Coincidentally, “37” is also the number of presents that caused Dudley Dursley to very nearly fly into a tantrum on his 11th birthday.
As Americans struggle, the Obamas make do with 37 Christmas trees
…“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.”
Not to mention dozens (or so I interpret the column to mean) of replicas of their dog, Bo.
Andrew Malcolm is aghast – either that, or just having a little fun – at the sheer level of ostentatiously conspicuous consumption going on at the White House this year, especially “given the widespread joblessness, pale economic growth, home foreclosures and grim outlook for 2012, not to mention the incumbent president’s historically low approval rating heading into his reelection bid.”
Really, though: I can’t bring myself to share his aghast-ness without knowing how much past administrations have decorated.
Of course, President Obama is the one siding with the “We are the 99%” redistributionists, so you’d think maybe a little communist solidarity with the working poor would be in order.
Via Memeorandum.
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