Who has time for fussing over a Christmas card when you have all that packing to do for 17 days in Hawaii?
That’s
why the Obamas’ 2013 holiday wishes to the nation were about as warm as the glare Michelle Obama
shot hubby when he was caught up in selfie hilarity with the blonde Danish
chick at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service.
Thanks
to the lack of color, warmth, and definition, at first glance it’s hard to tell
what the card is exactly. On closer examination it’s obvious that it’s a pop-up
of a starkly eggshell-colored White House featuring two relatively
indistinguishable images of Bo and Sunny and a small American flag up top.
For
added boredom, Barry, Shelley, Malia and Sasha, and Sunny and Bo, complete with
paw prints, have adorned the card with their autographs. Other than that,
there’s no holly, no Nativity, and the word “Christmas” (God forbid) is nowhere
to be found.
Guess
the goal is to keep it secular.
However,
this is a White House that celebrates every St. Patrick’s Day by turning the fountain on the South
Lawn green. And wasn’t it just a few weeks back that the White House was
decorated to beckon in trick-or-treaters?
Now
for Christmas the Obamas send out a godless card with no Magi, no angels, no
nothing.
Although
the pop-up seems message-less, to the trained eye the Obama whatever card is
chock full of meaning. The White House being the focal point of a season that
is supposed to be about the birth of Jesus Christ.
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