One tree, four days, hundreds of workers.
Instead of thinking of this as a symbol of the White House’s disconnect with what’s happening in America, think of it as President Obama’s attempt to single handedly solve the unemployment problem.
The Daily Mail UK has the story of excess:
He may have suffered a blow after being forced to compromise with the Republican party over tax cuts but President Obama has not let the setback affect his Christmas.
A new time-lapse video released by the White House reveals the sheer scale of the operation to erect the official Christmas Tree of the First Family with hundreds of workers visible as the Douglas fir begins to take shape.
It took the small army of workers four-and-a-half days to decorate the eighteen-and-a-half feet high Douglas Fir, which will be the centerpiece of the Obama’s second Christmas in the White House, ironically coined, “Simple Gifts” by the First Lady.
By the way, is it still called the White House Christmas tree? Or has that been changed to Holiday tree?
Here’s that time-lapse video.
Source: Daily Mail UK
