Melania Trump Unveils White House Christmas Decorations.
LEMON: The White House is all decked out for the holidays. Today, First Lady Melania Trump tweeted a video showing some vibrant and colorful Christmas decorations. They're getting a lot of attention. This year's theme is American treasures. It features ruby red Christmas themes and some decorations that bear the first lady's slogan, be best. Take a look.</s>LEMON: Joining me now is Kate Andersen Brower, the author of "First Women." Hello to you. You book and your wardrobe tonight sort of matches the video that includes the blood red trees. I think it was 40 striking blood red trees that line the east room. What do you think is the significance of the red color?</s>KATE ANDERSEN BROWER, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: A lot of people on Twitter are criticizing it, saying it's</s>LEMON: Let's talk that because the gloves, right, because it was red leather gloves, matching red leather gloves which is -- some people are wondering why she is wearing them inside, but is this just her showing off her personal style?</s>ANDERSEN BROWER: You don't normally see her hands free like that either. You see her with her coat over her shoulders all the time. I think it's her style. She's obviously very into fashion. This is something that they would have been planning, you know, over the summer. This is something that she and the social secretary would have been thinking of for months. They bring in more than 200 volunteers. It's a huge event. Everything is thought through. But she keeps having these missteps and I think part of that is because of the charged environment that we're in right now.</s>LEMON: You know, it's a big deal. Every year, people look to the White House. The White House is typically beautiful and the first lady usually handles it. So every year, there's discussion about how the first lady is decorating the White House. That's just how it is. But this time, this first lady chose not to attend a traditional press preview, the White House holiday decorations today. Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said that Mrs. Trump decided to let the decorations speak for themselves. So, you're saying this may be partly because of the chaos or just the environment that we're in?</s>ANDERSEN BROWER: I think she doesn't want shouted questions at her by reporters and that's happened with other White Houses where, you know, Nancy Reagan who started the tradition of doing these media avails of the White House Christmas decorations, was questioned about Don Regan and how she was trying to get rid of her husband's chief of staff at the time, Don Regan. So she doesn't want to have a question about the Russia investigation or something shouted at her. It's embarrassing and I don't think she would know what to do with it, obviously. So I think it's a protective measure.</s>LEMON: Yes, especially since she featured her "be best" in the Christmas decorations. It was sort of to promote -- there it is, some of the balls right there. This is a wreath made from "be best" pencils and so on. So, you know, is she taking a lot of flack for this? I don't know if Mrs. Obama ever put carrots or anything under the Christmas tree. Maybe she did. I don't know.</s>ANDERSEN BROWER: I mean, to be fair, Michelle Obama while she was a much more relatable first lady no question, did not take questions at these events either. And if you do do a media avail, what ever first lady has done in this case is talk about the work of the social secretary, the chefs, the florists, people bringing it together. It's a moment to shine a light on the people working to make it happen. And a lot of people wonder about what "be best" really is. There hasn't been a lot of movement for it on it. Is this kind of amorphous campaign? She hasn't defined it very well, so it's a little odd.</s>LEMON: Well, it is the people's house. It belongs to the people. And if you have an opportunity to go and check it out during the holidays, I think that every American should do that. So thank you, Kate.</s>ANDERSEN BROWER: Thank you, Don.</s>LEMON: I appreciate your reporting. Happy holidays. I love the red.</s>ANDERSEN BROWER: Thanks. Thank you. Bye, Don.</s>LEMON: Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues.