the table — and not a single aide or adviser knew about it in advance. The interview was enabled by Christopher Ruddy — a club member with a level of personal access to the president in Florida that rankles White House staffers. He invited New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt as his personal guest to lunch at Trump International Golf Club, sat near Trump’s regular table and...

President Donald Trump wants Americans to think he re-invented Christmas. “We can say merry Christmas again,” he has said on numerous occasions both during his campaign for president and his presidency. “Christmas is back, better and bigger than ever before,” he told supporters months before the Christmas season. [snip] But critics counter that Trump is promoting a version of the holidays that excludes members of other religions, and that his crusade to bring back Christmas is part of a larger attempt by the president to define America as a country for white Christians alone. Wishing people “merry Christmas” instead of “happy holidays,”...

President Donald Trump returned to the golf course Tuesday for his third round while on vacation in Palm Beach, one day after tweeting he’d be “back to work in order to Make America Great Again” on Christmas Day.

Melania Trump wished fans a Merry Christmas with a Santa-themed selfie that flatlined on social media. (snip) The photo depicted Melania with a surprised facial expression that some called “duck face,” “disgraceful,” and too sexy.

NEW YORK -- Retailers are seeing plenty of green this holiday season. And it's not over yet. Records are falling as sales add up. "This is literally the best season since before the recession," business owner Craig Johnson said. Johnson's company, Customer Growth Partners, analyzes all things retail. He credits low unemployment and a booming stock market for this humbug-free holiday season. "The single biggest drive of retail sales is growth in real disposable income," he said. "And when real income goes up, people have money in their pocket and they're able to spend it."

Retailers had strong sales for the holiday season. Black Friday and Super Saturday were the biggest days for overall spending. Numbers were boosted by a rise in electronics sales and online shopping. Retailers had a very happy holiday. Retail sales from November 1 through Christmas Eve were up 4.9% over last year, according to data from Mastercard SpendingPulse. That's the highest rate of growth since 2011. That number was given a strong boost by online sales, which were up 18.1% over the season. Much of this growth was due to the new ease of shopping online later in the season,...

"""TRUMP EFFECT: RECORD HOLIDAY SALES NEAR $600 BILLION; Expert: Spending Pace Not Seen Since Great Recession"""" Retailers are reporting record holiday sales this season of $598 billion as of Christmas Eve, fueled by confidence in the pro-business, pro-jobs economic polices of President Donald Trump of cutting Obama-era regulations and enacting major tax cuts and reforms. Yet media reports by CBS, AP and the Wall Street Journal all failed to mention President Trump in their reports on the record sales. The Drudge Report however is leading Monday night with a photo and headline crediting Trump with the boom in sales over...

It's Christmas, and President Trump is celebrating by repeatedly typing “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” — and by taking credit for having “led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase.” Ah, the proverbial “war on Christmas,” in which the holiday is under attack — with even the “Merry Christmas” greeting frowned upon — and the faithful fight to defend it. And first among them: Trump. But is Trump really the hero here? Or was he always more of a bystander — or worse? It depends on how many Christmases we look at. Christmas 1981: No trees allowed In the...

First Lady Melania Trump has kept her Christmas wardrobe in the color-theme of her husband’s historic populist campaign: Make American Great Again red. All season long, Melania has opted for fashions dipped in rich reds that complement her Eastern European features and tan skin complexion, while matching the now internationally recognized “Make American Great Again” baseball caps that became the signature political statement of President Trump’s 2016 presidential election. For the White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Melania chose a red tweed Chanel coat with pointed nude Christian Louboutin stilettos. This was only the second time the First Lady had...

President Donald Trump personally paid for hundreds of Christmas dinner meals to be served Monday to law enforcement officers charged with protecting him throughout the day at his residence in Mar-A-Lago, CNN reports.Trump does not have any public events on his schedule for the day but did release his first Christmas message to the American people as sitting President Sunday morning.

People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Donald Trump Posted at 12:10 pm on December 25, 2017 twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/945126026824298497

President Trump wished Americans a "Merry Christmas" in a video message he posted to Twitter on Monday morning. "My fellow Americans, Melania and I are delighted to wish America and the entire world a very Merry Christmas," Trump says in the video message. "At this time of year, we see the best of America and the soul of the American people," Melania Trump says in the video. President Trump says that in the season of joy, people spend time with their families, renew the "bonds of love and goodwill between our citizens" and celebrate the "miracle of Christmas." "On behalf...

It was all about family this Christmas for the Trumps, who gathered at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach to celebrate the holiday. President Trump was spotted smiling while posing for a photo alongside granddaughter Kai and grandson Spencer on Sunday night at Christmas Eve dinner. The following day Don Jr. shared a picture of daughter Chloe and son Donnie enjoying time with their great grandmother Marie Zelnickova at the private club. Marie is the mother of Donald's first wife Ivana, who is believed to be in Palm Beach as well this holiday. President Trump's third and current wife Melania also showcased...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are attending a Christmas Eve service at the church in Palm Beach they were married at, Bethesda-by-the-Sea. The Palm Beach Post’s Matt Morgan tweeted a photo of the Trumps arriving at church, “President Trump and Melania have arrived at the church and were greeted by Rev. James Harlan #TrumpInPalmBeach”(snip) Pool report on the service: President Trump departed the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-sea at 12:19 The president was seated in the third row in the spot closest to the aisle, on the right side of the church (if youre in the back looking toward...

It's Christmas eve and children around the world are anxiously waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus and his reindeer. President Trump and First Lady Melania, who are spending their Christmas at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, are also excited about his visit and made phones calls to children Sunday afternoon to track his progress through the North American Aerospace Defense Command [NORAD].  “What would you like more than anything?” President Trump asked a child named Casper from Virginia. “Building blocks, that’s what I’ve always liked too. I always loved building blocks. Well I predict Santa will bring you building blocks, so many...

<p>President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at Midnight Mass in Florida late Sunday to celebrate Christmas.</p> <p>The Trumps were escorted from their motorcade vehicle by the Rev. James R. Harlan as they arrived for Christmas Eve service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in West Palm Beach, Florida late Sunday.</p>

Anyone who has been out in the real world during current and previous Christmas shopping seasons knows that there has been an informal (and occasionally formal) proscription against stores wishing customers a "Merry Christmas" and promoting Christmas in their ads and promotions. On Friday, Wolf Blitzer's CNN panel tried to pretend that the hostility towards "Merry Christmas" has never existed, as they mocked a video which exaggerated its thanks to President Donald Trump for "allowing us to say merry Christmas." Trump has made his preference for "Merry Christmas" very clear. The Trumps' 2017 Christmas card, as would be expected, has a...