Merry Christmas & Happy 2018 From The Trump White House

Shortly after Thanksgiving First Lady Melania Trump unveiled this year's Christmas decorations @ the White House saying "The President, Barron, & I are very excited for our first Christmas in the White House."

 

The 2017 theme is Time Honored Traditions as shown in the White House Christmas booklet, which features Barron leading guests on a tour of the White House.  See below.

 

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The Trumps returned to another tradition in that the White House Christmas Card actually says Merry Christmas.  See below.

 

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The photo below shows Melania standing in the Grand Foyer as she tours the Christmas decorations in the White House.

 

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Below Melania hugs children in the East Room during her tour of the decorations.  One boy asks "Are you the first lady?!" as he embraced her.  "She seriously looks like an angel," another child said.

 

 

 

Click here to see a video that will take you through all the 2017 decorations @ the White House.

 

Merry Christmas & Happy 2018.

 

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The Twelve Days Of Christmas Explained

 

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Thanks to a frequent contributor to RTE for sending this year's Christmas message.  It provides meaning to the words of the Christmas carol known to us all – The Twelve Days Of Christmas – who have ever wondered what leaping lords, French hens, & swimming swans are all about & especially why each stanza always returned to the partridge in a pear tree.

 

The subject carol was developed in Medieval & Tudor England & takes us from the day after Christmas, the first of the Twelve Days of Christmas, to the Epiphany on January 6th, the Twelfth Night, which concludes the Twelve Days of Christmas.

 

The two turtle doves were the Old & New Testaments. 

The three French hens stood for faith, hope, & love. 

The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John. 

The five golden rings represented the first five books of the Old Testament, which describe man's fall into sin & the great love of God in sending a Savior. 

The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation. 

Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit-----Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, & Mercy. 

The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes. 

Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit-----Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience [Forbearance], Goodness [Kindness], Mildness, Fidelity, Modesty, Continency [Chastity]. 

The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments. 

The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful Apostles. 

The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in The Apostles' Creed. 

 

And, oh yes:

 

The partridge in a pear tree (i.e., the cross) is Jesus Christ.

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas Store Quiz

 

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Thanks to a fellow blogger for sending me the following riddle last fall that I saved & adapted into the following Christmas store quiz.

 

Please provide your logic if you decide to answer the quiz. 

I will post all correct answers or alternatively will send the solution privately to anyone who requests it if no one figures it out.

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas Store Quiz

 

A man steals a $100 bill from a store in the above pictorial.  He then returns to the store, unrecognized, & buys $70 worth of goods using the stolen $100 bill, & gets $30 change.  How much money did the store lose?

 

References:

 

1) Frederic Bastiat – That Which Is Seen, & That Which Is Not Seen – Chapter 1 

 

2) Henry Hazlitt – Economics In One Lesson – Chapter 1 entitled The Broken Window

 

PS - The best Christmas present I can give this readership is to suggest studying the above two references which provide the foundation for not only understanding the above riddle but also most other economic issues people encounter in life.