WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump's cranberry topiary trees may have left some of her critics seeing red, but they turned out to be a Christmas hit — one of several new ideas the Trumps introduced this holiday season. In a four-week stretch of 21 holiday parties, the president also did fewer official photo ops and largely froze out the press. Left off the holiday schedule was the annual party for the White House press corps. But the White House quickly reinstated the pass after a federal judge ordered it. As an alternative, the White House said it has been arranging tours for reporters and their families who have asked to see the decorations.

Source: Economic Times December 22, 2018 05:26 UTC