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I saw the arrival of the White House Christmas tree yesterday--a beauty of a 20-foot fir that arrived in a horse drawn wagon with a little brass band playing O Tannenbaum. Melania and Barron came out to inspect it.
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I'm worried about Barron. He looked a little peaked and he was thoroughly miserable. Never cracked so much as a smile although everyone else was smiling like idiots, because--well, the tree is always something to smile about, isn't it?
Barron looked pale and a little thinner and like I said, miserable. Barron seemed pretty chipper at the Inaugural Parade. He's not weathering this experience very well. I feel so bad for that kid. Hard few months with moving, a new school, all the restrictions on him as First Child. Although I remember my son at that age, and smiling was not a cool thing to do, he wasn't stone cold depressed all the time.
I wish someone could bring a smile to that kid's face. The holidays are coming.
I purposely did a google image search for different snapshots of that event and in every single one of them the kid looked miserable. No offfense, but I wasn't sure if you were pulling a fast one. After all, you always have that 'I just pooped on your rug' look on your face.
But, nope. Not one picture of the boy looking in any way happy in all of the different photos of the moment.
Then again, he likely already has everything he wants, too.
Then again, he likely already has everything he wants, too.
I dare say he does not and he knows it. He, unlike many of his peers, does not have a father of fine character. While that may not have been apparent to him before, I'm sure it's very obvious to him now. Were I at his age to have it laid out before me that my father is a scoundrel of the highest order one can be without going to jail, I would have been a very unhappy kid.