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Originally Posted by skcin
^ I want to see video please. The opinion I have formed about the current administration's over-the-top holiday decorations & festivities was due to the TV show that I watched. So, I cannot judge past admins until I see video footage, or lists of crap they paid for, or photographs of every room they decorated. I will be happy to denounce all former presidents if they've all done it to this degree.
BTW - I wonder how much is donated, and how much is paid for. 
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Google it

Actually, I am basing it on memory - I remember someone walking through the WH with Hillary, Barbara, and Nancy -- I also remember seeing the newsreels of the FDR and Eisenhower years - and they were all similar to the one this year. But, I have no clue where to find them.
I do not know how much is donated. I am sure some. But, the WH has a staff of likely a thousand or so. So, if they were not making those topiaries, they'd be doing something else I guess.
In the end, it is a dog and pony show that has happened on tv since Kennedy.