Jill Biden's Christmas decorations at the White House have been slammed as boring as the first lady appears to be playing it safe following years of Melania Trump's controversial holiday décor - including her infamous hallway of blood red trees in 2018.
With her theme of 'Gifts From the Heart,' Jill Biden has decorated the White House with a collection of Christmas trees, stockings, a gingerbread White House, balloons dedicated to COVID frontline workers and an arch of present boxes at the doorway to the East Wing.
While many seemed to enjoy Biden's festive design, calling it a return to normalcy, Trump defenders described it as austere and claimed the former first lady had a better eye for decorating the White House.
'Anyone who ever criticized Melania's Christmas decorations needs to apologize right now,' Donald Trump Jr. wrote on Instagram. 'If we lower our expectations any further we’re gonna turn into an S-hole country.'
Jill Biden decorated the East Colonnade with balloons dedicated to COVID frontline workers (right). Her decorations for the hallway are a far cry from the blood red trees Melania Trump installed there in 2018 (left)
Talk show hosts and comedians joked about Trump's choice in blood red trees, calling it 'Christmas meets The Shining'
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden celebrated their first holiday as the first family this year with a Christmas photo
In 2017, Melia decorated the East Colonnade with withering white trees (left). Biden's, by comparison, is more colorful
In 2019, Trump decorated the same hallway with ghost-like holographic trees for the theme 'The Spirit of America'
The following year was the tamest so far for Trump, pictured strutting among wreaths and trees
Her 2017 Christmas decorations were also accompanied with a ballet performance of The Nutcracker
Trump's odd decorations in 2019 featured her Be Best logo, with a wreath made out of freshly-sharpened pencils with the logo
Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump celebrating Christmas in 2020
Donald Trump Jr. defended his stepmother's decorations and poked fun at Jill and Joe Biden on Instagram
Trump Jr. also used the line 'Brandon Administration' in reference to the 'Lets Go Brandon,' mean popularized by Republicans to bash President Joe Biden.
Twitter user Terrence Pilgrim slammed the East Wing entrance design, writing, 'They say this is the decoration for the entrance to the White House that Jill Biden did, but are they sure she just didn't leave the trash out?'
Another Twitter user with handle Blue Parrot Books defended Biden and tweeted, 'Glad to see that Dr. Jill Biden has put an end to Melania's War on #Christmas Decoration!
The former first lady's commitment to the holidays was questioned in 2018 after a leaked recording revealed she once said, 'Who gives a f*** about Christmas stuff and decoration?'
A Twitter user with the handle name Tony O wrote, 'Melania Christmas decoration is akin to the Beverly Hillbillies move into the White House. The blood Christmas decorations seemed like a nod to Russia.'
Twitter user Phil Arballo wrote, 'Republicans pretending Melania Trump's blood trees were a genius design choice is one of the best examples yet of how the GOP is just a cult now.'
Many on Instagram praised Jill Biden's Christmas decorations while others criticized it and said Melania Trump did it better
Decorating the White House this year involved 41 Christmas trees, 6,000 feet of ribbon, more than 300 candles and over 10,000 ornaments.
The decorations were more low key than in the Trump years. The bling factor was notably less with fewer lights as Biden kept the décor simple and focused on her love of books and nature.
It stood in stark difference to Trump's decorations during her stay at the White House, which included blood red trees in 2018 that late-night
